The winners of this year’s General Aviation Awards Program will be presented their awards later this month at AirVenture in Oshkosh. In each of the past 50 years, the General Aviation Awards Program and the FAA have recognized a small group of aviation professionals in the fields of flight instruction, aviation maintenance, avionics and safety […]
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Grants assists with emergency repairs at 1S2
The Washington State Department of Transportation came to the Town of Darrington’s aid on June 11, when a sinkhole was discovered on the airport’s runway. After closing the runway, assessing the damage and determining repair costs, the town contacted WSDOT for funding assistance. WSDOT determined that the repair work met its Airport Aid Grant Program […]
Utah backcountry pilot shelter dedicated
ESCALANTE, Utah – Thanks to the number of folks responding to the Recreational Aviation Foundation plea of “a ten-spot for a tent-spot,” the Escalante pilot shelter was adequately funded and nearly completed in time for its June 15 dedication to local pilot and aviation enthusiast Paul Bowmar, who died in an aircraft accident in January. […]
Thunderbirds Edition Mustang to be sold at AirVenture auction
The engineering and design teams at Ford Motor Co. have produced a unique U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Edition 2014 Ford Mustang GT, which will be donated by Ford to be sold at the Gathering of Eagles charity event on Thursday, Aug. 1, during the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh 2013. All proceeds from the […]
Air Safety Institute offers new online flight instructor refresher course
The Air Safety Institute (ASI), a division of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Foundation, has launched a new online Flight Instructor Refresher Course (eFIRC). In the new course, a CFI can enroll and work towards certificate renewal as early as two years before the expiration date of their certificates, according to association officials. […]
Own a Spitfire — or part of one
LONDON — Always wanted to own —and fly — a Spitfire? Now you can — or at least part of one. The Boultbee Flight Academy is now offering the possibility to purchase a 1/10th share in an original Supermarine Spitfire in flying condition. In addition to this, as the only accredited Spitfire training academy in […]
Cessna TTX now with CAV Ice Protection FIKI system
NEW CENTURY AIRPORT, Kan., June 24, 2013 – CAV Ice Protection’s patented TKS system for Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI) is scheduled to enter service with Cessna’s new single-engine TTx aircraft by early 2014. “The Cessna TTx can now be ordered with the optional CAV Ice Protection FIKI system,” said Jodi Noah, Senior Vice President, […]
Workshop addresses cost barriers to avionics certification
In cooperation with the FAA, the Aircraft Electronics Association played host to more than 50 attendees at lasat week’s AML-STC Avionics Product Certification Workshop, which took place June 25-26 in the Dan Derby Center for Professional Development at the AEA’s international headquarters in Lee’s Summit, Mo. The workshop was predicated on a discussion for a […]
Research shows black box could increase safety, efficiency of collegiate flight training
Flight operations quality assurance, or FOQA, the system contained in an aircraft’s black box, could improve the safety of collegiate flight training programs in the future, according to research conducted by J.D. Swinney, one of the first two graduates of Kansas State University Salina’s Professional Master of Technology degree program. “FOQA has been proven to […]