The MITRE Corporation’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development is still recruiting pilots for a study evaluating proposed changes to runway standards at general aviation airports. Pilots who participate can earn up to $250. The study will examine whether infrastructure standards, such as runway width and length, pavement markings, visual guidance systems and edge lighting, […]
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Cirrus expands Grand Forks facility for jet production
Cirrus Aircraft is expanding its Grand Forks, N.D., facility to accommodate a new autoclave oven in preparation for production of the Vision SF50 jet. Modifications to the Grand Forks facility began in May and the autoclave was delivered June 27, when the installation process will begin. The building housing the autoclave will be built around […]
Foundation donates $25,000 to LA school district aircraft mechanics school
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A contingent from the University of North Dakota (UND) Aerospace Foundation will travel to Southern California to donate $25,000 to the Los Angeles Unified School District’s struggling aircraft mechanics school at an event Saturday, June 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Van Nuys Airport (VNY). The donation will be used to award […]
Black Diamond Jet Team performs flyover for Transformers: The Ride-3D
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Black Diamond Jet Team, an aerobatic jet team based in Lakeland, Florida, recently performed a five-ship flyover as part of a grand opening event for Transformers: The Ride-3D at Universal Studios in Orlando. The grand opening event featured an elaborate battle simulation based on the Transformers movie. The spectacle included “Optimus […]
Flight Design USA adds distributors
Flight Design USA has appointed Wilmington, N.C.-based Flight Design South East and south Florida-based Americana Aviation as new distributor representatives. “We are very pleased to appoint Flight Design South East, operated by Walt Conlogue as the distributor for a territory including North and South Carolina, Virginia, northern Georgia, and eastern Tennessee,” said Flight Design USA president Tom Peghiny. […]
Sebring Expo confirms 2014 dates
The 10th annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo — known by most as the Sebring LSA Expo — will take center stage at Florida’s Sebring Regional Airport Jan. 16-19, 2014. Returning to its original format as an exhibition-only event, the aircraft, avionics, aviation equipment, and flying activities of Expo exhibitors will be the stars of the […]
Arizona aviator named Small Business Person of the Year
WASHINGTON D.C. — Growing up in Pasadena, Calif., John Stonecipher’s future was forged as he watched police helicopters fly overhead. By 18, he was certified to fly. By 19, with an instructor’s certificate in hand, he was teaching others the intricacies of helicopter flight. Stonecipher was recently named 2013 National Small Business Person of the […]
Entry deadline for AirVenture Cup approaching
The entry deadline for the EAA AirVenture Cup Race is July 1, and race organizers are urging interested participants to get their application in as soon as possible. In the past, race participants had until a week before the race to submit their applications, but the deadline for entry is earlier this year to give […]
Burlington Aviation to host open house
BURLINGTON, N.C. — Burlington Aviation, a Cessna Pilot Center and a FAA Part 141 flight school at Burlington Alamance Regional Airport (BUY) , will host a Discover Flying Open House July 6 from 12:30 to 3:00pm. The public is invited to learn more about flying, see and tour the new Cessna Skyhawk aircraft, and enter to […]