For the fifth year in a row, Fantasy of Flight will once again host the Splash-In of the 39th annual SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In & Expo, held in nearby Lakeland, Fla., April 9-14. The Splash-In site at Lake Agnes, adjacent to Fantasy of Flight, will be operational Wednesday, April 10, through Friday, April 12. […]
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PK Floats owner dies
Alton Bouchard, the owner of PK Floats at Lincoln Regional Airport (LRG) in Maine, died unexpectedly Feb. 17. He was 59. Bouchard’s passion for aviation, especially seaplanes, began when he was just a young boy. His family reports that he owned more than a hundred in his lifetime. In 2000, he bought PK Floats from […]
RISE ABOVE traveling exhibit at Carolinas Aviation Museum
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolinas Aviation Museum at Charlotte Douglas International Airport will host the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron’s RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit honoring the Tuskegee Airmen Feb. 26-March 2. Sponsored by Duke Energy, the Traveling Exhibit, which will feature a P-51 Mustang similar to the one used by the Airmen, will […]
Overhauling, and more, for 35 years
TULSA, Okla. – Aircraft Specialties Services is celebrating 35 years in business in 2013. Founded in December 1978 Aircraft Specialties Services started with a single Storm-Vulcan cam grinding machine and the goal of supplying reconditioned cams to local engine overhaul shops around the Tulsa airport. Word spread that the company was providing high quality work at a […]
Piper selects G1000 for Seneca V
Piper Aircraft has selected Garmin‘s G1000 all-glass, integrated flight deck for its twin-class Seneca V model. “We have a strong, long-standing partnership with Piper Aircraft, and we are honored by the confidence they continue to show in Garmin avionics,” said Carl Wolf, Garmin’s vice president of aviation sales and marketing. “With the G1000-equipped Seneca V, […]
IAA March newsletter now online
The March issue of the Idaho Aviation Association newsletter, The Flyline, is now online.
A first for Northwest Aviation Conference
PUYALLUP, Wash. – The Northwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show included a first this year. The inaugural Aviation Business & Career Forum kicked off the 30th annual conference on Friday. The forum was organized to offer a venue for people interested in the aviation industry to learn more about it, and for those already working […]
Glasair rolls out 160th aircraft in Two Weeks to Taxi Program
ARLINGTON, Wash. — Since the program was started in 2006, Glasair’s builder assist program has succeeded in bringing 160 Sportsman aircraft to the flightline. The first 34 kits were able to taxi in three weeks, after which the program was streamlined and renamed: “Two Weeks to Taxi.” The 160th aircraft to be completed in the […]
PAMA puts out call for nominations
By DALE FORTON. If you or someone you know would like to take a leadership position in the aviation maintenance community, be sure to submit a nomination for the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) 2013-2014 board of directors election. Nominations are due by Feb. 28. As a not-for-profit organization by and for aviation maintenance professionals, […]





