FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Michael Grana recently joined Banyan Air Service as aircraft sales associate. In his new role, he will be responsible for aircraft research and aircraft brokerage listings. Grana has five years of aircraft sales experience, has held several positions as a corporate pilot, and has assisted in corporate aircraft management. He is […]
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Pearson pilots upset by airspace changes
“That’s not going to work for us.” That’s the gist of the message pilots at Pearson Field Airport (VUO) in Vancouver, Wash., had for the FAA when they learned of the agency’s plan for procedural changes at the airport. Pearson Field, located just three miles of busy Portland International Airport (PDX), is a non-towered airport […]
Free maintenance symposium slated
By DALE FORTON. Planning is underway for the First State Chapter–PAMA Maintenance Symposium on Feb. 9, 2013, at the Deerfield Country Club in Newark, Delaware. One of the most important aspects of this eight-hour maintenance training is that the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) keeps it accessible to everyone. That is why this will always […]
FAA to ‘redefine aviation’
The FAA will make a variety of critical decisions regarding aviation-related issues over the next two to three years – decisions that will “define what aviation looks like in this country for the next 25, 30 or 40 years,” the FAA’s top official said Thursday at the Wichita Aero Club. FAA Acting Administrator Michael Huerta […]
Air Safety Institute releases passenger safety briefing video
The AOPA Foundation’s Air Safety Institute has released “Critical Information: The Passenger Safety Briefing” video, which covers items that should be part of every passenger safety briefing. ASI created the video in response to an NTSB safety recommendation for better preflight safety briefings of passengers in the event of pilot incapacitation after an accident, officials […]
Van’s to build ‘fly-away’ RV-12s
Van’s Aircraft is tentatively entering the OEM market with an initial run of 12 deluxe copies of its RV-12 LSA. According to a podcast interview with AVweb at AOPA Aviation Summit in Palm Springs, Calif., Van’s Aircraft founder and president Dick VanGrunsven said it was a market the company was thinking about when it launched […]
New film about seaplanes released
John Vigran recently completed a short film about seaplanes and flying around the San Francisco Bay Area for his friends at Seaplane Adventures in Mill Valley, California. He sent along a link, noting it he thought it might be of interest to our readers as the main charater in the firlm is a 1955 de […]
AOPA unveils details on new flying club network
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) released details at last week’s AOPA Aviation Summit in Palm Springs, Calif., on a long-term initiative to facilitate the growth of flying clubs. The initiative is one of the first projects of the new Center to Advance the Pilot Community, which is working to reverse the decline in […]
West Virginia governor declares October ‘General Aviation Appreciation Month’
West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has declared October “General Aviation Appreciation Month.” The proclamation highlights general aviation’s pivotal role in supporting access to medical treatment, commerce and critical services throughout the state. The general aviation industry in West Virginia contributes $616 million to the economy annually. “We thank Governor Tomblin for recognizing the enormous […]