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Flight Design reports a successful Sun ’n Fun
Flight Design officials are pretty happy after Sun ’n Fun, reporting several sales, including a trend that could suggest anew avenue of growth for Light-Sport Aircraft. John Gilmore, national sales manager for Flight Design USA, reports that the company’s newest model, the CTLSi, which features the new Rotax 912Si engine, was a hit with distributors, […]
Flight Companion from Matchbox added to line-up
Rick Garcia, president of Gulf Coast Avionics Corp., has announced that both Gulf Coast Avionics and Pacific Coast Avionics have added the Flight Companion from Matchbox to their product offerings. The FC-1 Flight Companion is a new lightweight multi-functional electronics instrument that provides a variety of alerts to assist pilots with their cockpit management functions. […]
NTSB releases Reno Air Races recommendations
The NTSB has released a number of recommendations as a result of the crash at last year’s Reno Air Races: Require aircraft owners, as a condition of eligibility to participate in the Reno National Championship Air Races, to provide an engineering evaluation that includes flight demonstrations and analysis within the anticipated flight envelope for aircraft […]
Lawmakers seek estimate of what taxpayers spent on LightSquared testing
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Michael Turner have asked the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to account for how much taxpayer money the federal government spent to test LightSquared’s wireless network for interference with GPS and government telecommunications devices. Grassley and Turner are concerned that the federal government spent millions of dollars […]
Wanted: Input from general aviation pilots
A researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has focused her thesis project on general aviation trends and is asking for help from general aviation pilots. The goal of this study is to gain a better understanding of the factors that drive general aviation activity in the United States, which includes identifying any challenges […]
Students at RIR to chat with International Space Station
Twelve middle and high school students at Flabob Airport Preparatory School on Flabob Airport (RIR) in Riverside, Calif., are preparing for an unusual conversation: On Thursday, April 19, at 10 a.m. PDT, they will begin posing questions to an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The live question and answer session will last about 10 […]
PrayerFlight pilots needed in four states
PrayerFlight, in which volunteer pilots take up people to pray over the country, has achieved 92% coverage for the May 3 flight, officials report. Pilots are still needed for Mississippi, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Maine. For more information: PrayerFlight.org
Call for scholarship applicants
Iridium Communications has put out a call for entries to its Iridium NEXT Mission Team Scholarship program for the 2012-13 academic year. Administered by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation, the program will award scholarships annually to the best and brightest aerospace engineering students in the world, including those already engaged in […]