Friedrichshafen, Germany — With more than 500 exhibitors expected to attend, AERO will continue to be the largest trade show for general aviation in Europe in 2012. Although the number of airplanes sold in general aviation during the past 12 months has decreased, the downward trend has slowed compared to last year, and numerous new […]
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Lyon Air Museum hosts royal visitor
Lyon Air Museum, a Southern California showcase for vintage military aircraft and automobiles, played host on Thursday, Dec. 1, to Prince Edward, His Royal Highness, The Duke of Kent. The English royal family member traveled to the U.S. with key people from the American Air Museum in Britain as part of a fundraising trip. Prince […]
Airports along Snake River to stay open year-round
Washington State Department of Transportation have confirmed that the Lower Monumental, Lower Granite and Little Goose airports along the Snake River in Walla Walla, Whitman and Spokane counties, will remain open year-round. In past years, these airports have typically closed between October and June. This changed after the Washington State Department Of Transportation and the […]
Cessna’s Mark Paolucci to retire
Mark Paolucci, senior vice president of sales, will retire at the end of the year after 32 years with Cessna. Paolucci joined Cessna in 1979 as a design engineer and progressed into a number of key sales and customer support roles. During his tenure, he held a number of sales leadership positions and led the […]
Tecnam launches discount deposit program for P2010
Richmond, Virginia-based Tecnam North America has launched a discounted deposit program for the Tecnam P2010, a four-seat single expected to have its first test flight early next month. “In celebration of this we are offering a one-off opportunity to place an order for one of these…aircraft for a deposit of just $5,000,” company officials said, adding […]
Kuo appointed president of Rhode Island IMC Club
The IMC Clubs has appointed Victoria Kuo, the chief flight instructor of New Horizon Aviation, to be the Rhode Island Chapter President. As a highly qualified volunteer Kuo was chosen to provide her expertise in flight education to the club, according to club officials. Rhode Island chapter meetings will take place every third Thursday at […]
Lessons learned during my iPad year
By BILL WALKER I received an iPad for Christmas last year and put it to use straightaway in my Skyhawk. Not knowing which aviation application to use, I tried several. I purchased ForeFlight, Flight Guide and Pilot My-Cast by Garmin, and did a 30-day trial of WingX Pro from Hilton Software. Now, nearly a year […]
First solo: Bill Lyons
We recently asked pilots on our Facebook page to share the story of their first solos. Here’s Bill Lyon’s story: I soloed at 7 or 8 hours instruction, from a then grass and gravel strip at Farmville Virginia, 68 years ago. My instructor, one Jesse Edwards, was substantially overweight; I was a 120 pound stripling. […]
FAA proposes ‘radically higher prices’ for digital chart data
AVweb is reporting that the FAA’s AeroNav charting division told vendors this week that it proposes to charge end users of digital charting producers about $150 a year to close a $5 million shortfall in its budget due to declining paper chart sales. The report notes that the new fee, if adopted, would presumably more […]