Siemens AG, Diamond Aircraft and EADS are set to present an aircraft with a serial hybrid electric drive system at the Paris Air Show Le Bourget 2011. The two-seater motor glider successfully completed its maiden flight June 8 at the Wiener Neustadt airfield in Vienna, Austria. The aircraft was built by the three partners to […]
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LightSquared shifts to spare GPS
LightSquared officials said on Monday the company will move to a different spot on the spectrum to avoid interfering with sensitive GPS systems, according to a report in the National Journal, which quotes the company’s CEO: “This is a solution which ensures that tens of millions of GPS users won’t be affected by LightSquared’s launch.” […]
‘Who’s Who’ to be at National Aviation Hall of Fame enshrinement
Master of Ceremonies for the National Aviation Hall of Fame’s 50th Annual Enshrinement Dinner & Ceremony, which will be held at the Dayton Convention Center on Saturday, July 16, will be retired Air Force Colonel Thomas N. Moe, a former fighter pilot and Vietnam POW who currently serves as Director of Veterans Services for the […]
Seawind flight testing gets help from National Research Council
The National Research Council of Canada Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC-Aerospace) is assisting Seawind LLC, a company located in Kimberton, Pennsylvania, with the certification flight-testing of the Seawind 300C single-engine amphibian. Launched in 2010, the program was designed to be responsive to the flight test needs of smaller Canadian and international aerospace companies. This capability […]
Flying in the Air Race Classic
GAN contributing writer Amelia Reiheld and her partner, Linda Keller, will take off in the Air Race Classic June 21. We’ll follow their adventures online, but first a look at how the partnership began: What have I gone and gotten myself into this time? It started simply enough. Complicated things usually do. I heard via […]
Commander Premier files bankruptcy
Commander Premier Aircraft Corp. and its operating subsidiary, CPAC, Inc., have filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code. The petitions were filed in the bankruptcy court in Tyler, Texas, the headquarters city for both companies for over two years. The bankruptcy filing is the result of threats by two of the […]
Your chance to race at Reno
Always wanted to race at Reno, but just never had the chance? Now you do — virtually. Breitling has just released a new app for the iPhone and iPad: Breitling Reno Air Races The Game. Best of all? It’s free. Check it out here. Breitling also just posted this video to YouTube based on the […]
Kentucky institute sponsors wing design competition
More than 125 students, faculty and volunteers from across Kentucky recently participated in the 2011 Wing Design Competition sponsored by the Kentucky Institute for Aerospace Education, NASA Kentucky, and the University of Kentucky College of Engineering at RJ Corman Railroad Group’s Lucas Field in Nicholasville, Ky. The students representing 12 high schools that comprise the […]
SDL now DCA gateway airport
Scottsdale Airport (SDL) is now the only general aviation airport in Arizona with direct access to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, according to a report in the Arizona Republic. GA airplanes now can get on-site security clearances from the TSA needed to fly directly into DCA, which has been under heightened security policies since the […]