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Intercomp’s new AC100 incorporates integrated RFX Wireless Weighing technology right in the CPU. Intercomp also has incorporated many new features into this next generation AC100 RFX Wireless CPU, according to company officials, including an upgraded, rugged, casing, providing protection against a variety of elements, and a new thermal printer. USB and RS232 outputs allow for […]

Drew Steketee was president of BE A PILOT, senior vp-communications for AOPA and executive director of the Partnership for Improved Air Travel. He also headed PR and media relations for Beech, GAMA and the Airport Operators Council International. How to market GA to active, lifestyle-conscious adults? It seems there are more and more co-promotions and […]

An uproar over lapses by U.S. air traffic controllers will spill into Congress where critics of organized labor see an unexpected opening to push their agenda into sweeping aviation legislation, according to a report from Reuters, which notes: “Republicans see the furor as a way to force certain proposals into a final version of a […]

The Los Angeles City Council has passed a resolution declaring its intention to support legislation to close the six flight schools operating at the Santa Monica Airport (SMO), according to a report in the Santa Monica Daily Press. The story notes that “According to the resolution, which was passed unanimously, tossing out the six flight […]

Jamie Beckett, our Politics for Pilots blogger, has written an open letter to Santa Monica’s flight schools on his site FlightMonkeys.com. It begins: “Over on the left side of our map in California, the Santa Monica City Council has been making a lot of noise in recent months about booting the six flight schools based […]

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has overturned a decision by a lower court jury against Cirrus Aircraft in the case of a pilot and his passenger who died in marginal VFR weather in January 2003, according to a report at AOPA.org. AOPA’s story quotes Bill King, Cirrus Aircraft vice president of business administration: “This was […]

BuildAPlane, in cooperation with the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), will once again sponsor Teacher’s Day at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, July 26, and will expose teachers to a variety of programs and curricula that assist in bringing aviation into classrooms. Elementary to […]

Women In Aviation, International’s (WAI) newly formed Greater Los Angeles Chapter will hold a meeting and mixer at Encounters Restaurant at LAX on Thursday, April 28, at 6 p.m. Anyone interested in aviation and helping to encourage youth to aspire to all careers in aviation is encouraged to attend. Officials say the chapter’s goal is […]