Avfuel has expanded its branded dealer network to include Monterey Jet Center at California’s Monterey Peninsula Airport (MRY), providing the FBO with fuel and service solutions as well as marketing and branding support. Opening its doors in 1997, Monterey Jet Center holds the distinction of playing host to the Gordon McCall Motorworks Revival for the […]
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Time machine: David Marco’s Lockheed 12A
“Have you seen that beautiful twin?” This phrase was repeated numerous times at this summer’s AirVenture and you can be sure the airplane in question belonged to David Marco of Atlantic Beach, Fla. Marco’s Lockheed 12A occupied a place of honor off ConocoPhillips Square next to the ConocoPhillips display tent. The airplane, also known as […]
General Aviation Security magazine launches
Planehook Aviation Services has launched the premier edition of “General Aviation Security,” a quarterly digest-size magazine. The magazine is available via download (free) or printed ($5 – email request). Story titles include: “Can You Eat a Whole Cow? Sure… one bite at a time!”, “Risk as Dollars and Cents,” and “Got Security?” The publication has […]
J-3 Cub grand prize in EAA sweepstakes
The Piper J-3 Cub, one of the legendary aircraft in aviation history, will take center stage for the next nine months as the grand prize for the 2012 EAA “Win The Cub” Aircraft Sweepstakes. The EAA Sweepstakes, one of the longest running airplane giveaways in the world, annually supports EAA’s aviation education programs. In a […]
CubCrafters introduces MyPanel
CubCrafters has introduced a new instrument panel option featuring space designated for the attachment of a tablet computer or similar device. CubCrafters is calling the option the MyPanel. It can be ordered as an option on any new CubCrafters Carbon Cub or Sport Cub aircraft. “The MyPanel allows the pilot to craft his or her […]
NextGen PAPI to be deployed
New Bedford Panoramex Corp. was recently awarded a contract by the FAA to replace legacy Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) systems powered by antiquated incandescent lamps with up to 400 systems that are powered by Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps. Once implemented, this program could cut energy costs for PAPI systems at U.S. airports by […]
Something uncommon in the air: A tailwheel Aerobat
“What is that?” one of my students asked as we stood in front of a tailwheel-equipped red, white and blue two-place Cessna at this summer’s Arlington Fly-in in Washington state. It wasn’t a Cessna 120. It wasn’t a 140. Did Cessna make other two-place tailwheel designs? “It looks like a Cessna 150 — did they […]
Florida AirMotive celebrates 50th anniversary
There are not many FBOs that could fill a stadium with the youngsters they’ve introduced to flying. But that’s exactly what Florida AirMotive has done in its quest to keep general aviation thriving. In the half-century since Florida AirMotive’s founder Owen Gassaway Jr. signed on as a branded Phillips 66 Aviation dealer, some 40,000 people […]
HondaJet to build new maintenance facility at PTI
Honda Aircraft Co. has selected Greensboro, North Carolina, as the location for its new HondaJet Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility. The company will invest an additional $20 million to build the new MRO facility, bringing its total capital investment for construction of its North Carolina facilities to more than $120 million. Honda Aircraft’s MRO […]