Two engine seminars will be held at Zenith Aircraft Co.’s 20th annual Open Hangar Day and Fly-In next weekend, Sept. 16-17) at its kit manufacturing facility in Mexico, Missouri. In addition to looking at Zenith’s planes and touring the factory, visitors will be able to learn about engine choices for powering the two-seat LSA-class Zenith […]
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Flight Design delivers newest model
On Aug. 24, David Williams, of the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department traveled to Flight USA headquarters in Woodstock, Conn., to pick up the department’s new CTLE. He and Lt. Marsh Carter accepted the keys and flew the CTLE back to California. “The Tulare County Sheriff’s Department will be the first agency in the U.S. to […]
Embry-Riddle plans grand opening for new aviation complex
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will celebrate a milestone in its ongoing construction campaign — the completion of the final three buildings in the James Hagedorn Aviation Complex — with a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 9, in the courtyard of the complex at the Daytona Beach campus. The new, high-tech […]
Aviation High School grad lands at Dynon Avionics
Natalie Nason entered Seattle’s Aviation High School with its inaugural class in 2004 and graduated with that group in 2008. She then enrolled at Rocky Mountain College, majoring in communications, with a minor in business management/aviation, and graduated Magna Cum Laude in three years. Her first job out of college is with Dynon Avionics. Aviation […]
Fly the distance with NextGen: In the beginning there was fire
By JEFFREY BOCCACCIO. (This is the second in a series of articles looking at the impact of NextGen on GA pilots.) The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is rapidly approaching and, as astute pilots, we need to start preparing for what influence this new system may have on our day-to-day flying. Using the word […]
NextGen tools now at TRACONs
Air traffic controllers at the Minneapolis Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) are using a next generation tool developed by Lockheed Martin and the FAA to help maintain safe separation between aircraft on final approach. The advancement enhances the Common Automated Radar Terminal System (CARTS), a program Lockheed Martin primes for the FAA at more than […]
Heritage Flight Foundation hosts Vintage Aircraft Weekend
More than 4,000 people arrived at Historic Flight Foundation in Everett, Wash., on Saturday, Sept. 3, to experience the beauty and nostalgia of vintage aviation. Visitors were greeted by live swing band music and invited to wander among more than 50 vintage aircraft that flew in from all over the Pacific Northwest. The highlight for […]
Thrush Aircraft celebrates first delivery to Argentina
Thrush Aircraft recently celebrated its first delivery and flight of the 510P in Argentina. The 510P was purchased by Sandro and Telma Peisino, owner of Yebila Serivicios Agroaereos, an ag aviation operator in Venado Tuerto, Argentina. The Thrush 510P is equipped with the Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34AG, and is flat rated to 750 shp. The […]
Controllers share memories of 9/11 in new video
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three air traffic employees who were directly involved in the events of 9/11 share their memories on the 10th anniversary of that tragic day in a new video released by the FAA Tuesday. “On Sept. 11, FAA air traffic controllers across the country acted quickly and decisively to help secure our nation’s […]