Carlsbad, CA – Jet Source has leased approximately 2450 square feet of office space to Cutter Piper Sales, a newly appointed Piper dealer. The new dealership is responsible for sales in Southern California and Hawaii. Sales offices are located at 2036 Palomar Airport Road on the McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, CA. Cutter has appointed Phillip […]
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CALPILOTS posts March/April newsletter
The California Pilots Association (CALPILOTS) has posted its March/April 2011 newsletter to its website. Click here to download the PDF.
Atlanta Sport Flight to add Alto LSA to line
Atlanta Sport Flight, located at Atlanta’s Fulton County Field (FTY) will soon take delivery of an Alto LSA. The Alto LSA is distributed in the U.S. by Salem, Ohio-based CorbiAir. This delivery represents the first to a flight school.
An evening with Dick Rutan
As part of a continuing series of presentations by leaders and legends in the aviation community, American Airlines C. R. Smith Museum welcomes aviation futurist Dick Rutan. In his presentation titled “Aviation Adventures Around and Out of This World,” Rutan will talk about his life in aviation, from his days in the U. S. Air […]
MySky-1: Reno racer looks on an LSA budget
What do you get when you create an aircraft that is inspired by the Reno Air Races and the P-51 Mustang and wrap it up in a package that fits neatly in the Light Sport Aircraft category? You get the MySky-1, a tandem, low-wing built by MySky Aircraft in Spruce Creek, Fla. The MS-1 debuted […]
Creating a sense of community
“Community” is a time-honored best practice at Sporty’s Academy in Ohio. “It’s impossible to estimate how many student pilots are lost by making them feel like an intrusion into a flight school’s operations,” says Sporty’s Academy President Eric Radtke. “Instructors shouldn’t take students for granted and should welcome everyone coming to the airport into the […]
New York to the Cannes Air Show in a Mooney
For the 2011 Cannes Air Show, which is slated for June 9-11, Jacques Callies and Gilles Khaïat will attempt to set a new record: New-York to Cannes in less than 24 hours, in a Mooney Ovation2 GX without supplemental fuel equipment. Departure is schedule from Bridgeport, New York, Wednesday, June 8 at 5 am, with, […]
Wichita stands ready
Wichita didn’t need to host a big rally to remind itself that it’s still the Air Capital of the World — the place where more than 40% of the world’s general aviation aircraft is assembled and the reason Kansas is No. 1 in U.S. general aviation exports, according to an editorial in the Wichita Eagle, […]
Antique Airplane Association chapter launches at Flabob
Flabob Airport (RIR) in Riverside, Calif., is home to the newest chapter of the Antique Airplane Association, which also happens to be one of the oldest chapters. That’s because is a revival of the “Riverside Valley Chapter,” formed in the 1960s but long dormant. Two of the charter members, Ray Stits and Bill Hill, are […]