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Piper Aircraft, Inc., has named Drew McEwen director of sales, Americas. McEwen joins Piper after a 28-year career at Hawker Beechcraft Corp. and leads Piper’s Regional Office in Vero Beach, working with dealers and agents throughout the Americas. “Drew’s mission is to maximize long-term Piper sales and help dealers and the dealer network achieve success,” […]

One Thursday afternoon in September 2005, Swift Enterprises founder John Rusek was flying home from a business meeting when he turned to his pilot, Jon Zuilkowski, and asked if he was ready to expand his role in the company. Without hesitation, Zuilkowski said he wanted to search for an alternative to avgas. “One of his […]

This summer’s AirVenture was a surprising success for Sherpa Aircraft Co., according to Glen Gordon, president. An unexpectedly large turnout of individuals from countries all over the world swarmed Sherpa’s display every day for the seven-day show, checking out the new 840-horse Honeywell turbine-powered Sherpa for the first time. Many of those at the exhibit […]

Pilots N Paws, an online forum that connects animal rescue groups and volunteer pilots, will relocate hundreds of homeless animals the weekend of Sept. 18 from the Gulf Coast to shelters and foster homes in other parts of the country in an effort dubbed The Pilots N Paws Gulf Coast Rescue Flyway. “These animals need […]

The saying “pennies from heaven” certainly doesn’t refer to aerial spraying, according to a report at Manufacturing.net, which states that agricultural aviation contributes $214 million to the state’s economy because of increased crop productivity, according to a study released last year by the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation. That’s not all: 86% of […]

A Curtiss-Wright SB2C-4 Helldiver, submerged under 90 feet of water for that past 65 years and raised to the surface last week, is headed to Florida where plans are to restore and put it on display at Pensacola’s National Naval Aviation Museum, according to a report at EAA.org.

The National Aircraft Resale Association (NARA) is moving its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Dallas, Texas, effective Sept. 1. After a longtime presence in the nation’s capital, the association of aircraft brokers, dealers and aviation service providers will operate its offices from the new location in a Dallas suburb. The new mailing address is: P.O. […]

The period of amnesty for pilots who failed to disclose antidepressant use on past airmen medical applications is nearing its end, according to a report at AOPA.org. In April, the FAA began considering individuals for special issuance medical certification who are being treated for depression with one of four antidepressant medications. The agency gave pilots […]

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has completed the first long-distance flight of an airplane powered by a lead-free, renewable fuel. Embry-Riddle is testing an environmentally friendly aviation fuel produced by Swift Enterprises in a bid to end its reliance on leaded aviation gas and to help pave the way for others in the general aviation community, university […]