Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co., a distributor of homebuilt and certificated aircraft supplies, has donated $100,000 to the Experimental Aircraft Association to sponsor the new Homebuilders’ Hangar on the EAA grounds at Oshkosh. During last week’s AirVenture, the Homebuilders’ Hangar was used for presentations by renowned aircraft designers and builders. There also was a social […]
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Archer returns to lead Superior Air Parts as new owners expand into China
Tim Archer has been appointed CEO of Superior Aviation, Beijing and its wholly owned subsidiary, U.S.-based Superior Air Parts, Inc. As CEO of Superior Aviation, Beijing, Archer will oversee all day-to-day operations, including directing the completion of a 14,400-square-foot state-of-the-art piston engine production facility in Beijing, China. Once the facility is operational and training is […]
Rolls Royce offers Young Eagles scholarships
Rolls-Royce has pledged financial support for the 2010 EAA Young Eagles Scholarship Program. Designed to support teenagers interested in aviation and aviation careers, EAA Young Eagles scholarships fund flying lessons and flight experiences for deserving teenage student pilots. In 2010, flight training scholarships funded by Rolls-Royce will be awarded to six students who have completed […]
Growing the next generation
Brett Bain, 4, of Alexandria, Louisiana, enjoys his first time behind the stick in a human-powered flight simulator. The sim, just one of the many attractions at KidVenture during this year’s AirVenture, was brought to Oshkosh by EAA Chapter 301 in Denver. According to chapter member Stan Specht, who provides the muscle to make the […]
Go ahead…touch the prop
In most social settings the sight of a grown man wearing a cap with a spinning propeller on top of it would make women recoil in horror. But not at AirVenture. According to Jamie Till of Flight Line Radio, the cap seems to attract women, at least at air shows. “They want to touch the […]
Will Congress ever agree on an FAA reauthorization bill?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since Sept. 30, 2007, the FAA has been operating under short-term reauthorization bills — and the Congress just rushed through a 15th temporary funding bill on the final day before starting its August recess. This latest extension runs until Sept. 30. The last time the House and Senate agreed on long-term reauthorization […]
DOT secretary blogs about Oshkosh
In a July 30 blog post, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood was enthusiastic about his trip to AirVenture in Oshkosh. In the post, he says: “Federal Aviation Administrator Randy Babbitt invited me to join him in Oshkosh yesterday, and I’m sure glad I did. AirVenture was phenomenal! Together, we watched the famous air show […]
An Oshkosh engagement
Brandon Scott, of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, proposed to his girlfriend at Oshkosh, during a flight on EAA’s B-17 “Aluminum Overcast.” According to a report at EAA.org, Scott, a member of the 147th Aviation Regiment of the Wisconsin National Guard, wanted his proposal to be unique. “From what I was told by the flight crew, this had […]
FAA finalizes re-registration rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an effort to create a more accurate aircraft registration database, the FAA is requiring re-registration of all civil aircraft over the next three years and renewal every three years after that. The FAA will cancel the N-numbers of aircraft that are not re-registered or renewed. The rule establishes specific expiration dates […]