The Seaplane Pilots Association has a slate of new officers. Board of Directors Chairman Henry Hinman retired from the board to focus his attention on the Seaplane Pilots Foundation, which he was instrumental in founding two years ago. Other outgoing officers are Telford Allen, president, and Lyle Panepinto, secretary. Newly elected officers are: Walter B. […]
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Lockheed Martin upgrades to support ADS-B
Lockheed Martin has enhanced multiple air traffic management platforms to enable the processing of data received from satellite-based navigational aids such as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). A key foundation of the FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System, ADS-B is set to give pilots, as well as controllers, better information on the position of the aircraft […]
Mayo Aviation named sponsor of The Green Flight Project
Bye Energy, Inc., which is developing an integrator of alternative energy technologies for business and general aviation aircraft, has added Mayo Aviation as a sponsor of The Green Flight Project. “All of us at Mayo Aviation are proud to be associated with such an environmentally-conscious project,” said Scott Dulaney, director of business development of Mayo […]
Sunshine and good times at Arlington
You know it is July in Washington state when vintage and experimental aircraft migrate north for the annual Arlington Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention. The fly-in, held July 7-11 at Arlington Municipal Airport (AWO) north of Seattle, attracted aircraft ranging from helicopters and warbirds to experimental, vintage and light sport designs. The newly constructed Antique […]
Red Bull Race Race Budapest cancelled
The Red Bull Air Race in Budapest has been cancelled this year due to lengthy delays in the permissions process, according to officials. Just last week, the Portugal race was cancelled for the same reason. The Red Bull Air Race World Champion will now be crowned after the final race of the 2010 season at […]
Q&A with Clay Lacy
In a Q&A story recently posted on the San Fernando Valley Business Journal website, legendary pilot Clay Lacy talks about everything from being inducted in the National Aviation Hall of Fame later this month to the underappreciation of GA to his relationship with Bill Lear, in which he’s quoted as saying: “I knew Bill Lear […]
FPR wins top spot for customs facility
The St. Lucie County International Airport (FPR), U.S. Customs and Border Protection Facility (CBP), in Fort Pierce, Florida, was selected as the top aviation-related U.S. Customs and Border Protection Facility from a survey recently conducted by FltPlan.com for its 2010 Pilots’ Choice Awards. FltPlan.com, a provider of flight planning services for corporate and business aircraft […]
Houston museum to raffle vintage plane
Houston’s 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Hobby Airport will give away a vintage 1958 Cessna 172 in a live raffle drawing July 17. The drawing will be the culmination of a year-long fundraiser and will be the museum’s third airplane give away, according to officials. Museum president Drew Coats explained, “This raffle has turned into […]
Oshkosh-bound DC-7B makes first flight in six years
For the first time in nearly six years, the Historical Flight Foundation’s DC-7-B took to the skies last weekend following an extensive renovation and restoration at Miami’s Opa Locka Airport, Florida. According to a report at EAA.org, the gleaming red, white, and blue airliner in Eastern Airlines livery took off of runway 9L July 4 […]