Business aircraft grounded by ash from an Icelandic volcano were back flying in Europe’s skies minutes after authorities lifted widespread airspace closures, according to a report at Aviation International News Online.
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GE Aviation launches M601 maintenance training courses
GE Aviation’s Customer Technical Education Center (CTEC) is now offering courses on the M601E turboprop engine and will serve as the North American training center for M601 and H80 engines. CTEC is located near GE Aviation’s headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. The first M601E Line Maintenance course was held at CTEC in late March. The Air […]
MU-2 pilot proficiency events scheduled
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (MHIA), and the MU-2 program has several new speakers on tap for the 2010 MU-2 Pilot’s Review of Proficiency (PROP) program focusing on pilot awareness and decision-making. Dr. David Strahle will present a two-hour lecture on Airborne NEXRAD Radar at each seminar. Ralph Hood, pilot and humorist described as an […]
Gulf Coast Avionics showcases custom panel upgrades
Gulf Coast Avionics has long been involved in the design, fabrication and installation of custom panel upgrades. Over the last several years, the Lakeland, Florida-based company, has provided those services to a wide variety of aircraft from kit-built aircraft to warbirds to piston and turbine powered business and personal aircraft. Gulf Coast Avionics has showcased […]
‘In the presence of greatness’
By BOB JAQUES, For General Aviation News For what was promoted as the last and final reunion of the Doolittle Raiders, hundreds of fans and admirers were in Dayton, Ohio, on April 16-18 to attend the Raiders 68th Reunion. The National Museum of the United States Air Force hosted the reunion, which featured four of […]
Lessons learned
What can GA pilots learn from the “Miracle on the Hudson”? Be prepared, said Jeff Skiles, first officer on US Airways Flight 1549, which became famous after it safely landed in the Hudson River last January. Skiles, 50, was at the controls with Captain Chesley Sullenberger when their Airbus A320 experienced multiple bird strikes and […]
Scholarship winners selected for Able Flight-Purdue flight training program
Heather Schultz and Chris Spaur may be separated by thousands of miles, and their physical challenges may be very different, but the young woman from New Jersey and the young man from California have a lot in common. Both have a passion for becoming pilots, and both will travel to Indiana this summer to take […]
Curtiss Flying Boat fetches $506,000 at auction
On April 13 Bonhams New York held a special day of auctions celebrating the history of flight and space exploration, from the earliest experiments to the present day. Starting the day was the sale of a 1917 Curtiss MF Seagull Flying Boat. Sourced from the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio, this was the […]
NATA appoints three new board members
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) elected three new members to its board of directors this week at its annual membership meeting. The new members are Bob Marinace, president and chief executive officer, Key Air; Alfred G. Peterson, airport manager, Nantucket Memorial Airport; and Jim Sweeney, president, Fargo Jet Center. Marinace is president and chief […]