Wheels Up Productions producer/director Daphne Stacey and her production team will be at the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In next week interviewing, videotaping and meeting with pilots, sponsors and exhibitors for “Women With Wings,” a four-part television mini-series. “Women With Wings” will cover the first woman to solo in a balloon to today’s women of space, […]
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Cessna accelerates Skycatcher deliveries
Cessna Aircraft Co. said today it is set to accelerate customer deliveries of the new 162 Skycatcher Light Sport Aircraft. Cessna delivered its first new Skycatcher at the end of 2009 and is notifying customers that, while aircraft modifications have delayed initial deliveries, Cessna and production partner Shenyang Aircraft Corp. in China are working together […]
STARS goes live in Philly
Raytheon Company’s Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) in Philadelphia is the first FAA facility to go live with fused Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast track data for aircraft surveillance. ADS-B, a key foundation of the FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), enables the transition from ground-based to satellite-based air traffic control. Fusion allows a control […]
Small business receives NextGen engineering contract
CSSI, Inc., of Washington, D.C., a woman-owned small business, has won an FAA contract to perform engineering work that will help transform and modernize the nation’s airspace system into the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). The $280 million contract is the first of up to six that will be awarded under an umbrella portfolio […]
Soloy receives more OKs for C206 law enforcement accessories
Soloy Aviation Solutions recently received approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Transport Canada (TC) for three accessory kits that comprise Soloy’s Cessna 206 Law Enforcement Package. The kits include a headliner modification and four point restraint harnesses for pilot and co-pilot, a large-area observation window installation, and a middle row articulated observation […]
Seven steps to survival
By ALAN SORUM, For General Aviation News Part of the magic of flying is that we can easily cross the vast spaces that separate us. The speed at which we bridge these distances can blind us to understanding their true inaccessibility. In the north and much of the west, there are places where, once a […]
Celebrating at LAL
Florida’s Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport (LAL) has a lot to celebrate this month. Home to the annual Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In, which runs from April 13-18, the airport was recently awarded a $2.4 million grant from the FAA. The funds will be used for taxiway improvements designed to alleviate complex geometric intersections and improve the safety […]
Flight for the Human Spirit set to takeoff Thursday
The Flight for the Human Spirit, which has been on a “Weather Hold” status for the past three days, has been cleared for takeoff from Salina Municipal Airport (SLN) in Kansas Thursday morning. According to Mission Control, the winds have been too prohibitive for the Remos Light Sport Aircraft to fly safely. A storm watch […]
Wright Flyer model lands at National Aerospace Library
The National Aerospace Library has just taken delivery of a model of the Wright Flyer. The 1/20th scale model was built in 2003 by David Baxter as part of the centenary celebrations of the Wright Brothers historic flight. The model is an accurate depiction of the aircraft with which Orville Wright made the first manned […]