Aircraft Spruce is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year. The company began in 1965, when Flo Irwin began cutting up Sitka Spruce in her garage. What began locally soon took on a national scope and today responds to aircraft builders’ and restorers’ needs from around the globe. Today’s Aircraft Spruce parts catalog (available in hard […]
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GA Security Advisory group meets
The TSA kicked off a two-day meeting of the General Aviation Working Group of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) March 9. The committee is tasked with examining areas of GA security and providing recommendations to TSA and the full committee. During the morning session, TSA officials asked members to identify the top areas of […]
BRS founder Boris Popov wins Sperry Award
Boris Popov, founder of BRS Aerospace, which manufactures whole-airplane emergency parachute systems, has been awarded the Sperry Award for 2009. The Sperry Award, instituted in 1955, is given in recognition of a distinguished engineering contribution that has advanced the art of transportation, whether by land, sea, or space. Previous award winners include: Donald Douglas for […]
Mid-Continent Instruments-West goes global
Mid-Continent Instruments–West in Van Nuys, Calif., now has the capability to reach international customers without delays. Bryan Miner, in his role as Chief Inspector, is the latest member of the company’s Organizational Designation Authorization (ODA). Miner is authorized to issue export airworthiness approvals for Class II products shipped overseas on behalf of the FAA. This […]
Preparing pilots for the right seat
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will convene the 2010 National Training Aircraft Symposium (NTAS 2010) March 14-17 at its Daytona Beach campus, with the theme “Preparing Future Pilots for the Right Seat.” “This year, the National Training Aircraft Symposium will focus on the issue of first officer pilot qualifications in light of the legislative actions under way […]
Vintage remote control planes take over the skies at Fantasy of Flight
Scale models of vintage aircraft and flying machines from the earliest years of aviation will compete in “The Blue Max Scale R/C Challenge and Fly-In,” an AMA-sanctioned event at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, this weekend. Competing pilots will show off their craftsmanship and aerial maneuvers March 12 and March 13. The event […]
Congratulations! It’s an airport
“Congratulations! It’s an airport!” With these words Marjy Leggett, AOPA Airport Support Network volunteer for Vista Field Airport (S98) in Kennewick, Wash., let pilots know that their efforts to keep the airport open worked. On Monday, March 8, commissioners for the Port of Kennewick, the airport sponsor, voted unanimously to keep the airport open. The […]
Forecast links NextGen and national economic growth
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FAA is forecasting that key airspace safety and efficiency modernization efforts will play a vital role in spurring long-term sustained growth in air travel and the nation’s overall economic health. The forecast, which comes after a short-term period of slow growth in aviation activity, underscores the need for the Next Generation […]
Cessna calls for unity to defend bizav
The GA industry needs to keep communicating the value and benefits of business aviation. That’s the message conveyed today by Robert Stangarone, vice president, corporate communications, Cessna Aircraft Co., at the British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA) Annual Conference. “Everyone in our industry should consider themselves ambassadors,” he said. “Business aircraft are used in […]