After almost seven years at the Smokey Point Gateway Center, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Aviation is moving its offices to the Arlington Airport (AWO). The move is an opportunity for WSDOT to partner with the city of Arlington to share office space at the airport, according to WSDOT officials. The new office will […]
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State Tax Guide for GA to be released
Conklin & de Decker is releasing the new 2010 State Tax Guide for General Aviation in January 2010. The guide contains the latest taxes and fees imposed on general aviation in all 50 states and addresses the sales and use taxes applicable to aircraft sales, ownership, leases, parts, and labor. In 2009 several states implemented […]
Bird-B-Gone publishes new catalog
Bird-B-Gone, Inc. has just published a new catalog for commercial, industrial, and residential use. The full-color 49-page catalog includes a series of new products, including the “Avian-Plus” Bird Hazing System. The catalog features more than 100 products to help solve virtually any type of pest bird problem. To receive a copy of the new catalog: […]
GE’s M601 engines for agconversions
Cascade Aircraft Conversions has signed a contract to purchase GE’s M601 turboprop engines for its conversion supplemental type certificates (STCs) on Thrush and Air Tractor 300, 400 and 500 series agricultural aircraft. Located in Washington State, Cascade has been serving the agricultural aviation industry for more than 35 years. For more information: GE.com/Aviation or CascadeAircraftConversions.com
‘Build-a-Pilot’ scholarship winner earns private ticket
On Dec. 2, Rachel Conklin earned her private pilot certificate, becoming the first pilot “built” by the “Build-a-Pilot” Scholarship Program created by EAA Chapter 1280 in Newburgh, N.Y. The scholarship was created in 2007 to assist a talented and dedicated young person in becoming a pilot, according to chapter officials. The winner of the partial […]
FAA finalizes ADS-B TSOs
WASHINGTON, D.C. —The FAA has finalized the industry-wide technical standard orders (TSOs) for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), the cornerstone of the next generation air traffic control system (NextGen). ADS-B will migrate the existing radar surveillance infrastructure from the ground to a distributed aircraft and ground-based system. Previously, manufacturers did not have the standards necessary to […]
AOPA restructures senior management
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has unveiled a redesign of its upper management structure, adding for the first time a chief operating officer (COO) to oversee the day-to-day running of the association, as well as creating a new position to lead the AOPA Foundation, and filling the top spot in the association’s government […]
Pearl Harbor exhibit opens
A new Pearl Harbor exhibit has opened at the Kissimmee Air Museum at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) in Florida. The exhibit traces the rise of air power from the predictions of Billy Mitchell in 1924 that Pearl Harbor would be attacked by the Japanese on a Sunday morning to the actual attack on Dec. 7, […]
Key Air joins Avfuel network
Key Air has joined the Avfuel-branded network of FBO dealers. Key Air has three locations: Key Air South Florida (FPR) of Fort Pierce, Florida; Key Air Twin Cities (ANE) of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; and Key Air NY Metro (OXC) of Oxford, Connecticut. From now through the end of March 2010, these Key Air locations are […]