WASHINGTON, D.C. — The board of directors of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has elected Robert Wilson, president of Honeywell Business and General Aviation, as GAMA’s chairman for 2010. Wilson previously served as GAMA’s vice chairman and chairman of GAMA’s Technical Policy Committee. John Rosanvallon, president and CEO of Dassault Falcon Jet, was voted […]
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Kodiak receives additional certifications
Quest Aircraft Co. recently received Canadian type certification for the Quest Kodiak. This follows the receipt of type certification from Papua New Guinea and type acceptance certification from Indonesia in June. “From the outset, we had planned on receiving numerous international certifications for the Kodiak,” said Paul Schaller, Quest Aircraft’s president and CEO. “The airplane […]
Oregon Aero taps 17-year employee as COO
Tony Erickson, 17-year employee of Oregon Aero, Inc., has been named the company’s Chief Operating Officer. As COO, he will manage Oregon Aero’s daily operations. “Tony brings to the COO position a deep and thorough understanding of the principles and objectives of Oregon Aero,” says Mike Dennis, president, CEO and co-owner of the Scapoose, Ore.-based […]
Author’s focus on female flyers garners Combs Gates Award
The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) has awarded its Seventh Annual Combs Gates Award to author and historian Sarah Bryn Rickman and her trilogy based on the Women Pilots of the Ferry Command. Rickman receive a $20,000 cash award in recognition of her research on women pilots during World War II, according to hall […]
‘Mama Bird’ turns 100 today
Evelyn Bryan Johnson, known affectionately as “Mama Bird” by her many flight students, turns 100 today. According to a report at AOPA.org, Johnson will be recognized today by Willard Scott on NBC’s Today Show. Johnson has logged more than 57,635 hours, qualifying her as the highest-time female pilot and the highest-time living pilot in the […]
GE Honda engine completes first run test
The first GE Honda HF120 engine has successfully started its initial test run at GE Aviation’s altitude test chamber in Evendale, Ohio, launching the test phase of the program. The GE Honda HF120 engine was launched in 2006 and selected to power Honda Aircraft’s advanced light jet, the HondaJet, and the Spectrum Aeronautical “Freedom” business […]
A mixed bag of gloom and hope
By J. DOUGLAS HINTON, For General Aviation News The 2009 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Convention held last month in Orlando, Florida, might best be characterized as a mixed bag of gloom and hope. First day registrations were down 22% from last year, there were lots of empty display spaces in the convention hall and […]
Cessna recruiting for Special Olympics airlift
Cessna Aircraft Co. is recruiting Citation owners to help transport more than 2,000 athletes and coaches from across the nation to the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games in Lincoln, Neb. Corporations and individual Citation owners and operators throughout the United States are needed to donate their Citation business jets, pilots and fuel for the […]
A runway success
Oregon’s Troutdale Airport recently got some positive press in the local newspaper, The Gresham Outlook. The story details the airport’s successes, noting there’s “considerably more to the facility near the mouth of the Sandy River than meets the eye.” The story notes the 85-year old airport is one of Oregon’s 10 busiest airports; home to […]