BBA Aviation has appointed Peg Billson president, BBA Aviation Legacy Support. In her new role, Billson assumes overall leadership responsibility for Ontic and International Governor Service and the continued development and growth of the Legacy Support group. She will also serve on the BBA Aviation Executive Committee. Billson has a BS in aeronautical engineering from […]
News
An aviation education
A story in the Shelby County Reporter in Columbiana, Alabama, details a recent visit to the Shelby County Airport by several Birmingham Southern College student. The students were brought to the airport by two professors — one teaches theater, while the other teaches courses in music. Both professors are private pilots. The story quotes Matthew […]
40th anniversary of Citation’s first flight
Cessna Aircraft Co. is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Citation, the first airplane model in what has become the largest fleet of business jets in the world. On Sept. 15, 1969, pilot-in-command Milt Sills and co-pilot J.L. LeSueur flew the first prototype of the Cessna Citation from Wichita’s Municipal Airport […]
AOPA adds two to board
The Board of Trustees for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) elected two new members to the board Sept. 11: AOPA President and CEO Craig L. Fuller, and James G. “Jay” Tuthill III, chairman and CEO of the Tuthill Corp. “In the eight months since Craig took the controls at AOPA, he has urged […]
Ball named Florida’s Aviation Professional of the Year
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has named Lee County Port Authority (LCPA) Executive Director Robert Ball as the 2009 Aviation Professional of the Year. This award is given to an active aviation professional who has made “a significant and continued contribution to Florida aviation during the year and throughout their career,” according to FDOT […]
PennDOT kicks off art contest
The theme for this year’s aviation art contest sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Aviation is “The History of Flight.” “What started as an experiment in flight has grown to a vital international industry that employs 288,000 Pennsylvanians,” said PennDOT Secretary Allen Biehler. “This contest is a great opportunity for children to […]
Weird airport names
A cheap flight website, Skyscanner.com, recently scoured its database of more than 10,000 airports around the world and handpicked what its staff thought were the funniest, rudest and weirdest airport names. On the list are Batman Airport (BAL), Turkey; Useless Loop Airport (USL), Australia; Mafia Airport (MFA), Tanzania; Moron Airport (OZP), Spain; Desolation Sound Airport […]
Oil temperature vs. oil viscosity
Reader David Bennett recently wrote in, asking about oil temperature vs. oil grade. “When oil is rated for a certain temperature range, is that start-up temperature range or the range for most of the intended trip? My Super Cub handbook states SAE 40 is good from 30°F to 90°F, but on the Aeroshell site, it […]
Improved Thrush to be powered by GE
Officials of Thrush Aircraft were showing off the improved Thrush 510 at this summer’s Oshkosh. But the crop duster wasn’t parked at a Thrush exhibit. Instead, it was parked at the GE Aviation exhibit. That’s because officials with the Albany, Ga.-based company have chosen GE Aviation’s new H80 turboprop engine to power the improved version […]