Jet Linx Aviation, a private jet travel and aircraft management company, and CoGoJets, an online social networking website where members coordinate air travel and book private jet travel on a per-seat, pro rata basis, are partnering with a group of Dallas businessmen to open a Love Field location in July. Jamie Walker, CEO of Omaha-based […]
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Royal Navy celebrates aviation centenary
Britain’s Royal Navy marked its first century of aviation with a celebratory fly-past over HMS Illustrious, anchored in the River Thames, May 7. Forty naval aircraft flew directly over Illustrious, an aircraft carrier nicknamed “Lusty,” which was moored near the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich, just downstream from London. Prince Andrew, commodore-in-chief of the […]
Have plane, will tug
Airplanes are big part of Sun ‘n Fun, obviously. The only part bigger are the people, such as the Exhibit Hosts committee, which is led by Bonnie Perkins. A crew of eight to 10 people worked for three days (from 7 a.m. to sundown or beyond) before the show to move in dozens of aircraft. […]
Lindbergh film premieres at Sun ‘n Fun
They are risky missions with an important purpose. The game wardens who fly for the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) routinely fly low and slow in airplanes over the parks of Kenya to protect their endangered inhabitants from the threat of poachers and human encroachment. The flying is demanding and the caliber of training required to […]
ELT switch could save your life
What’s more important to you: Money in your bank account or a search and rescue operation if you go missing in your airplane? If your choice is for the search and rescue effort, you would be well-advised to switch your ELT from the old standby 121.5 to the newer 406 Mhz frequency. Lt. Col. Bill […]
NASA grant to inspire next generation
Opening day of Sun ‘n Fun brought big news: A $1.4 million grant from NASA to enhance the Central Florida Aerospace Academy, which is on the Sun ‘n Fun campus at Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport, as well as other programs throughout Polk County Public Schools. The local school system was one of only nine in the […]
New Kindle DX to display approach plates?
I spotted an interesting slide from TechCrunch’s LiveBlog of the new Amazon Kindle DX introduction. That doesn’t look like a book in the above shot. There is no mention of the Kindle DX being used for anything beyond reading in the author’s notes, but a quick trip to the Amazon website found the following mention […]
Many pay respect to Slim Lawson
Several hundred people gathered at Spanaway airport Sunday May 3 to pay respects to Ralph ‘Slim’ Lawson who died last month. Known to all as Slim the owner and operator of the airport and flight school spent more than 26,000 hours in the air as an instructor and helped hundreds to enter the aviation industry. […]
LoPresti signs lease at Sebastian Municipal Airport
LoPresti Aviation has signed a 15-year lease for production space at Sebastian Municipal Airport on Florida’s east coast, the company said on May 5. The firm hopes to move into its new facility by mid-June and employ as many as 45 people within 18 months, as it builds prototypes for a new airplane known as […]