The Kitfox Classic IV has come out of retirement to help celebrate Kitfox’s 25th anniversary. According to officials at the Homedale, Idaho-based company, 25 Classic IV kits will be produced with custom serial numbers for the anniversary. Thousands of the Kitfox Classic IV’s have been delivered, officials said, noting they have been known by several […]
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Mandatory curfew proposed at Bob Hope Airport
Pilots at Bob Hope Airport (BUR) in Burbank, Calif., may soon be facing a mandatory curfew. The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority is petitioning the FAA to allow the airport to restrict night-time traffic as a means of curtailing noise complaints. The proposal comes after an eight-year noise study done through FAR Part 161. The airport has […]
Neighborhood Appreciation Days at Virginia Air & Space Center
The Virginia Air & Space Center at Hampton, Virginia, will hold Neighborhood Appreciation Days, February 22 through March 1. During the event, all York County and Poquoson residents will be admitted to the Center free of charge, according to Megan Steele. The free admission includes the new hands-on traveling exhibit called “Risk!,” 10% off in […]
Million Air lands in Tucson
Officials with Million Air recently celebrated the grand opening of the company’s first executive airplane terminal in Arizona. Million Air Tucson is located in the Campbell/Valencia General Aviation Aeroplex at the Tucson International Airport. Million Air Tucson offers more than 54,000 square feet of combined terminal, office and hangar space, including 20,000 square feet of […]
NAFI Professional Standards Committee resigns en masse
The entire National Association of Flight Instructors’ (NAFI) Member Professional Standards Committee (PSC) has resigned. The mass resignation reflects the ongoing crisis between the NAFI Board of Directors and the organized group of NAFI members called TBO-NAFI, which wants an open and member-centric organization. The Member PSC helped to administer the Master Instructor program and […]
Piedmont Aircraft Co. launches
Piedmont Aircraft Co. has opened in Winston-Salem, N.C., representing previously owned Beechcraft and Hawker aircraft. Industry veteran Tom Mekis is leading the company as president and CEO. Piedmont Aircraft Co. was recently part of Landmark Aviation, acquired when the Carlyle Group purchased and combined the assets of Piedmont-Hawthorne Aviation, Garrett Aviation Services and Associated Air […]
Flight instructors want NAFI changes
A group of the nation’s leading flight instructors launched a petition on Feb. 2 calling for the immediate resignation of the current Board of Directors of the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI). Unless that happens, the petition stated, the Experimental Aircraft Association should end its affiliation with NAFI. For the past several months, the […]
Business jet travel: A line in the sand
“Remember the old days, back when people had little respect for business airplanes simply because they knew next to nothing about them? Those were the good old days until the guys from the motor companies jumped on their airplanes in Detroit to head for Washington to beg for cash. That was a PR blunder for […]