Transportation Security Administration officials conducted unauthorized screening of passengers and flight crew at FBOs at Nashville International Airport in December and January, and at Melbourne, Florida in January, according to NBAA and a letter received by GeneralAviationNews.com. The screenings included checking “a number of pilots and passengers with wands and actual baggage searches,” NBAA vice […]
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Hawker Beechcraft cuts 2,300 jobs
Hawker Beechcraft CEO Jim Schuster told the company’s workers on Feb. 3 that that about 2,300 workers will have been laid off by the end of 2009, due to “increased erosion across the industry and the global economy.” Here is the letter Schuster sent to the firm’s employees: Dear Fellow Hawker Beechcraft Employee: In early […]
Lancair provides aircraft for Colombian Air Force pilot training
Lancair International of Redmond, Oregon, a manufacturer of high performance kit planes, said on Feb. 3 that it will provide 25 aircraft to the Colombian Aviation Industry Corporation (CIAC) for use by the Columbian Air Force. The modified Legacy FG aircraft, known as the Synergy, will be used for primary flight training of Colombian Air […]
Red Bull Air Race prepares for takeoff
Fifteen of the world’s top race pilots, including four rookies from four corners of the globe, will compete in this year’s Red Bull Air Race World Championship, which will touch down in six locations beginning with the traditional season opener in Abu Dhabi April 17 and 18. The next stops will be in San Diego […]
New medical air transportation program for Southeast
Patients and families caught in a health crisis requiring distant travel can find assistance through a new program called Airlift Hope Southeast, according to a news release from PRNewswire. Airlift Hope Southeast offers charitable and charitably-assisted medical air transportation options in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, said the organization’s Suzanne […]
Kitfox Classic IV returns
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 […]
FlightLine Internet Radio turns 100,000
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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 […]