Liberty Aerospace Inc. said on Jan. 2 that it is reducing its Melbourne, Florida, workforce by 30 people, leaving the aircraft manufacturer with 40 employees there. As recently as last spring, Liberty employed 180 at the Florida plant. The layoffs were effective immediately and leave Liberty with about 90 employees worldwide. Keith Markley, Liberty’s president […]
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Sport Air Racing League champions honored, 2010 schedule set
The Sport Air Racing League has concluded its third year of cross country air racing, with three champions. The intent of the league, which is open to all pilots and all aircraft, intent of the League is to offer a friendly, fun, non-professional racing environment for builders and owners to test and improve aircraft modifications, […]
Icon opens online store
Icon Aircraft, which is developing the Icon A5 amphibious Light Sport Aircraft, has opened an online store, selling hats and T-shirts with the Icon logo. According to Kirk Hawkins, the company’s CEO, the online store is in response to “many requests” for Icon apparel. The Icon A5, which was featured in the 2009 Neiman Marcus […]
Duncan appoints Embraer sales reps
Duncan Aviation has appointed Brad Lennemann and Doug Donahue as service sales representatives for Embraer aircraft. Lennemann, who has 22 years of aviation experience, has been a Duncan Aviation Service Sales Rep since 2003. Donahue has 15 years of experience and has been a Duncan Aviation Service Sales Rep since 2000. Duncan Aviation-BTL and Duncan […]
StandardAero appoints new vice president
StandardAero has appointed Mary Ellen Keegan to the position of vice president, contracts based at its Component Services facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. Keegan will be responsible for legal support for all contract activity within StandardAero, including negotiation and review of all sales, purchase, and lease agreements for the business sectors. Prior to joining StandardAero, Keegan […]
December’s NAFI Master Instructors named
The National Association of Flight Instructors welcomed a new crop of Master Flight Instructors for December 2008. New Master Instructors are Pamela Stafford of Olathe, Kans., Theodore Alexander “Ted” Matthews of Aurora, Colo., Jelica Matic of Kaneohe, Hawaii, Nicholas E. James of Portage, Mich. and Jameson R. Hilliard of Lincoln, Neb. Renewing Masters are Joel […]
Astronaut Peggy Whitson to speak at WAI conference
Astronaut Peggy Whitson, called NASA’s most experienced astronaut, will be a keynote speaker at the 20th Annual Women in Aviation Conference, to be held in Atlanta in February. Whitson, a biochemistry researcher, had her first space mission in 2002, including an extended stay aboard the the International Space Station. In 2007, she became the first […]
Roscoe Morton earns Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award
Roscoe Morton, widely known as the chief announcer at Sun ‘n Fun and EAA AirVenture air show events, received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award on Dec. 13. The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award is a nationally sanctioned FAA award for active senior pilots. Named for Orville and Wilbur Wright, it recognizes a lifetime of […]
AOPA aims 2009 Sweepstakes at pilots…and non-pilots
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is heading in a completely new direction with its 2009 Let’s Go Flying! sweepstakes. For the past 18 years, the AOPA Sweepstakes has showcased what you can do to an airplane, as the Association bought and completely refurbished a used aircraft before awarding the end result to the sweepstakes […]