What’s next for the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer and its millionaire pilot Steve Fossett? Fossett, who flew solo, nonstop around the world in 67 hours, 1 minute and 46 seconds, was presented with the world record by David Hawksett from Guinness World Records a few days after the flight ended. During the presentation, Fossett noted […]
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FAA createsspecial award for Aviat DMIR
The FAA recently created a special award to honor Aviat Aircraft’s Albert Humbert for “outstanding achievement,” recognizing “exceptional performance as a Designated Manufacturing Inspection Representative” (DMIR). It is the first award of its kind and the only one that has been presented to a DMIR by the FAA. Humbert was called upon to complete a […]
Hartzell names Flightcraft recommended repair facility
PIQUA, Ohio – Hartzell Propeller Inc. has named Flightcraft, Inc., based at the Portland (Ore.) International Airport, as the company’s newest Recommended Repair Facility. Flightcraft is one of the largest FBOs in the Pacific Northwest. Hartzell Propeller has more than two-dozen repair facilities located around the world.
Food that’s out of this world
What do you do when you have a passion for aviation and make your living in the food service industry? Turn a DC-3 mounted on a school bus frame into a café, of course. In the 1990s Phil and Becky Peterson of Oxnard, Calif., were toying with the idea of mating an airframe with a […]
Maki Flight Support opens at Gogebic County Airport
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Maki Flight Support has opened at the Gogebic County Airport. The business is owned by Allen Maki of Bessemer, Mich. Maki provides mobile aircraft detail/cleaning services to airplane owners, many in the Warbird community. The bulk of his clients, however, are in GA and corporate aviation. 906-932-4972.
Another kind of food drop
Do you find it challenging to get your dog to take a heartworm pill carefully hidden in a ball of hamburger? Imagine the challenge of dropping tons of oral rabies vaccine over Texas, hidden in dog food in hopes that gray foxes will eat it. The Texas Department of State Health Services did just that […]
Four Missouri pilots honored for 50+ years of accident-free flying
Four veteran pilots from the Branson, Missouri, area will be honored March 28 with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award. The award is given by the FAA to pilots who have flown continuously for 50 years or more without an accident. The Branson quartet of Hank Haddock, Seth Caperton, Mark Trimble and Bill Lee have […]
You, too, can look like an airline pilot
Two Senators have concluded that it’s too easy to buy airline pilots’ uniforms. They want the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Transportation Security Administration “”to investigate why uniforms are so readily available.”” Senators Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) and Barack Obama (also D-Ill.) claim that airport security is lax for people who […]
Air Tractor’s AT-802 to be workhorse during wildfire season
Approximately 50% of the aircraft used to fight wildfires this year will be Air Tractor’s AT-802 aircraft. The Olney, Texas-based company reported late last month that its AT-802 will make up 50% of the firefighting fleet for the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The AT-802F single engine air tanker (SEAT) is the […]