Piper Aircraft has selected the Continental Motors Group new CD-170 compression ignition engine fueled with Jet-A to power the Piper PA-44 Seminole. The multi-engine training aircraft will also feature counter-rotating engines, giving flight schools and training organizations a single lever, FADEC training system, Piper officials said. After selecting the CD-155 Jet-A engine to power the […]
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King Schools goes completely online
After more than 40 years spent evolving pilot courses from in-person delivery, to VHS tapes, to computer installations, King Schools has said goodbye to discs and is delivering 100% of its pilot courses online. “It means you can study on any device and your courses are always up-to-date,” said Co-Chairman Martha King. “We have followed two […]
Clay Lacy opens maintenance facility at KOXC
Clay Lacy Aviation has officially opened its 65,000-square-foot aircraft maintenance facility at Waterbury-Oxford Airport (KOXC) in Oxford, Connecticut. Staffed by factory trained technicians on Gulfstream, Bombardier, Dassault, Cessna, and Hawker airframes, the facility offers light line maintenance for engine and airframe, avionics troubleshooting and repairs, and minor interior updates and reconditioning. The process for FAA Part 145 […]
Groundbreaking ceremony slated at KTKI
McKINNEY, Texas – McKinney National Airport (KTKI) is hosting an event Friday, April 20, 2018, at 11 a.m. to celebrate the groundbreaking of its new 17,000-square-foot FBO and executive terminal. The new transient hangar, which broke ground last month, and executive terminal are designed for the McKinney Air Center, which is the FBO providing fuel […]
First Flight: Sun Flyer 2
DENVER, Colorado – The prototype Sun Flyer 2 aircraft had its first flight April 10, 2018. The prototype aircraft flight test program, which began in late March, is being conducted at Centennial Airport (KAPA), south of Denver, Colorado, and is now progressing to increased speed, altitude and endurance capabilities, according to officials with Bye Aerospace, […]
Aviat’s Husky rolls out with more than a dozen new enhancements
Aviat Aircraft landed at SUN ‘n FUN with more than a dozen enhancements to the venerable Husky. “The Husky has a proud heritage; it’s reliable, safe and built with quality craftsmanship,” said Stuart Horn, president, Aviat Aircraft. “We listened to our customers and have been working hard to make enhancements that we know pilots and […]
Tecnam sells six P2008s to International Aero Academy
Tecnam and Lakeland Linder’s International Aero Academy announced on opening day of SUN ’n FUN an aircraft purchase agreement for an initial six P2008 aircraft with the first delivery scheduled in the sec0nd quarter of 2018. IAA is an FAA-certificated ab initio and accelerated flight academy with authority to issue foreign student visas for training. […]
Theresa Eaman set the mood at SUN ‘n FUN’s Victory’s Arsenal Theater
Part of the attraction of major aviation events like SUN ‘n FUN, which ran from April 10-15, 2018, is the sensory smorgasbord of sights and sounds that can only be fully appreciated in person. Recordings just aren’t the same as the real deal. If the harmonic purr of a P-38 Lightning warbird is music to your […]
Aviation’s newest superhero
Sure, Black Panther has surpassed $1 billion at the box office since its recent release. And you probably know that the Marvel Comics’ franchise, The Avengers, is wildly popular with audiences worldwide. But did you know that aviation has its own superhero? Aviore was gifted to the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) by the Stan Lee […]