DAYTONA, FLORIDA — Erik Lindbergh, grandson of famed aviators Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, has launched VerdeGo Aero, a new aerospace company with a mission to provide the upcoming multi-billion-dollar urban transportation market with a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that can fly piloted or autonomously. See the company’s video below: https://youtu.be/cm8K8WokWNw The […]
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GA advocacy groups oppose capping veterans flight training benefits
Eight general aviation organizations have expressed their concerns about H.R. 4149, which would improve delivery of flight training benefits for veterans, but cap payments for that flight training. The GA group letter was signed by top officials at the Experimental Aircraft Association, Air Medical Operators Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, […]
EAA chief receives multiple honors from FAA, NAA and Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — Jack J. Pelton, CEO and chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association, received multiple honors in November 2017 from the National Aeronautic Association, FAA, and the Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame. Pelton was named one of six 2017 recipients of NAA’s Wesley McDonald Distinguished Statesman of Aviation Award. The award […]
Sunrise Valley Ranch Airstrip in Oregon gets FAA identifier
Sunrise Valley Ranch Airstrip east of Prineville, Oregon, just got an FAA identifier: 29OR. According to officials with the Recreational Aviation Foundation, RAF Oregon Liaison Richard Mayes worked hard with the owners to make this happen, originally identifying the potential airstrip location and runway alignment for safe approaches, aircraft parking area and access. He advised […]
Prime Turbines named repair and overhaul center for GE turboprop engines
Dallas-based Prime Turbines has advanced its partnership with GE Aviation from a Designated Repair Center (DRC) to an Authorized Repair and Overhaul Center (AROC) for GE M601 and H Series turboprop engines. Under the new designation, Prime Turbines has the authority to accept and overhaul all GE M601 and H Series engines. Prime Turbines is […]
Master Pilot Award and a flight in a Stearman
Nov. 21, 2017, was a good day for Barton “Bart” Welsh. He received the FAA’s Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for 50-plus years and more than 6,000 hours of safely navigating the skies. This came after a Dream Flight in a Stearman a few months ago by the Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation for his military service. The […]
Watch company offers Golden Ticket for free ticket to anywhere in the world
Forget touring a candy company. The Abingdon Co., which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2017, has placed a Golden Ticket in one watch box. Once the ticket is discovered, the ticket can be redeemed for a roundtrip ticket anywhere in the world, according to company officials. “I have been wanting to offer the Golden Ticket […]
US Sport Planes named Jabiru LSA distributor
US Sport Planes of Denton, Texas, has been appointed the North American importer and distributor for Jabiru Light-Sport Airplanes for North America. The company will be the exclusive importer and market the full line of LSA airplanes manufactured in Australia by Jabiru Aircraft. Jabiru Aircraft has sold more than 2,000 aircraft and more than 6,000 […]
Blue Angels to headline Myrtle Beach air show
The first air show in Myrtle Beach, S.C., in more than a decade will take off April 28-29, 2018, at the Myrtle Beach International Airport, with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels headlining the show. “Horry County Department of Airports is excited to partner with JLC Air Show Management and welcome the Wings Over Myrtle Beach […]