The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association‘s You Can Fly program has revealed the 2017 Flight Training Experience Award winners. Earning top honors as the National Best Flight School is SkyTrek Alaska Flight Training in Anchorage, Alaska. National Best Flight Instructor winner is Zoan Harclerode from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Regional winners also were honored for providing a […]
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HangarSwap fixes search functionality
When HangarSwap launched its new site version in June, an unforeseen and unwelcome issue popped up. Anyone using the search bar looking for parts found few or none available. A user had to add a + symbol between search works for the search functionality to work properly. For example, “cessna+door” worked, but “cessna door” did not. […]
Leading Edge Aviation acquires Butler Aircraft Services
BEND, Oregon — Leading Edge Aviation, the parent company of Leading Edge Jet Center, has acquired Butler Aircraft Services in Redmond, Oregon. Leading Edge Jet Center, an FBO at Roberts Field Airport (KRDM), provides fueling, aircraft detailing, hangar storage, maintenance, de-icing, avionics and more, to private aircraft all the way up to commercial airlines. The […]
Straight Flight joins Raisbeck dealer network
Raisbeck Engineering has named Straight Flight, a subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation, as an authorized Raisbeck dealer. Founded in 1986 and acquired by Sierra Nevada Corporation in February 2007, Straight Flight specializes in heavy structural repair, inspections, modifications, paint, composite repair and fabrication, among some of the services the company provides worldwide. Straight Flight is located […]
Rain doesn’t dampen career expo
The guy from the National Weather Service was late because of the rain. You gotta love the irony. But the deluge from the heavens didn’t dampen the spirits of the thousands of soaked-to-the-skin young people who roamed the tarmac of White Sands Regional Airport in Alamogordo, N.M., popping into hangar after hangar as part of […]
Former Major League pitcher takes delivery of first Founders Edition Icon
ICON Aircraft recently delivered the first Model Year 2018 A5 to former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay. Halladay, who pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies, had always wanted to be a pilot, but wasn’t allowed to when he was playing baseball. Once he retired, one of the first things he did […]
The role of language in aviation accidents
Language plays a greater role in aviation accidents than the industry may realize, according to a team from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, which is developing curriculum and training protocols in the hope of heightening awareness among pilots, air traffic controllers and others. One of the accidents the team studied as the January 1990 crash of Avianca Flight […]
Corporate Angel Network raises $435,000 for charitable flights
Corporate Angel Network (CAN) and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) raised $435,000 during a charity event at the recent NBAA’s 2017 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Las Vegas. The funds will be used to transport cancer patients to treatment centers. “We’re so grateful to the business aviation community…for its generosity and enthusiastic support for […]
Broom named CEO of Citation Jet Pilots Association
The Citation Jet Pilots Owner Pilot Association (CJP) has promoted Andrew Broom to the role of chief executive officer. Broom had served as CJP’s executive director since August 2016. The board vote took place in conjunction with the 2017 CJP Convention, held Oct. 4-7, 2017, in Phoenix. Also announced were the new members of the […]