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 […]
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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 […]
Van’s celebrates 10,000th plane flying
When David Porter took his first flight in his RV-7 on Nov. 24, 2017, he probably didn’t know he was making history. The Martinsburg, W.Va., pilot’s plane became the official 10,000th Van’s RV aircraft to transition from a collection of parts and take to the skies. “We say ‘official’ because there are certainly more than […]
Aviation Design Challenge fills in record time
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) reports that registration for its 2018 Aviation Design Challenge has filled in record time. Additionally, GAMA member company Click Bond will be the owner of the Glasair Sportsman the winning high school team will help build as its prize. “This will be our largest competition since we started the […]
KSBD installs new self-serve fuel terminal
SAN BERNARDINO, California — Luxivair SBD at San Bernardino International Airport (KSBD) now offers pilots an upgrade in self-serve fueling with the installation of a new M4000 self-serve terminal from QTpod. The M4000 offers many convenient and time-saving features for pilots including faster transaction approvals, according to FBO officials. Backlit touch keypads help pilots see […]
What happens when a drone hits a plane?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Initial research by a consortium of leading universities, through the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE), have begun to bring better understanding to the physical damage associated with small unmanned aircraft — or drones — colliding midair with commercial and GA aircraft. The ASSURE research team set out to […]