GOSSELIES, Belgium — Sonaca Aircraft has completed the first flight of the Sonaca 200 at Brussels South Charleroi Airport. The Sonaca 200 is a single-engine two-seater designed for training and leisure flights, according to company officials. To achieve the flight tests, Sonaca Aircraft is using the second aircraft (FTA2 – Flight Test Aircraft 2) assembled in Sonaca’s factories […]
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NAFI to livestream Professional Development Program for CFIs
On Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at 8 p.m. EDT, the National Association of Flight Instructors will introduce the NAFI Professional Development Program for flight instructors, a cooperative effort of NAFI members and the aviation industry, live streaming on FAASTeamTV. This webinar is open to all CFIs, both NAFI members and non-members. Bob Meder, chairman, and Rick […]
Yingling Aviation delivers first Ascend 172s
Yingling Aviation recently delivered the first upgraded version of its remanufactured Ascend 172 to a Michigan aircraft dealer, Suburban Aviation. Suburban Aviation offers on-site flight training, and sales and service at Suburban Toledo Airport. It also provides all of the flight instruction for Eastern Michigan University at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti. The rebuilt Cessna 172N […]
GAMA/Build A Plane Aviation Design Challenge winners start building Glasair Sportsman
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Students Bryant Castro, Kodee Scott, Michael Gomez and Amber McCutcheon along with teacher Sabrina Laurent — the winners of the GAMA/Build A Plane 2017 Aviation Design Challenge — will spend the next two weeks building a Glasair Sportsman airplane at Glasair Aviation in Arlington, Washington, as their prize. The team from Olney High School in […]
West Virginia University, FlightSafety launch Aviation Management program
BECKLEY, West Virginia — The West Virginia University Institute of Technology and FlightSafety International will launch the first class of their joint Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management degree program in August 2017. The new degree leverages strengths from both institutions, according to officials. Students will take WVU Techʼs business, management, aviation, and general education classes online, while […]
A pair of Patrols
For 23 years now, Donna Svoboda and Dennis Reynolds have traveled the country together, in different airplanes. She in her Citabria, him in his Pacer. No longer. Sort of. After nearly four years of building, Donna and Dennis now fly the skies in their matching — but different — Bearhawk Patrols. Delivery of their kits was in February 2013 […]
Second FBO in the works for Jackson Hole Airport
Aviation International News is reporting that Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Airport (KJAC) might soon get a second FBO. According to the report, the airport’s governing board authorized issuing a request for proposal (RFP) for another FBO. Currently, the airport has just one FBO: Jackson Hole Aviation. “The FAA has pretty distinct criteria for airports to consider in determining whether […]
New scholarships from JSfirm.com
Two new JSfirm.com scholarships are now being offered to students at the Aerospace Center for Excellence on the SUN ‘n FUN campus at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. One will go to a student pursuing an Airframe and Powerplant maintenance certificate and one for a student pursuing an engineering degree. “At the Aerospace Center for Excellence, we are […]
TBM 930 sim certified
The first TBM 930 simulator has just been certified by the FAA. The sim will be used starting this summer in courses at Florida-based SIMCOM Aviation Training, which is Daher’s U.S. training partner. The Flight Training Device (FTD) reproduces the exact cockpit environment of the TBM 930, according to company officials. It was built by Frasca International using a cabin […]