CEDAR CITY, Utah — Southern Utah University (SUU) has purchased 10 new SR20s from Cirrus Aircraft. Deliveries are expected to begin in June. “Globally, the aviation industry is expanding rapidly and the demand for qualified pilots is high,” said SUU President Scott L Wyatt. “The addition of the Cirrus aircraft will elevate our program by offering the […]
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Continental’s Southern Avionics re-opens after move
Continental Motors Group‘s Southern Avionics and Interiors has re-opened after relocating to H.L. Sonny Callahan Airport (KCQF) in Fairhope, Alabama. Founded 30 years ago, Southern Avionics was based at Mobile Downtown Airport (KBFM). With the move, the avionics subsidiary is joining Continental Motors Services (CMS) in a facility that includes three maintenance hangars and a 25,000- […]
Bonanza stories: First solo
By John DeThomas It was Oct. 2, 1965 — my first solo flight in the T-34B Mentor as a young ensign starting flight training in Pensacola, Florida. I just verified that date in my musty old Navy log book. Most of you will know that the roaring, snorting T-34B Mentor was a modified single-engine, piston […]
2 millionth Young Eagle solos
The Experimental Aircraft Association‘s 2 millionth Young Eagle, Jodie Gawthrop, completed her first solo March 9, less than a year after her flight with former Young Eagles Chairman Harrison Ford. “Soloing was an empowering experience and being in complete control of the aircraft was unlike anything I had ever felt before,” Jodie said. “It featured […]
Career Fair to be held during SUN ‘n FUN
The fourth annual SUN ‘n FUN Career Fair will be held April 5 during this year’s fly-in, which is slated for April 4-9, 2017. The Career Fair, which will be open to pilots, mechanics, avionics technicians, dispatchers, flight attendants and other professionals in the aviation field, will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in […]
Flying the backcountry in a Bonanza
Aviation outposts like Benchmark and Cavanaugh Bay will never be confused with LaGuardia, LAX or even Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport where Eric Davis and a group of his boyhood friends once roamed the terminal imagining themselves as world travelers. A simple airstrip with a simple name like Schafer Meadows contains none of the traffic and congestion […]
SUN ‘n FUN evaluates safety protocol before fly-in
LAKELAND, Florida — Thursday morning, March 9, brought Lakeland’s finest to the SUN ‘n FUN Expo Campus for the annual Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan meeting ahead of the 43rd annual SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In & Expo, which will be held April 4-9, 2017. Representatives from all of Polk County’s emergency response teams attended […]
Applications now being accepted for AOPA scholarships
FREDERICK, Maryland – The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is now accepting applications for two scholarship programs that have helped fund flight training for dozens of recipients from teenagers in high school to adults. The AOPA High School Flight Training Scholarships and the AOPA Flight Training Scholarships are funded by donations to the AOPA Foundation. […]
Companies partner on ADS-B solution
FreeFlight Systems and Becker Avionics have partnered to offer an ADS-B solution for business and commercial class aircraft. Combining the Becker Avionics BXT6513 Mode S transponder with FreeFlight Systems 1203C SBAS/GNSS sensor and RANGR-RX ADS-B Receiver, these remote-mounted solutions provide turboprop and turbojet aircraft a way to equip with ADS-B In and Out for the […]