EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The Experimental Aircraft Association recognized the contributions made to the world of flight by five aviators as they were inducted into the EAA Sport Aviation Halls of Fame on Nov. 10: EAA Homebuilders Hall of Fame: Jim Bede (posthumous); Vintage Aircraft Association Hall of Fame: Phil Coulson of Lawton, Michigan; […]
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Tickets on sale for 2017 Reno Air Races
Tickets for the 54th National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, set for Sept. 13-17, 2017, are on sale at AirRace.org. General admission tickets, pit passes, Chairman’s tent and awards banquet tickets can now be purchased online. Reserved seating will be available for purchase online in early March 2017.
Quest expands dealer network
Quest Aircraft Company has named Exclusive Aircraft Sales/Fargo Jet Center as an authorized Kodiak dealer for Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Established in 1995, Exclusive Aircraft Sales/Fargo Jet Center specializes in aircraft sales, air charter, maintenance, paint and interiors, avionics sales/service/installation and operates a subsidiary FBO, Premier Jet Center, based at Flying Cloud […]
Fargo Jet Center partners with FoxThree Aviation Consulting
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Fargo Jet Center/Premier Jet Center (FJC/PJC) has teamed with FoxThree Aviation Consulting to provide aviation consulting and FAA approval services in the business aviation industry. FoxThree Aviation Consulting was formed in January 2013 by Premier Jet Center team member Jason Barron, after recognizing a need to provide time-sensitive FAA approval services for […]
Hall joins Air Orlando Maintenance
Brett Hall has joined Air Orlando Maintenance as the director of maintenance. He brings more than 16 years of hands-on technical experience to the company. His position encompasses all maintenance and parts functions, including customer liaison, employee management and shop scheduling, according to company officials. Air Orlando is located on Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) in Florida.
Video: Farewell Salute to Bob Hoover
R. A. “Bob” Hoover will forever cast a huge shadow over all of aviation. His recent passing (October 25) at the age of 94 sent a shockwave through the broader aviation family. From Airailimages: “Fifteen hundred friends of Bob Hoover gathered at Clay Lacy Aviation in Van Nuys, California, on 18 November for a heartfelt send-off and […]
Stop thinking about safety
By THOMAS P. TURNER The time has come for us to stop thinking about flying safety. Only a minority of the pilot population wants to hear about it. Tell a pilot you think something is unsafe, and he or she will counter that they feel it’s an acceptable risk. Nothing about flying is perfectly safe, […]
Taiwan company takes over CT line from Flight Design
Taiwan-based AeroJones Aviation is in the final stages of acquiring all assets and technological rights to the CT series light-sport aircraft and C4 project from Flight Design. Earlier, AeroJones pursued agreements with Germany’s Flight Design company to establish an aircraft production line to produce the CTLS, a primarily carbon fiber two-seater, equipped with a standard airframe […]
Drone helps track great white sharks off Nantucket coast
Aurora recently partnered with OCEARCH, a marine conservation organization, to provide aerial support locating and tracking great white sharks off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The Centaur optionally piloted DA-42 aircraft (OPA) flew above the expedition area in a predetermined flight pattern to help scientists onboard the OCEARCH ship target identify and track the location […]