TARBES, France — Daher recently completed its 800th TBM turboprop business aircraft, which rolled out from the company’s final assembly line at France’s Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees Airport. The milestone aircraft was a TBM 930, the latest addition to the TBM family, which is in production along with the TBM 900 version. “The 800th TBM represents another important achievement and highlights the […]
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Aircraft Programs Open House with Aero Skills Tournament set for Oct. 15
Learn more about career and academic options in Greenville Technical College’s Aircraft Maintenance Technology and Avionics Technology programs open house, slated for Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, at the school’s facility in Greenville, S.C. The highlight of the event is an Aero Skills Tournament, a “Top Gun” competition for aircraft technicians. Winners will advance to the […]
Rectrix designates KORH as new maintenance base
Rectrix Commercial Aviation Services, a Massachusetts-based private jet operator, has selected Worcester Regional Airport (KORH) as its maintenance base of operations. Rectrix will locate its fleet at the company’s new facility at KORH. It operates a fleet of Bombardier Challenger 604, Challenger 300 and Lear 45XR private jets. Rectrix, with a corporate headquarters at Hanscom Field (KBED), celebrated […]
Reno: Air racing from the grandstands
As if on cue from an invisible orchestra conductor, everyone stands. Thousands of men, women, and children. As one, they turn their heads to the southeast, faces to the sky. No, it isn’t for the national anthem. It’s for the start of the Unlimited Gold Race at the National Championship Air Races at Reno, Nevada. […]
Reno, Part 2: Air racing from the pylons
The sun has just risen over the rim of the desert. The moon hangs over the dry, treeless mountains. It’s chilly. I hunker down in my windbreaker. It’s deathly quiet, except for the occasional far away rumble of an aircraft engine, wafting over the desert like distant thunder. The soil is chalky white, populated only […]
FAA investigates SMO eviction notices
Aviation International News is reporting that the FAA has subpoenaed the city of Santa Monica and issued a notice of investigation into the city’s efforts to evict the two main fuel providers at Santa Monica Airport. “These actions may be causing, and appear intended to cause, impairment of the airport, including but not limited to, a […]
JSfirm partners with University Aviation Association
Aviation job website JSfirm.com, which powers the Job Search page at GeneralAviationNews.com, is now partnering with the University Aviation Association (UAA). Through this partnership, job seekers are now able to view the most recent aviation opportunities directly from UAA’s website. The decision to partner with JSfirm.com was an easy one for Dawn Vinson, UAA’s executive director. “Here at UAA […]
Colleen Barrett to receive Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) reports that Colleen Barrett, president emeritus of Southwest Airlines, has been selected as the recipient of the 2016 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy. Established by NAA in 1948 to honor the memory of Orville and Wilbur Wright, the trophy is awarded annually to a living American for “…significant public service of […]
GA accidents continue to decline
WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to the latest aviation accident statistics released by the National Transportation Safety Board, Part 91 general-aviation accidents and fatalities continued their downward trend in 2015. And, just as in 2014, there were no fatalities for U.S. airlines. While general aviation flight hours were up in 2015, the total number of accidents […]