Since 1973, seaplane pilots have gathered at Moosehead Lake in Maine for the annual Greenville International Seaplane Fly-In. This year’s fly-in, the 42nd, was held Sept. 10-13. The International Seaplane Fly-In brings thousands of participants and spectators to the Moosehead Region on the weekend after Labor Day each year. (Next year’s fly-in will be held […]
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Honeywell forecasts bizjet deliveries to top 9,000 through 2025
LAS VEGAS — In its 24th annual Global Business Aviation Outlook, Honeywell Aerospace forecasts up to 9,200 new business jet deliveries worth $270 billion from 2015 to 2025 — a 3% to 5% drop over what was predicted in last year’s forecast. As a slow growth economic environment takes hold across many global markets, the business aviation industry […]
Yuneec drones to aid in whale research
ONTARIO, Calif. — Yuneec International is collaboratimg with Ocean Alliance. Ocean Alliance will use Yuneec’s Typhoon and Tornado drones to collect data from whales in a non-invasive way, making the collaboration an important breakthrough in whale research, according to Yuneec officials.To conduct the research, a petri dish will be attached to Yuneec multicopters flown into the cloud […]
Duncan Aviation gears up to celebrate 60th anniversary in 2016
LINCOLN, Neb. — In 1956, Duncan Aviation founder Donald Duncan bought into a Beechcraft distributorship in Omaha, Nebraska. As a pilot and businessman, Duncan had many relationships with aviators who used their aircraft for business purposes. He saw the natural alignment of business and quick travel and positioned his company to help others successfully meet […]
The Year in Pictures
Aircraft have to be the most picture-worthy mode of transportation (an objective opinion if I’ve ever read one). And we’d like to see your best shots of 2015. These should be your photos you’ve taken in 2015. We’d like to share them in our two December print issues. Email your photo (be sure to include […]
Around the world in a KR2
“My plan is not to plan.” These are the words and advice that Colin Hales offers to would-be adventurers who are toying with the idea of flying their airplane around the world. “Just get in your airplane and go — figure it out along the way,” he adds. Hales, 45, who hails from Oxfordshire, England, may sound like […]
Aeronautical library opens at Vaughn College
FLUSHING, N.Y. – Now completed is the new Aeronautical and Academic Library and Teaching and Learning Center at the Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology. “The new two-story, $2.6 million library and learning center was the final phase of the $40 million multiphased expansion, renovation, and sound mitigation construction program at the college’s main campus,” […]
Safety seminar on ATC in the GA environment planned
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board is presenting a seminar regarding air traffic control in the general aviation environment Dec. 12 at the NTSB’s Training Center in Ashburn, Virginia. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from local FAA Air Traffic Controllers, who will discuss policies and procedures important for pilots to understand […]
Joining the club
By Tucker E. Axum III Ever since I earned my pilot’s license on America’s Independence Day in 2001, I’ve aspired to be an aircraft owner. Like so many other aviators, though, my dream was put on the backburner due to issues of money, work, and time. After completing a 53-month assignment throughout Europe and Africa […]