Ray Conner, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, will be awarded the Living Legends of Aviation’s “Lifetime Industry Leader Award” at the 13th annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards, which will be held Jan. 22 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Actor and pilot John Travolta hosts the annual event, which will begin with the “Flown West […]
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New consulting firm launches to help GA companies expand globally
PLANO, Texas — Newly launched is Blue Sky Innovations, a consulting company that will assist GA business owners and investors around the world to expand into foreign markets. Initial projects will focus on growth opportunities between the US, China and Brazil. “Blue Sky Innovations was born to help build bridges and connect companies in the GA industry to other […]
Drones to be featured at Sebring Expo
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS), also known as drones and remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) will be on display at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, Jan. 20-23, in Sebring, Florida. The drones will be exhibited and demonstrated inside Hangar 60 in an area designated as the “Drone Home.” Exhibits inside the hangar will flank a flight demonstration […]
Schepers joins Banyan as director of MRO sales
FORT LAUDERDALE — Matthew Schepers recently joined Banyan Air Service as director of MRO sales. His role is to lead the MRO sales team and generate new business for Banyan’s maintenance and avionics departments. He also is responsible for developing partnerships with vendors, company officials noted. For the past 10 years, Schepers worked at Duncan Aviation in Lincoln, […]
Fighting off boredom
Chuck and Shannon Avon attended the 2015 Blakesburg Fly-In. When Chuck came across Sparky Barnes Sargent’s story on the fly-in on the General Aviation News website, he called me to buy a copy of the print edition with that story. His Stinson 108 was in the “sunset” photo at the end of the online story. Sadly, […]
Appeals court rules FAA can shut down flight-sharing websites
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled Dec. 18 that the FAA can shut down the “flight-sharing” website Flytenow.com. “This is a huge blow to innovation and entrepreneurship in general aviation,” said Jon Riches, the national litigation director at the Goldwater Institute and the attorney representing Flytenow. Flytenow, […]
Merlin PSA makes U.S debut
Just introduced to the U.S. is the Merlin PSA, a single-seat Personal Sport Aircraft. The all-aluminum aircraft features a cantilevered wing and a 120 mph cruise speed. Price is under $35,000, which includes the builders’ assistance program in Florida, according to company officials. The Merlin PSA is available now as a quick-build Experimental Amateur-Built aircraft. The design was created on 3D CAD/CAM […]
FAA Small Unmanned Aircraft registration begins Dec. 21
The FAA’s Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) registry has gone live online. In preparation for registering online, each owner must provide his or her name, home address and email address. Upon completion of registration, the web application will generate a Certificate of Aircraft Registration/Proof of Ownership that will include a unique identification number for the UAS […]
First flight: Aerolab from a kit
LONE ROCK, Wis. and MILAN, Italy — Francesco Rizzi, founder of Aerolab Manufacturing, and designer of the Sport Camp series of Experimental/Amateur-built kit aircraft, and Ed Leineweber, managing member of Golden Age Aeroworks, distributor of Aerolab products in the United States, recently conducted the first flights of the first Aerolab aircraft built from a production kit. LoCamp […]