WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FAA has launched a web-based aircraft registration process for owners of small unmanned aircraft (UAS) weighing more than 0.55 pounds and less than 55 pounds, including payloads such as on-board cameras. The new rule incorporates many of the recommendations from the Registration Task Force, according to FAA officials. “Make no mistake: Unmanned aircraft […]
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Winging over Winter Haven
By JONI M. FISHER It was a quiet Saturday in late November at Gilbert Field in Winter Haven, Florida, when five Air Force ROTC volunteers showed up to help flight instructor and businessman John Collins make good on his offer for free flights to the families of police and firefighters in Winter Haven. The idea started weeks earlier […]
Windecker Eagle flies again
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — More than 30 years after it was damaged and rendered unairworthy, N4198G, a Windecker Eagle, has been repaired, restored, upgraded, returned to active status, and flown. In the hands of test pilot Len Fox, the Eagle was guided onto the active runway Dec. 6. Fox advanced the throttle on the first all-composite aircraft […]
American Aero FTW holds toy drive
FORT WORTH, Texas — More than 300 toys and 100 bicycles were collected at the third annual holiday luncheon and toy drive hosted by American Aero FTW, an FBO at Meacham International Airport. The event benefits the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. American Aero FTW employees, airport tenants and clients, as well as […]
AIA and NAR receive award
The National Coalition for Aviation and Space Education (NCASE) has selected the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) as the recipients of the Dr. Mervin K. Strickler Aerospace Education Award, in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the field of aerospace education. In 1995 NCASE established the Dr. Mervin K. […]
Eagle Creek Aviation Services expands operations
INDIANAPOLIS — Eagle Creek Aviation Services has completed the purchase of Montgomery Aviation’s three North-Central Indiana locations. The purchase of Montgomery Aviation includes the FBO, flight school, and maintenance facility at Indianapolis Executive Airport (TYQ), the FBO at the Frankfort/Clinton County Airport (FKR), and the FBO at the Grissom Aeroplex (GUS). The Montgomery Aviation name will remain […]
Swayze receives UNO Shea Award
Richard Swayze, currently the Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs, and Environment at the FAA, received the William F. Shea Award at a Nov. 19-20 celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Aviation Institute. The award is named for Bill Shea, UNO Aviation Institute’s Founding Director.
Ohio lawmakers repudiate Connecticut, defend the Wright brothers
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Ohio Senate stood with historians and scholars on Wednesday, Dec. 9, in passing a state resolution in which Ohio repudiates Connecticut for claiming the Wright brothers were not the first to fly. Senators unanimously passed House Concurrent Resolution 8 (HCR 8), a measure that defends Ohio’s distinction as the “birthplace of aviation” and […]
100th TBM 900 delivered
Daher’s latest member in its very fast turboprop product line — the TBM 900 — has reached the century mark with the 100th aircraft delivery. The milestone TBM 900 was received by U.S. customer Dale Schneider, a North Carolina businessman who is an active airplane and helicopter pilot, having logged more than 3,000 hours. Schneider’s first aircraft was a TBM […]