The FAA has issued Type Inspection Authorization (TIA) for Cirrus Aircraft‘s Vision SF50, marking another milestone in the aircraft certification program. TIA initiates formal FAA flight evaluation of the Vision SF50 type design, airworthiness, performance and handling properties, Cirrus officials explain. This TIA allows Cirrus to move forward with FAA Conformity Inspections and Certification Flight Tests […]
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Aircraft Spruce West to hold Customer Appreciation Day
Aircraft Spruce West will host its annual Customer Appreciation Day Saturday, Oct. 10, at its Corona, California, location. Representatives from a number of aviation products will be on hand to demonstrate their products, including Aviation Technology, Britta Products, Champion Aerospace, Concorde, Electronics International, Gill, Hartzell Engine Technologies, Herber, Lift Expo, Michelin, Tempest, and UPS. An assortment of products […]
Rare Mosquito makes Oshkosh debut
Highlighting AirVenture for many warbird fans was the appearance of a rebuilt de Havilland Mosquito owned by Jerry Yagen of the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Almost 8,000 Mosquitoes were built during the 1940s, but Yagen’s plane is one of only two examples that are airworthy today. The rare plane, made largely of […]
FAA dedicates runway pavement testing facility
The FAA dedicated its new National Airport Pavement & Materials Research Center at the William J. Hughes Technical Center at Egg Harbor Township, N.J., Aug. 27. The research center allows FAA engineers to use a custom-designed vehicle simulator to test asphalt and other pavement materials at very high tire pressures and temperatures. Airport pavement temperatures […]
Midwest LSA Expo set for September
Plans are underway for the upcoming Midwest LSA Expo, being touted as “the place to be for Sport Aviation this fall.” The Expo is slated for Sept. 10-12 at Mt. Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN) in Illinois. Admission and parking are free. According to organizers, attendees will be able to see more than 40 Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA), including […]
Vinson named UAA executive director
AUBURN, Alabama — Dawn Vinson has been named the new executive director of the University Aviation Association (UAA). She takes up the responsibilities of Interim Executive Director Cassandra Bosco, who was appointed to the position after Executive Director Carolyn Williamson retired in November of 2014. Bosco led the association through the strategic planning and search […]
iFlightPlanner integrates real estate with flight planning
iFlightPlanner has incorporated Hangar Network’s real estate data into its flight planning tools. Now hangars and airport properties that are for sale, lease or available as transient space are viewable as an interactive layer in all of iFlightPlanner’s web-based mapping interfaces. An industry first, these new tools allow pilots to see all the space available […]
Development continues on Burt Rutan’s SkiGull
Burt Rutan always draws a crowd at his AirVenture forums, especially when introducing a new aircraft design. And since his current project, the SkiGull amphibian, may be the “retired” 72-year-old designer’s last homebuilt, the standing-room-only crowd at this year’s Oshkosh was all ears as he broke his long-standing rule of keeping a new design under […]
Crowdfunding campaign launches to fund vertical takeoff biz jet
A crowd funding campaign has launched to develop the TriFan 600, a six-seat fixed-wing airplane designed to fly as fast, as high, and as far as other business jets, but with the ability to takeoff and land vertically. XTI Aircraft Company is launching the equity crowdfunding campaign under new rules approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange […]