The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has asked its members in Southern California to contact U.S. Representatives Karen Bass (D-Calif.) and Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), in an effort to stave off the latest attempt to close Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO). Both members of Congress have endorsed a seven-point plan by local airport opponents to […]
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Problem solved: iPad won’t charge in your plane?
Gene Lee of TheHDPilot.com had a problem: His iPad wouldn’t charge in the cockpit. “While investigating how to fix it, I realized a lot of other people have the same problem too,” he says. He wrote a short article explaining how he fixed the problem. You can read it here.
Eclipse Special Edition introduced
ONE Aviation has introduced the Eclipse Special Edition (SE) twin-engine jet, a factory-renewed Eclipse 500 that has been upgraded and reconfigured to include nearly all new features introduced on the Eclipse 550, including a Dual Avio Integrated Flight Management System (IFMS), Anti-skid Brake System, a newly designed pilot-side Standby Display Unit, PPG glass windshields, new premium interior, […]
Newest Goodyear blimp to make first appearance at Oshkosh
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s newest airship, “Wingfoot One,” will make its inaugural visit to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 later this month. The 63rd annual Experimental Aircraft Association fly-in is July 20-26 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. “Wingfoot One” is the first of Goodyear’s new generation of semi-rigid […]
Warbird Roundup: More than the temperature sizzled
Story and Photos By FREDERICK A. JOHNSEN Attendees of this year’s Warbird Roundup in Nampa, Idaho, held June 27-28, benefited from the combination of craftsmanship, technology, and deep pockets that has breathed life into warbirds once thought impossible to see flying. Two classic and scarce razorback P-51 Mustangs went aloft at the same time, a […]
FAA reauthorization bill delayed
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has delayed plans to release its proposed FAA reauthorization legislation. That occurred after the House majority leader informed the committee that consideration of the FAA reauthorization bill has been moved to September. The current FAA authorization expires Sept. 30. It was put into place after an agonizing 23 short-term extensions that […]
Aspen Avionics acquires Accord Technology and AvValues
Aspen Avionics has acquired Accord Technology from Accord India and AvValues of Phoenix, Arizona. The acquisition has resulted in an expansion of the company’s geographic footprint to include a new administrative and production facility in Phoenix. John Uczekaj will continue to lead the company as president and chief executive officer. The name of the combined […]
Texas museum to duplicate Museum of Flight Education Center
SEATTLE — The Museum of Flight has signed an agreement with Galveston’s Lone Star Flight Museum to design and build a duplicate of the museum’s Aviation Learning Center (ALC), an educational facility that is used to introduce students to the concepts of aviation and flying. The ALC will be built at Lone Star’s new $35 million […]
Companies team to provide unbiased aircraft valuations
Asset Insight and SAI Valuations have entered into a collaborative agreement to provide aircraft owners, buyers, sellers, financial institutions and others with an unbiased opinion of an aircraft’s value and maintenance risk. Through a web-based application, existing and prospective aircraft owners are able to: Acquire Asset Insight’s analytics rating an aircraft’s maintenance – on a standardized […]