What do you get when you combine a passion for aviation and music? If you are Will Allen, “The Flying Tenor,” you get a high energy rock and roll airshow. Allen’s Rock ‘n Roll Airshow Man made its West Coast debut last July at the Arlington Fly-in, held in Arlington, Wash., just north of Seattle. […]
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Video: Texas university conducts test flights for RPA sense-and-avoid system
PORT MANSFIELD, Texas – Texas A&M University Corpus Christi’s Lone Star Unmanned Aircraft Systems research center (LSUASC) conducted flight operations in early March to test a ground-based sense-and-avoid radar system designed to identify small remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) in a specific airspace. Bob Alger, Director of Business Development for SRC, Inc., said the equipment could be used, […]
SUN ’n FUN receives grant
SUN ’n FUN has received $225,000 in funding from the Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust to be used towards the completion of the Piedmont Aerospace Experience on the SUN ’n FUN Campus on the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) in Florida. The Emil Buehler Trust was established in 1984 to perpetuate the memory of Emil Buehler […]
Win a chance to be part of an airshow
Tickets are still available for the opportunity to ride with the AeroShell Aerobatic Team when it performs at the upcoming SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-in and Expo at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (KLAL) in Florida. The raffle drawing is a fundraiser for Angel Flight Southeast, which provides free air transportation for patients who need far-from-home medical care. The winner […]
New hires at Redbird Flight Simulations
Redbird Flight Simulations of Austin, Texas, has hired Michael Clifford as Chief Operating Officer and Brittney Miculka as director of ImagineFlight, a new trade organization devoted to the development and promotion of quality flight training experiences at Redbird-affiliated flight schools. “Mike’s deep management experience in computer technology, logistics, and consumer products from his time as a technology […]
Think outside the pattern
Blogger Jolie Lucas encourages pilots to find those airports that offer a little something extra, like Pecos, Texas (KPEQ), which offers homemade burritos, chips and salsa or Beaumont, Kansas [O7S], where you can actually taxi into town. And she encourages airport officials to think outside the pattern: “We can all do a little something to […]
American Propeller tapped as Hartzell service facility
Hartzell Propeller has appointed American Propeller Service as a Recommended Service Facility. American Propeller, of Redding, Calif., covers a large area of the western United States, with its fleet of transport vehicles offering propeller pickup and delivery services. American Propeller becomes the 22nd Hartzell Propeller Recommended Service Facility. American Propeller also supports Hartzell customers as […]
Flying Musicians launch scholarship program
The Flying Musicians Association (FMA) has created the FMA Solo Scholarship Award program. Recipients will receive scholarships that will pay for their primary flight training through their first solo. The program will fund four scholarships to juniors or seniors in high school who have been nominated by their band or music director. FMA officials said they recognize that many skills […]
Hydroswing partners with GS Global Resources
Hydroswing North America has partnered with GS Global Resources (GSGR), a New Berlin, Wis.-based company that manufactures fluid power and electronic controls for customers around the globe.Besides providing components and systems for Hydroswing hydraulic doors, GSGR will also be the foundation of the upcoming Hydroswing Parts Store, according to Hydroswing officials. With more than 7,000 Hydroswing doors in use […]