Not GA, but still pretty cool for those who love all things aviation: Fox News has posted a feature about the Jumbo Stay Hostel in Stockholm, Sweden, right next to an airport. The converted Boeing 747 fuselage has 29 rooms, most with four beds — two bunks each — to maximize space. All rooms have flat […]
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Avionics sales near $2 billion for year
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — In July, August and September, total worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales amounted to $614,406,537.56 according to the most recent Avionics Market Report released by the Aircraft Electronics Association. For the first nine months of the year, sales total $1,918,282,585.36. The third quarter figure represents a 5% decrease in sales compared to […]
Wynne named AUVSI president
ARLINGTON, Va. — Brian Wynne has been named president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, succeeding the retiring Michael Toscano on Jan. 12, 2015. Wynne is now president of the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), a post he has held since April 2004. The organization promotes battery, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and […]
AirFleet Capital celebrates 20th anniversary
AirFleet Capital celebrated its 20th anniversary on the first day of November. Earlier this year, AirFleet Capital marked the closing of its 5,000th loan to general aviation aircraft owners. Most members of the AirFleet Capital team are either pilots or have completed the FAA ground school, and all members of the team are immersed 100% […]
2015 Bob Hoover Presidential Scholarship Winners named
ENTERPRISE, Fla. — The Citation Jet Pilots Association (CJP) recently joined with the Bob Hoover Legacy Foundation in contributing $50,000 each towards four Bob Hoover Presidential Scholarships to students attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. These latest scholarships, worth $25,000 apiece, were awarded during a reception held Oct. 23 in Daytona Beach and attended by storied test […]
Lauber Safety award presented to Patankar
The University Aviation Association recently awarded the 2014 John K. Lauber Safety Award to Dr. Manoj Patankar of Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology. The Lauber Safety Award recognized Patankar for outstanding achievements in aviation safety. Patankar is the Executive Director of the Center for Aviation Safety Research and a professor of aviation at […]
GA stressed by outdated FAA regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) President Mark Baker told lawmakers Tuesday that the the general aviation industry is under stress made worse by outdated and cumbersome FAA regulations and procedures. “The regulatory and certification processes used today may have been needed 30 or 40 years ago, but they simply cannot keep […]
Sequestration dangers national airspace system
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sequestration is a danger to the National Airspace System (NAS). That is the message National Air Traffic Controllers Association President Paul Rinaldi delivered Tuesday to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, for its hearing examining the upcoming FAA reauthorization and issues in modernizing and operating the nation’s airspace. Rinaldi emphasized the urgent […]
Challenger Learning Center hosts career day
On Nov. 7, the Challenger Learning Center of Richland County School District One in South Carolina hosted the fourth annual Aerospace Career Day. Aerospace Career Day provides high school students an opportunity to meet with representatives from aerospace companies to learn about career options in the aerospace industry. They can also meet with representative from […]