Jet Aviation has appointed Charles F. Krugh as the new senior vice president and general manager at Jet Aviation St. Louis. He will be responsible for the company’s completions and maintenance business at the facility. Krugh joins Jet Aviation St. Louis from Bombardier Aerospace, where he most recently served as general manager of the Wichita […]
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Wichita State increases R&D expenditures
Wichita State University has risen to second among the nation’s universities in aeronautical research and development expenditures, according to the latest information from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. In fiscal year 2009, Wichita State had $50 million in aeronautical R&D expenditures, compared to $32.9 million in 2008. Wichita […]
College orders four Skyhawks
Cessna Aircraft Co. has signed a contract with Seneca College in Toronto for four 172 Skyhawk aircraft modified with Cessna’s Crew/Cockpit Resource Management (CRM) training seat. The four Skyhawks will join the Seneca School of Aviation and Flight Technology fleet of 14 aircraft that includes eight earlier model 172s. The new aircraft will be delivered […]
Waterloo Air Show offers two rare displays
The 2011 edition of the Waterloo Air Show, slated for Aug. 20-21, will feature a never-seen before historical formation flight over the skies of the Region of Waterloo International Airport, which will honor three separate generations of aircraft used by Canada’s Air Force. The formation flight will be comprised of the 2011 CF-18 Demonstration Team […]
Landmark Aviation names new GM for LUK FBO
Landmark Aviation has named Steve Bowlin General Manager of its Cincinnati Municipal Airport—Lunken Field (LUK) location. Bowlin comes to Landmark with over 20 years of experience in the general aviation industry. For the past four years he has been with Kaz Aviation as Vice President of FBO Operations. Prior to Kaz Aviation, he held the […]
Run up to Reno with LiveAirShowTV
To help get you ready for the Reno air races, slated for Sept. 14-18, LiveAirShowTV has posted several new stories. For the last 10 years, LiveAirShowTV President Jeff Lee has worked with the National Aviation Heritage Invitational, capturing the planes, participants, and judging each year. “We took much of that footage from the first few […]
Dowling College expands flight training
The Dowling College School of Aviation in Oakdale, N.Y., has expanded its flight training opportunities to include Part 141 flight instruction certificate program for professional pilots. Dowling has partnered with Heritage Flight Academy (HFA) at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma to provide flight training. “Dowling continues to enhance its flight instruction programs with strategic […]
BLR Aerospace delivers 300th winglet system
BLR Aerospace, a provider of performance enhancement systems for OEMs, has completed delivery of its 300th Winglet System for the Hawker Beechcraft King Air family of twin-engine aircraft. The 300th system was delivered to Beechcraft Vertrieb und Service Gmbh, a BLR dealer in Augsburg, Germany. Beechcraft Vertrieb Managing Director Hans Obermeier says more European customers […]
FlightSafety promotes Allender
FlightSafety International has promoted Kelly Allender to manager of its Learning Center in Tucson, Arizona. Allender, who replaces Randy Lewis who will be retiring from FlightSafety, joined FlightSafety in 2001, and most recently served as Assistant Manager at the company’s Cessna Learning Center in Wichita, Kansas. He has held a number of other positions of […]