Pilot Journey, a long time promoter of first time flight lessons, has teamed with AttendStar, an online airshow ticketing service, in an attempt to increase the U.S. pilot population. Starting with the 2011 airshow season, Pilot journey and AttendStar will begin a cross-promotional effort aiming to share the joy of learning to fly an airplane […]
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Standard Aero adds PW300 service at Springfield facility
StandardAero Business Aviation has added line services on the Pratt & Whitney Canada, PW300-series of engines to its list of maintenance capabilities at its Springfield, Ill. service center. The Springfield center is the first StandardAero Business Aviation facility to provide line maintenance on the PW307 and PW308 engines. Airframe platforms powered by these engines include […]
Greenwich Aerogroup adds to interiors team
Greenwich AeroGroup has appointed Mike Slattery to the company’s Interior Product Management Team. Since 2008 Slattery has been leading Western Aircraft’s interiors and completion efforts. In his new role with Greenwich AeroGroup, Slattery will serve as a customer consultant regarding interiors for both Western Aircraft and its sister company Atlantic Aero. Slattery is a seasoned […]
New Remos dealer named
Remos Aircraft continues to expand its dealer and REMOS Pilot Center network in the United States. The newest member of the network is Skybound Aviation, formed this past February, at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (CGI). The two principals are Glenn McCallister, who is taking charge of sales, and Beverly Cleair, CFI, who is handling flight […]
Duncan Aviation opens two satellite avionics shops
Duncan Aviation has partnered with Signature Flight Support Corporation’s Signature TECHNICAir in the opening of two new satellite avionics shops in Missouri: one in Kansas City and the other in St. Louis. The Kansas City avionics shop is located at Kansas City’s Downtown Airport (MKC) and the St. Louis avionics shop is located at the […]
Author to speak at Oakland museum
Peter Stekel, author of “Final Flight: The Mystery of a WWII Plane Crash and the Frozen Airmen of the High Sierra,” will speak at the Oakland Aviation Museum in California Saturday, April 23, at 1 p.m. In 2005, two mountaineers climbing above Mendel Glacier in the High Sierra found the mummified remains of a uniformed […]
Seginus gets FAA nod for latest PMA part
Seginus Inc., a manufacturer of FAA PMA replacement aircraft parts, has received approval of its latest PMA parts submission for carbon brushes. Seginus manufactures bearings and electrical carbon brushes for aircraft accessories, such as starter generators, ventilation blowers, and landing gear actuators. The following items are now available for sale: Carbon Brush for Goodrich Starter […]
Human Factors Workshops offered
Grey Owl Aviation Consultants is offering two Human Factors Workshops during May in Titusville, Fla. The first, Human Factors – Phase I, will be held May 18-19. It is designed to equip aviation maintenance technicians, supervisors and managers with the skills necessary to enhance safety, teamwork and efficiency in the workplace, and reduce aircraft maintenance […]
Sporty’s helps you manage your airplane — for free
Sporty’s has launched a new online service to help aircraft owners manage the details of their airplane. Sporty’s Plane Manager is an online system that tracks scheduling, maintenance, expenses and usage of general aviation aircraft. “We’re proud to offer this powerful program to aircraft owners for free, as a way to make owning an airplane […]