On Jan. 1 at The Museum of Flight in Seattle, test pilot Dennis Newton will lecture about the development of entrepreneur Bill Lear’s last project — the radical, Lear Fan 2100 Futura. Newton is the former Chief Test Pilot of Lear Fan Corp., and was at the controls of the Lear Fan prototype during its […]
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Wilson to build new FBO at CHA
Wilson Air Centers will partner with the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority to manage a new FBO in Chattanooga. The facilities will include a fueling center; a 9,000-square-foot general aviation terminal, including an office complex for pilot accommodations and business resources; and a 12,000-square-foot state-of-the-art hangar facility, with room for expansion as needed, company officials said. […]
Greenwich AeroGroup forms MRO Product Management team
Greenwich AeroGroup has formed a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Product Management team. The new team is made up of prominent aviation specialists with diverse backgrounds, whose cumulative aviation experience is more than 70 years. Team members include: Mark Fischer, Director MRO Avionics Products, who has more than 25 years of avionics experience, with companies […]
1,000 RV-7s
Terry Small, of Prescott, Ariz., has become the 1,000th customer to complete and fly an RV-7. His first flight brought the total number of RVs complete and flown to 7,088. About 10 years of off/on construction were interrupted by a year in Afghanistan and five moves. But Small stuck with it and on Dec. 5 […]
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquires Aviation Insurance Holdings
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Aviation Insurance Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1977, Aviation Insurance Holdings, trading as Aviation Insurance Services (AIS), is a retail insurance broker offering aviation and aerospace insurance and related risk management services for their clients around the […]
FlightSafety’s Falcon 7x sim qualified by FAA
FlightSafety International’s new Dassault Falcon 7X full flight simulator has been qualified to Level D by the FAA, the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia, and the European Aviation Safety Agency. Training will begin in January 2011 at FlightSafety’s Dallas/Fort Worth Learning Center. The simulator features the advanced systems of the Falcon 7X […]
Master CFI-Helicopter accreditation available
Master Instructors LLC recently introduced its new Master CFI-Helicopter (MCFI-H) accreditation. Designed to better serve the needs of the nation’s rotorcraft instructors, the MCFI-H designation is the sixth in a line of Master accreditations offered by the company. With input from the FAA, the International Helicopter Safety Team, and the Helicopter Association International, Master Instructors […]
MT composite prop flight tested on Warbird
Flight Resource, LLC, the world’s largest volume MT- Propeller distributer, has completed the successful flight testing on a newly developed 4-bladed composite propeller on an Allison-powered P-82 Twin Mustang. The propeller, governor and accumulator system (pictured below) was designed and built for use on the only two remaining Twin Mustangs that are being restored to […]
Give the gift of flight
Looking to give more than just “stuff” for Christmas this year? How about giving a first flight lesson to that aspiring pilot on your gift list? PilotJourney.com offers a $129 real flight lesson redeemable at more than 500 flight schools nationwide. Included with the flight package that puts your pilot in the air for a […]