Orlando Gateway Sport Pilot Flight Training Center at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) in Florida will host an Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Young Eagles Flight Rally Jan. 8. The rally, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., will feature free flights for aviation enthusiasts 8 to 17 years old, and lunch will be provided. Participants who experience […]
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Icon Bob Hoover to be saluted at Oshkosh
Saluting his iconic aerobatic career along with heroic service in World War II, EAA AirVenture 2011 will honor Bob Hoover with a special day of recognition on July 26, part of the 59th annual edition of “The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration” on July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. Hoover, a 1988 inductee to […]
New book chronicles the legendary DC-3
ASA will soon release a new book to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first DC-3 flight in December of 1935. “Together We Fly: Voices From the DC-3” is the story of an aircraft like none other — a true legend that is literally the icon of an industry and one of the most recognized […]
Little promoted at Dallas Airmotive
BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul (ERO) company Dallas Airmotive has promoted Chris Little to Regional Engine Manager, responsible for sales of engine services for Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A, JT15D, PW500 and PW306C engines in the Mid-States region of the USA (Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma). “Chris has been with us nine years and […]
Cirrus gets FAA nod on new safety features
Cirrus Aircraft has received FAA approval and has begun delivery of new aircraft equipped with its latest safety and pilot assistance features: Perspective Electronic Stability and Protection (Perspective ESP) and Hypoxia Recognition and Automatic Descent Mode. “Just as the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System brought the equivalent benefit of automotive airbags to general aviation, Perspective ESP […]
FlightBOX app launches
iApps has released FlightBOX, a free all-in-one flight bag app created for iPhone and iPad that features a customizable logbook for flight data entry. “We found a gap in this niche market; there was a need for an mobile application for pilots that would be useful from training and continue with them through their career,” […]
Soloy expands filter distribution
Soloy Aviation Solutions and Aerospace Filtration Systems, Inc. (now branded as Donaldson), recently agreed to expand Soloy’s distributor agreement to include Donaldson Inlet Barrier Filter (IBF) products. This product line distributor expansion allows Soloy to offer inlet barrier filters to operators of aircraft currently approved with Donaldson IBF products. “Now Soloy can offer its support […]
Lear’s last airplane focus of test pilot’s lecture
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 […]
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. […]