Million Air recently celebrated the re-opening of the franchised FBO, Million Air Moses Lake, located at the Grant County International Airport (MWH) in Washington state. The FBO, which is owned by Freeman Holdings of Washington LLC, joined the Million Air network on July 1, 2009. After $1.3 million in renovations, Million Air hosted a grand […]
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Accident Reduction Tool Kit updated
The Flight Safety Foundation has re-released its Approach-and-Landing Accident Reduction (ALAR) Tool Kit with updated data and a new section on runway excursions. The ALAR Tool Kit was introduced 10 years ago with more than 40,000 copies distributed around the world. The updated version has been enhanced with the inclusion of the results of the […]
‘I wanna blimp ride’
Five lucky attendees at EAA AirVenture 2010 will be taken for a ride of a lifetime in the “Spirit of Goodyear” blimp as winners in the “I Wanna Blimp Ride” Sweepstakes. The 58th annual edition of EAA AirVenture will be held July 26-Aug. 1 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. The five sweepstakes winners will […]
Air Zoo offers summer flight experiences
This summer, guests at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Mich., have the chance to take flight in a Cessna T-41 Mescalero (pictured), North American T-6 Texan and Vultee BT-13 Valiant, courtesy of Aviation Adventures and Michigan Warbirds. All three of these historic aircraft were used as trainers in the armed forces. The T-41 was used […]
Cessna supports Special Olympics airlift
Cessna Aircraft Co. will have a Mobile Service Unit on standby to assist Citation owners participating in the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games. Citation customers are donating their aircraft, pilots, and fuel to transport some 800 athletes and coaches from across the nation for the competition in Lincoln, Neb. Citations will deliver athletes on […]
Flying into the eye of the storm
Recently released on DVD is “Thunderheads,” a documentary about a group of scientists, researchers and pilots — in seven planes and armed with the best high-tech gadgets money can buy — embark into the eye of a storm in an effort to understand the role of thunderstorms in the global warming puzzle. The documentary chronicles […]
Multi-purpose borescope debuts
Spectronics Corp. has recently introduced the CB-1000 COBRA, part of the COBRA series of multi-purpose borescopes. This scope features a built-in UV LED for detection of fluid leaks and surface flaws and a white light LED for component inspection. The CB-1000 COBRA has a 10mm, 24 inch “no-droop” shaft that maintains its position for easy […]
Streaming live from Farnborough
Can’t make it to this year’s Farnborough International Airshow? You can see all the action on your computer or smartphone, courtesy of Flightglobal and FLIR Systems, who are teaming up to stream live video from the show. FLIR officials will use the Star SAFIRE HD, which will be based in the Flightglobal Media Chalet sited […]
Sierra long range fuel tank mod approved for Soloy 206 upgrades
Sierra Industries Ltd. has amended its Cessna 206 Long Range Fuel System STC, allowing the installation of the wing tank modification to the turbine engine upgrade from Soloy Aviation Solutions. Sierra’s STC amendment is applicable to the original Soloy Turbine Cessna 206 Mark I and the new Soloy Aviation Solutions Mark II aircraft. Sierra’s Long […]