A new restaurant, Earhart’s Runway Grill, will open April 5 at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) in Florida, home to the annual Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In. Earhart’s will specialize in American fare with lunch and dinner served seven days a week. Breakfast will be served on Saturdays and Sundays. “We’re thrilled to death,” said David […]
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New aviation TV series set to take off
The producers of “The Aviators”, a new television series that premieres this fall, has added two Canadian broadcasters. The Global Television Network will be airing the series across its entire Canadian network from coast to coast. Additionally, Victoria, BC’s CHEK-TV will be airing the show in Western Canada (also viewable across the country on most […]
New version of AOPA Airports for Blackberry released
Hilton Software has released version 2.0 of AOPA Airports for Blackberrys. This upgrade features the addition of DUATS VFR filing capability, which allows users to store and retrieve flight plans for quick and easy repeat filing at a later date. Other upgrades include more detailed runway information, plus the addition of information on runway lighting, […]
Aspen Avionics and Seattle Avionics Software partner on charts
Aspen Avionics, Inc., manufacturer of the Evolution Flight Display System, and Seattle Avionics Software, which develops aviation software and data solutions, have created a partnership to develop a certified chart application for Aspen’s Evolution Flight Display System. The new chart and geo-referenced airport diagram capabilities will be a standard feature in Aspen’s Multi-Function Display (MFD) […]
Catch a ride in a B-25
The Kissimmee Air Museum at Florida’s Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) is host a World War II B-25 Mitchell Bomber, named “Panchito,”which will be available for rides April 2 to April 4. Prices range from $350 to $400 and are tax deductible. Admission is $6 to the museum, providing up-close access to “Panchito” and many other […]
Mistral starts taking pre-orders for experimental engine
Testing continues at Mistral Engines in its efforts to receive FAA certification for its new, 300 horsepower, G-300 rotary aircraft engine. “We are extremely pleased with the progress that our engineering and development team has made in recent months on the G-300 engine,” said Philippe Durr, CEO. “We have the engine mounted on a Maule […]
Stewart Systems classes come to you
Can’t make it to Stewart System’s location at Cashmere-Dryden Airport (8S2) in Cashmere, Wash.? That’s OK, because instructor Jason Gerard is ready to travel. Gerard, who has been using Stewart Systems for several years now and does all of the company’s class instruction, will take the class anywhere in the U.S. or Canada. “All he […]
Sierra Hotel Aero launches repair services program
Sierra Hotel Aero (SHA) has initiated a new aviation repair services program designed to reduce insurance company expenses associated with the cost of repairing aircraft skins, structural damages and other repairs. SHA, which has 25 years of structural experience repairing metallic and advanced composite aircraft assemblies for single and multi-engine aircraft, holds a variety of […]
Robin Olds memoirs to be released April 13
“Fighter Pilot–The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds” will be released April 13 and is available now for presale through most major bookstores, including Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Borders. The book about one of America’s greatest aviation legends was compiled (using his writings) by his daughter, Christina Olds and Ed Rasimus, a retired USAF […]