Orlando Flight Training (OFT) at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) in Florida is expanding its service offerings to include a sport pilot training program with the addition of four new Cessna Skycatcher aircraft to its fleet in Summer 2010. “These new aircraft will allow our team to provide students with additional flight training program options,” said […]
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MT-Prop certified on Merlin IIB
MT-Propeller recently received an FAA STC for the next generation five-blade scimitar composite propeller MTV-27-1-E-C-F-R(G)/CFR210-58d on the M7 Aerospace SA 26-AT (Merlin IIB). The propeller installation improves the overall performance, reducing outside and cabin noise, while giving more ground clearance, according to company officials. For more information: MT-Propeller.com
StandardAero to reopen SPI engine shop
StandardAero will reopen the engine shop at its service center at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) in Springfield, Ill., in the third quarter of 2010. Initially, the shop will be capable of providing major periodic inspections (MPIs) for TFE731 engines. The capabilities of the shop will be reassessed periodically with a possibility of adding other […]
ComLinkPro debuts the Angel
ComLinkPro introduces the Angel, a small, lightweight audio headset interface with built-in stereo Bluetooth connectivity and a multitude of input and output jacks, as well as an integrated flight computer. The Angel is the culmination of almost two years of research and development effort, according to company officials, noting it was designed specifically for aviators. Angel makes […]
Cessna Service Centers earn FAA Diamond Award
All eight of Cessna’s domestic Citation Service Centers have earned the Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Employer Diamond Award of Excellence from the FAA. This is the sixth consecutive year Cessna has received the award for all its U.S.-based service centers, company officials note. In 2009 the FAA increased the requirements to receive the Award of […]
What do Final Four, Masters Golf Tournament and Kentucky Derby have in common?
Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (HBC) will deploy its Quick Response Teams to support Hawker Beechcraft owners and operators at the NCAA Men’s Final Four from April 3-5 in Indianapolis; the Masters Golf Tournament from April 5-11 in Augusta, Ga.; and the Kentucky Derby on May 1 in Louisville, Ky. Launched earlier this year, the Quick Response […]
RAM debuts loyalty rewards
RAM Aircraft, LP now offers Owner Loyalty Rewards for returning RAM customers with a Cessna 340, 340A, 414, 414A, 421C, or Baron 58P/TC with a RAM engine. RAM officials want qualifying airplanes with RAM STCs and engines to stay in the family and keep their value high when overhaul time comes around. To help make […]
Powder Puff Pilot teams with Oregon Aero
What happens when you cross women pilots with one of the nation’s foremost suppliers of aviation products? Pink pilot gear! That’s just what happened when Denver-based Powder Puff Pilot, a web retailer that specializes in pilot gear and accessories for women, approached Oregon Aero, Inc., designer and manufacturer of aviation products. That meeting resulted in […]
Fantasy of Flight adds nightFlight tours
Unidentifiable noises and voices, drastic temperature changes, strange mists and shadows…these unexplained phenomena are drawing an eager crowd at Fantasy of Flight, where the Florida attraction’s first-ever nightFlight paranormal tours have sold out in a matter of weeks. Demand for the four-hour, limited-attendance nighttime tours, guided by Florida’s Apollo Paranormal Investigations (API), a non-profit team […]