As part of its “Connect With Miller and Win” campaign, Miller Electric Mfg. Co. will give away a welding or plasma cutting package valued at more than $2,700 to a randomly selected subscriber to one of the company’s eNewsletters. Three additional winners will receive an iPod touch. You can enter by going to MillerWelds.com/connectwithMiller, and […]
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Orion Jet Center joins Avfuel network
Avfuel Corp. continues to expand its network of FBO dealers, with its most recent alliance with Orion Jet Center at Opa Locka Airport (OPF) in Florida. Orion Jet Center will supply Avfuel aviation fuel and related services to and from South Florida. The FBO has 245,000 square feet of concrete ramp, large hangars, on-site US […]
Cessna debuts South Florida’s first Citation Mobile Service Unit
Cessna Aircraft Co. is fielding its fifth Citation Mobile Service Unit (MSU) to handle Citation maintenance at South Florida airports. The unit, part of Cessna’s ServiceDirect maintenance delivery group, will debut the weekend of Feb. 6-7 at Sheltair Aviation at Hollywood/Ft. Lauderdale International Airport (FLL). The newest MSU will be based full-time at Sheltair Aviation […]
Kissimmee Airport launches newsletter
Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) in Florida has launched “Touch & Go,” a quarterly newsletter. The newsletter will act as a forum for the airport’s businesses, as well as provide detailed safety and procedural information from the airport and control tower staff, according to airport officials. “Our goal is to provide pilots, businesses, students and tenants […]
Pan Am flight crews to recall the era of flying boats and the Boeing 314 Clipper
A panel of Pan Am veterans will recall their experiences of the grand era of the flying boats — from 1935 to 1945 — during a Feb. 13 program at The Museum of Flight in Seattle. The panelists will discuss the history, design and operations of Pan Am’s flying boats, with a focus on the […]
Updated app includes GPS flight tracking
AvConnect has released its updated iPhone application, Version 1.2., which now provides GPS flight tracking and confirmation, plus international airports and aircraft support. The iPhone app has a new feature that automatically records flight times with the use of GPS. “Every minute of flying counts when you are trying to build hours as a pilot,” […]
Simsbury Airport Fly-In DVD released
A DVD of the 2009 Simsbury Airport (4B9) Fly-In is now available. The 20-minute video, which is professionally produced, features narration by Mike Alan, the WTIC-AM air traffic reporter, and provides an overview of the event at the Connecticut airport. Special attention is focused on the parachuting demonstration, including video of the jumps taken from […]
Boshart named Lycoming service center
Boshart Enterprises and Aircraft Services, Inc. located at the Genesee County Airport (GVQ) in Batavia, N.Y., was recently named a Lycoming Authorized Service Center. To earn the designation, Boshart Enterprises and Aircraft Services was required to meet Lycoming specified equipment and facility requirements, maintain required staff training levels, meet or exceed required levels of quality […]
Patrol joins Bearhawk kit line up
AviPro Aircraft, Ltd. has begun kit production of a two-place, tandem utility aircraft as an addition to its Bearhawk (four-place) Quick-Build kit. The “Bearhawk Patrol” is a high-wing aircraft that can accept engines from 115 hp to 210 hp. The prototype is powered by an O-360 Lycoming 180-hp engine swinging a fixed pitch aluminum propeller. […]