EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Fargo Jet Center/Premier Jet Center (FJC/PJC) has teamed with FoxThree Aviation Consulting to provide aviation consulting and FAA approval services in the business aviation industry. FoxThree Aviation Consulting was formed in January 2013 by Premier Jet Center team member Jason Barron, after recognizing a need to provide time-sensitive FAA approval services for […]
Hall joins Air Orlando Maintenance
Brett Hall has joined Air Orlando Maintenance as the director of maintenance. He brings more than 16 years of hands-on technical experience to the company. His position encompasses all maintenance and parts functions, including customer liaison, employee management and shop scheduling, according to company officials. Air Orlando is located on Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) in Florida.
Student’s second solo goes awry
According to the student pilot, he was performing his second solo flight, and he reported a total flying time of 45 hours. As the Cessna 172 became airborne during the initial takeoff, it “…violently veered 90° to the left.” He immediately applied right rudder and reduced the throttle to idle. The airplane landed on the left […]
Picture of the day: A lot of elbow grease — and carnauba
Glen Bradley sent in this photo with a quick note: “After a thick coat of carnauba, Cessna 175-C, N.L. (Newfoundland and Labrador) Canada.”
Video: Farewell Salute to Bob Hoover
R. A. “Bob” Hoover will forever cast a huge shadow over all of aviation. His recent passing (October 25) at the age of 94 sent a shockwave through the broader aviation family. From Airailimages: “Fifteen hundred friends of Bob Hoover gathered at Clay Lacy Aviation in Van Nuys, California, on 18 November for a heartfelt send-off and […]
Stop thinking about safety
By THOMAS P. TURNER The time has come for us to stop thinking about flying safety. Only a minority of the pilot population wants to hear about it. Tell a pilot you think something is unsafe, and he or she will counter that they feel it’s an acceptable risk. Nothing about flying is perfectly safe, […]
Taiwan company takes over CT line from Flight Design
Taiwan-based AeroJones Aviation is in the final stages of acquiring all assets and technological rights to the CT series light-sport aircraft and C4 project from Flight Design. Earlier, AeroJones pursued agreements with Germany’s Flight Design company to establish an aircraft production line to produce the CTLS, a primarily carbon fiber two-seater, equipped with a standard airframe […]
Drone helps track great white sharks off Nantucket coast
Aurora recently partnered with OCEARCH, a marine conservation organization, to provide aerial support locating and tracking great white sharks off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The Centaur optionally piloted DA-42 aircraft (OPA) flew above the expedition area in a predetermined flight pattern to help scientists onboard the OCEARCH ship target identify and track the location […]
Dates set for FlightSimCon 2017
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — FlightSimCon 2017, the annual aviation and flight simulation conference, will be held June 10-11, 2017, at the Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley Airport. Now in its fifth year, FlightSimCon has become the biggest flight simulation and aviation conference in North America, drawing attendees from around the world, according to organizers. Previous […]