Legacy Flight Training has moved its Vero Beach, Florida, base of operations to a new training facility on-site at the Piper Aircraft headquarters. The new training facility houses the existing Meridian and Mirage/Matrix simulators and offers space for additional simulators in the future, company officials note. The new location at Vero Beach Municipal Airport (KVRB) also […]
Aircraft Spruce offers Zeftronics Alternator control units
Now available from Aircraft Spruce are the Zeftronics Alternator Control Units. The R15VOL Alternator Controller Unit provides high voltage regulation, over voltage protection, field to ground short protection, and an on-unit trouble-shooting light, according to company officials. Aircraft owners and mechanics can use the controller to identify if power is getting to the Alternator Control […]
Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics names Medeiros director of sales
WICHITA — Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics has appointed Marc Medeiros director of sales. A 20-year veteran in aerospace sales, Medeiros came to Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics from Rockwell Collins in Miami. Medeiros began his career in aviation as manager of global jet financing sales at Cessna Finance, and was later named managing director, international sites for mainline […]
Two airplanes dented after pilot fails to sump fuel tanks
This was the first flight for the Piper PA24-250 in the last three months, during which time, it was parked on a ramp outside in the winter in San Jose, Calif. The pilot reported he performed a preflight inspection, but that he did not sump the fuel system. The main fuel tanks were full, and […]
Picture of the day: Sunrise
Adrian den Hartog sent in this photo, explaining: “Sunrise view from a Cessna 172 flying along the Colorado river downstream from the Hoover Dam.”
NTSB unveils Most Wanted List
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board unveiled its 2016 Most Wanted List of transportation safety improvements Jan. 13, calling it a “road map from lessons learned to lives saved.” The list focuses on 10 broad safety improvements on which the NTSB has made recommendations that have not yet been implemented. One of those […]
Daher delivers 55 TBM 900s in 2015
Daher reports it delivered 55 TBM 900s in 2015 – a 10% increase compared to 2014, and the second best year since the first TBM single-engine very fast turboprop aircraft was delivered to a customer in 1991. The 2015 geographic distribution reflected global economic trends last year, as TBM 900 deliveries were led by the United States – […]
Aviation Center for research and training planned at Westover Air Reserve Base
AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst and M2C Aerospace of Milford, Mass., have launched plans for a new Aviation Research and Training Center at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee where they will conduct aeronautical research and provide training for air traffic controllers, pilots and other aviation professionals. The center will be located […]
Art and Science of Flying coming to Boise Airport
A new program that ties together STEM education and airports, “The Art and Science of Flying Ground School,” will be held April 23 at Jackson Jet Center in Boise. Developed by pilots and Master Instructors Linda Castner and Rich Stowell, the workshop, which runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., weaves history, biology, and technology into […]