World Fuel Services has added three new FBOs to its Air Elite Network: YU Lounge, at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport (TKPK) in Basseterre, St. Kitts & Nevis; Jet Centre Curacao, at Hato International Airport (TNCC) in Willemstad, Curacao; and Ecuacentair, at Mariscal Sucre International Airport (SEQM) in Quito, Equador. The Air Elite Network now has 37 […]
AMETEK introduces wireless battery identification device
AMETEK Prestolite Power has introduced a Wireless Battery Identification Device (WBID) designed to help make aerospace and aviation manufacturing and warehouse facilities more efficient, according to officials with the Troy, Ohio-based company. In places that use battery-powered lift trucks and utility vehicles, the new WBID system continually reads and stores information about lift truck batteries and their […]
Pilot mistakes ag field for runway
The pilot of the Cessna 206 was approaching to land on a private unimproved runway near Sabinal, Texas. The field immediately adjacent to the landing area had been recently plowed. He was landing into the direction of the rising sun, which was just coming over the horizon as he was making his approach. He mistakenly […]
Picture of the day: On the way to Oshkosh
Gerald Olenik sent in this photo from his most recent of six Oshkosh trips with the Zippy Sport. He notes this was the first long trip from Melrose, Florida, for the Kitfox with its new HKS-700e powerplant. He also adds: “There’s just no good way to get around Chicago. This time, just outside class B. The view of […]
Video: The Hangar Hotel
Intrigued by Karin Leperi’s recent story, Fly-in for a World War II immersion in Fredericksburg, Texas, but want to see more before filing your flight plan? The folks at FunPlacestoFly.com sent us this video that shows not only the Hangar Hotel, but also the inside of the FBO at Gillespie County Airport, the Airport Diner and […]
Young Eagle earns her wings
Young Eagle Michaela Goldammer, a resident of Blacksburg, Va., received her private pilot certificate Jan. 10. She started her flight lessons in March 2013 at Twin County Aviation Flight School in Hillsville, Va., shortly after her very first flight in a general aviation aircraft through the Young Eagles program. Goldammer also received the Emily Gile […]
Kansas senator to host aviation roundtable
SALINA, Kansas — Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), a member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, will host an aviation roundtable to discuss a number of Kansas aviation priorities for 2015, at 10:30 a.m., Feb. 9 at the Kansas State University Salina College Center. The roundtable will also include U.S. Senator Pat Roberts […]
Wings of Freedom Tour at Page Field
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Collings Foundation brings its Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress “Nine-O-Nine” heavy bomber, Consolidated B-24J Liberator “Witchcraft” heavy bomber and North American Dual Control P-51C Mustang “Betty Jane” fighter to Page Field (KFMY) Feb. 9-12. The stop in Fort Myers is part of the Collings Foundation’s Wings of Freedom Tour, an annual 110-city nationwide […]
Cessna rolls out first production Citation Latitude
Cessna recently celebrated the roll out of the first production Citation Latitude at the company’s Wichita, Kansas manufacturing facility, three years since being announced to the market. The assembly of the Latitude features a variety of technological advancements, including the use of new automated robotics, company officials said The roll out is the latest in the aircraft’s […]