Continental Motors Group has opened Zulu Flight Training in Geneva, Switzerland. This is the second location and first international location for Zulu, a dual-site flight training school with a simulator based curriculum. Continental has operated its prototype site at a mall in Spanish Fort, Alabama, for two years. Zulu-Geneva includes a simulator training center with aviation/pilot store in […]
University Aviation Association presents award to Craig
The University Aviation Association (UAA) awarded its 2014 Frank E. Sorenson Award to Dr. Paul Craig, Professor, Middle Tennessee State University for “outstanding achievement of excellence in aviation research/scholarship.” Craig has published six books, numerous scholarly articles and more than a dozen magazine articles. He holds 11 flight certificates, is a past winner of the North Carolina and […]
Early morning flight ends fatally
Aircraft: Grumman Yankee Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Morgan, Utah. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: A witness reported that the airplane took off just before sunrise and that the engine sounded normal. However, during climb-out the airplane collided with rising terrain about three miles from the airport and about 776 feet above field elevation. A post-accident examination revealed […]
AOPA regional fly-ins a resounding success
By GUY R. MAHER The stats are in and the 2014 series of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) regional fly-ins were a resounding success. One of the first major moves of new AOPA President Mark Baker was to discontinue the annual AOPA Aviation Summit [the last one was held in 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas] […]
EAA chapter helps bring mogas to Southern Oregon airport
What do you get when you combine an industrious chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association and a resourceful airport manager? If you are at Grants Pass Airport (S38) in Southern Oregon, you get a fuel truck that dispenses automotive fuel, known as “mogas,” for use in aircraft engines. The acquisition of the fuel truck makes […]
House committee to focus on FAA reauthorization
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The full committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold a hearing next week focused on preparing the next reauthorization of the FAA and the modernization and operation of the U.S. airspace system. The current FAA law expires at the end of September 2015, and as the committee continues to develop the next reauthorization […]
Sharp Details expands
Sharp Details, a corporate aircraft cleaning and detailing firm, has strengthened its East Coast expansion with the addition of 30 full-time aircraft cleaning and support personnel in Savannah and Brunswick, Georgia. The company has been working at these locations since Jan. 1 of this year, offering a portfolio of aircraft polishing and detailing services, company […]
NATA raises more than $30,000 for veterans
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has donated more than $30,000 to veterans’ organizations raised through the 2014 NATA Flag Pins for Veterans Project. Earlier this year, NATA and its members developed the project to expand the association’s support of veterans. Donations from this year’s project will support the Veterans Airlift Command and the Medal of Honor Foundation. […]
Magneto Timing Housing comes to Electroair kits
The Magneto Timing Housing (MTH) version of Electroair‘s Certified Electronic Ignition System for Continental IO-360, O/IO-470, IO-520 and IO-550 six cylinder engines is now available from Ameritech Industries, parent company of Eagle Engines and American Propeller. The EIS-61000-1M STC’d ignition kit is currently approved for Cessna, Cirrus, Bellanca, Beechcraft, Mooney, Meyers and Navion aircraft, with […]