EXPparts has added Aeronca 7AC Champ style placards to its inventory. These original style placards help put those final touches in the cabin, company officials note.
Vaughn College completes expansion
FLUSHING, N.Y. – Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology has completed a multi-phase expansion, renovation, and sound abatement project at the college’s main campus. The three-year project has completely transformed the main campus of the 82-year-old private institution, which has more than 1,700 students. The school offers master’s, bachelor’s, and associate degree programs in airport management, engineering, […]
EAA honors five with Hall of Fame inductions
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The Experimental Aircraft Association recognized the contributions made to the world of flight by five aviators as it inducted them into the EAA Halls of Fame during a banquet Nov. 17 at the EAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh, Wis. The five aviators represent the spectrum of aviation within the […]
Zulu Flight Training launches in Europe
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 […]