Storing oxygen masks, hoses, and cannulas normally ends in a big ball of bent hoses, rubber bands and weird looking connectors protruding out at odd angles. Keeping the mess contained should not have to involve buying new hoses every year, according to officials at Sporty’s That’s why the company has come up with its Oxygen Organizer. […]
New name for Spirit Avionics
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Spirit Avionics is now operating under the registered trade name Spirit Aeronautics. “The name Spirit Avionics has been a core element of our business since 2000 but it doesn’t accurately convey our evolving business, which is more than just avionics, although we remain a premier avionics service company,” said Rick Ochs, chairman […]
New aviation law firm opens in Denver
DENVER — Sue Carriere and Ty Little have launched Carriere & Little LLP, an aviation law firm focused on the business and legal needs of aircraft owners, operators, and management companies. The firm serves clients throughout the U.S. working directly with aircraft owners and operators as well as other general law practices to provide aviation […]
Latest edition of Commercial Pilot Oral Exam Guide released
The eighth edition of the Commercial Pilot Oral Exam Guide by Michael D. Hayes has recently been released. The guide is designed to help prepare applicants for their commercial oral exam and checkride with FAA examiners. Using a question-and-answer format, the guide lists the questions most likely to be asked by examiners and provides succinct, […]
Companies partner to open Williston Jet Center
WILLISTON, N.D. — Fargo Jet Center has entered into a joint venture with Denver-based Ross Aviation and Williston-based Overland Aviation to buy the assets of the current FBO at Sloulin Field International Airport (KISN). The new FBO will operate as Williston Jet Center. “The joint venture between Ross, Overland and Fargo Jet brings together the […]
Showing off kills two
Aircraft: Beech Mentor. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Williston, Fla. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The pilot, a CFI, took off from a turf runway surrounded by trees. Witnesses said the airplane became airborne within a couple of hundred feet, ballooned up, then leveled off just above the runway and accelerated. When the airplane passed abeam the witnesses, […]
New life for KCPC
By BILL WALKER When the airport in Whiteville, N.C., got a little down on its luck, a local pilot and his wife stepped in to right the situation. Phil and Mary Edwards began managing the rundown county airport just outside this North Carolina city in 2004 and within a few short years turned it into […]
Save Voodoo 006 campaign nears goal
Earlier this year the Jet Aircraft Museum in London, Ontario, was awarded the opportunity to save a CF-101 Voodoo jet that is currently located in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. The retired Canadian Air Force jet represents an important time in Canada’s jet heritage and the Save Voodoo 006 project has been raising funds to save this […]
FAA selects K-State Salina to test UAS certification standards
SALINA — The FAA is turning to Kansas State University Salina to test certification standards for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Under a memorandum of agreement, K-State Salina will validate industry standards for small unmanned aircraft systems — systems typically weighing 55 pounds or less — set by the F38 technical committee of ASTM International. […]