Cessna Aircraft Co. welcomed home to Wichita wounded veteran Private First Class Shawn Williams for Cessna’s third Veterans Airlift Command mission. Williams came home to a crowd of several hundred Cessna employees, his family and the local American Legion Riders. Williams’ stepfather is a Cessna employee. This is Williams first holiday season home with his […]
Stuff those pilot stockings
Sporty’s is featuring a sleigh full of gifts for the pilot on your holiday list. Know a pilot who uses an iPad? Give that pilot a Pilot’s iPad Cleaning Cloth that is also imprinted with aviation information ($4.95) or the iPad Stylus/Pen ($9.95). What else? Any pilot on your list would enjoy an AOPA Survival […]
LightSquared still interfering with GPS
Federal officials said Wednesday that recent tests of start-up LightSquared Inc.’s proposed national wireless-Internet network showed it would still knock out a “majority” of GPS devices. A report in The Wall Street Journal quotes Anthony Russo, director of the National Coordination Office for Spaced-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing, a government and industry advisory board, as […]
High-ranking Chinese aviation official visits Florida
The secretary general of one of China’s most successful aviation industrial city complexes visited Central Florida last week seeking economic development partnerships in general aviation. Jin Qian Sheng, secretary general of the China Aviation Industrial Base in Xian, met with economic development and county officials and Enterprise Florida, the state’s public-private economic development organization. Several […]
Warbird calendar now available
Historic Flight Foundation, in concert with several Cascade Warbirds photographers, has published a 2012 calendar featuring warbirds. The calendar (pictured below) is offered for $20, with 25% of the proceeds donated to the Cascade Warbirds Memorial Scholarship Fund. To order your calendar, mail $20 per calendar along with a copy of this email and your […]
Southeast Aviation Show set to expand in 2012
The South Carolina Aviation Association has approved plans for a regional aviation event in 2012, which will be similar to the Southeast Aviation Show that was held at the Greenville Downtown Airport in South Carolina Oct. 29, with a few significant changes. The inaugural event exceeded expectations, according to South Carolina Aviation Association (SCAA) President […]
Breitling celebrates 100th anniversary of Naval Aviation
As part of Breitling’s year-long salute to the 100th anniversary of naval aviation, the Swiss watchmaker has produced a special timepiece: the Naval Centennial Limited Edition Airwolf. The first piece of this series has been on a journey that took it across the globe and into space, and will conclude with an auction to benefit […]
Signal Aviation now offering Phillips 66 fuel
Signal Aviation Services, an FBO at Lebanon Municipal Airport (LEB) in West Lebanon, N.H., has joined the Phillips 66 Aviation dealer network. The addition of Phillips 66 aviation fuels means that pilots who frequent the airport can use their Phillips 66 credit cards, as well as AvCard, MasterCard, Visa and American Express to buy JetA […]
NationAir Aviation Insurance debuts iPhone/iPad app
NationAir Aviation Insurance has unveiled a mobile application for iPads and iPhones. From specialty aircraft and owner-flown aircraft to large ground operations and corporate flight departments, NationAir insures more than $40 billion in all types of aviation assets. Its clients fly everything from single-seat, single-engine planes to luxury business jets. “Our clients are telling us […]