Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support (GCS) has launched its factory-completed Hawker 400XPR and Hawker 800XPR program. GCS will assist customers in locating and purchasing airframes for installation of applicable XPR program updates and any other customer-specific options. This enables customers who do not currently own a Hawker 400 or Hawker 800 aircraft to acquire a […]
Renegade Light Sport developing acro engine for LSA
Last year the Hansen Air Group of Kennesaw, Ga., captured the attention of both the Light-Sport and aerobatics communities with the introduction of an aerobatics capable LSA. In January the Hansens made arrangements to import the sporty two-place biplane from Germany. Even without the wings on it, the Fk Comet attracted a lot of attention […]
FAA to charge for navigation products
The days of inexpensive navigation and chart apps for your mobile devices appear to be numbered with the FAA’s announcement that it will begin charging for downloads that were previously free starting April 5, 2012. A post on AVweb notes that the Aeronautical Navigational Products Directorate (Aeronav), which currently makes the latest charts and other […]
Dubai investment firm acquires majority interest in Diamond
Medrar Financial Group will acquire a majority interest in Diamond Aircraft Holdings, Canada. In addition to a range of Diamond Aircraft’s piston aircraft, the agreement also includes the company’s D-JET program (pictured below). “The current state of the economy highlights the need and potential for aircrafts like the D-JET,” said Jamil Marmarchi, CEO of Medrar. “People […]
Auction, seaplane base and more added to Sebring LSA Expo
The U.S. Sport Aviation Expo at Sebring Regional Airport has added an AvBid Auction, during which the company will not only auction airplanes but also three vacation packages with proceeds going to charity. Also new this year is a Model Airplane Contest that will take place on Sunday, as well as a Closing Awards Ceremony with […]
Red Bull Air Races cancelled — again
The Red Bull Air Race World Championships, the only other air race series in the world besides the Reno National Championship event, cancelled this year’s series in part over safety concerns, according to a recent report in the Reno Gazette-Journal, which notes that the Red Bull races aren’t expectedto be held next year either. The […]
When was general aviation’s golden age?
That’s the question asked by blogger Pete Bedell at the Air Facts Journal. Is it today with glass cockpits? Or the 1950s and 1960s when manufacturers were churning out new models at an alarming rate and entire new categories of airplanes were birthed? Or what about the early 1970s when gas was still cheap, airplanes […]
Goodyear Blimp gondola goes to Smithsonian
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is making another gift to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Tuesday — the second in two years — the donation of the Goodyear blimp gondola, or car C-49. The C-49 car goes to the Smithsonian on the heels of last year’s donation of a lifeboat used on […]
Texas governor declares ‘Aviation Appreciation Month’
Calling the aviation industry in Texas “a critical component of our economy and our way of life,” Texas Governor Rick Perry has issued a proclamation declaring November as “Aviation Appreciation Month” in the State of Texas. “Today, there are nearly 400 general aviation (GA) airports in the Lone Star State and more than 31,000 GA […]