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Alabama aviation industry poised to take flight

By Janice Wood · October 2, 2011 ·

Alabama’s aviation industry is poised to reach new heights, a top official with the industry’s latest addition to the state said recently. A report at Al.com  quotes Mike Sims, general manager of GE Aviation, which is building an engine coatings plant in the state: “Alabama has a rising reputation in the aviation industry with the […]

FAA official talks user fees

By Janice Wood · October 2, 2011 ·

FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Huerta may have given a glimpse of how the agency and the Obama Administration will promote the GA user fee concept in the coming weeks. According to a report at EAA.org, while outlining the NextGen system status during a speech to the NextGen Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C., Huerta talked about […]

Five earn Master Instructor accreditation

By Janice Wood · October 2, 2011 ·

Five CFIs recently earned or renewed their Master Instructor accreditations. To help put this achievement in its proper perspective, there are approximately 93,000 CFIs in the United States. Fewer than 700 of them have earned Master accreditation. The last 16 National Flight Instructors of the Year were Master CFIs. In addition, the FAA has approved […]

ZuluLog.com launches Android app

By Janice Wood · October 2, 2011 ·

ZuluLog.com, a provider of Web-based aviation record keeping services and software, has released its new Android application for pilots. The ZuluLog Android app can be used as a standalone pilot logbook, but is designed to work with customer accounts at ZuluLog.com. Users can enter, edit, and view flights from anywhere, with or without a data […]

IMC Radio goes live

By Janice Wood · October 2, 2011 ·

After weeks of preparation, setting broadcast equipment, testing and the success of the pre-inaugural show on Sept. 28, the WIMC-DB (IMC Radio project) is taking off the ground and is ready for its first worldwide live call-in Aviation Talk Show. The first transmission will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 6 p.m. EST for […]

Plane Power debuts new alternator for Continental engines

By Janice Wood · October 2, 2011 ·

Plane Power has introduced the Plane-Power C28-150 alternator, a lightweight, high-output, gear-driven, 150 amp alternator for Continental 520 and 550 engines. Weighing 13 lbs., the Plane-Power C28-150 alternator replaces OEM alternators that typically weigh more than 20 lbs. During FAA testing, Plane Power C28-150 alternators demonstrated the capability to provide 150 amps continuously at typical […]

Companies team on NextGen weather initiatives

By Janice Wood · October 2, 2011 ·

Raytheon has teamed with AirDat and Metron Aviation to provide a new approach for the FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) weather programs. The partnership will help the FAA meet its airspace modernization efforts through better weather information that is assimilated into weather processing systems throughout the National Airspace System (NAS), according to company […]

New Jersey pilot completes quest

By Janice Wood · September 29, 2011 ·

Like so many people, Larry Cutler was fascinated by flight when he was a young boy. And like so many people, that fascination was put on the back burner while life got in the way. But unlike most people, Cutler decided — at the age of 60 — to pursue that fascination. Once he got […]

Mayors cite airport value to help block President’s $100 fee

By Charles Spence · September 29, 2011 ·

Two of the 77 mayors who signed a letter to President Obama urging abandonment of his proposal for a $100 fee on every general aviation flight held a telephone news conference to further call attention to the devistating results the fee would cause communities across the nation. They say the idea of raising taxes on […]

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