JSfirm.com’s aviation jobs board has created a Job Distribution Network with more than 30 partners. Jeff Richards, JSfirm.com Sales Manager, said the Fort Worth-based company has partnered with select aviation websites, social and professional media, aviation organizations and aviation schools/alumni groups to attract “active and passive job seekers.” The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association is JSfirm.com’s […]
#OSH11: B&S hosts combat veteran at AirVenture booth
For a second straight year B& S Aircraft Parts & Accessories will offer a salute to wounded veterans at its exhibit at AirVenture. Marine Sergeant Jonathan Blank of Augusta, Kan., who was injured in October in Afghanistan, is the company’s guest during the week-long show. Sergeant Blank was injured in October 2010 in Helmand Province, […]
Warrior collides with wires
This July 2009 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Piper Warrior. Injuries: 1 Serious. Location: Purcell, Okla. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The student pilot was practicing simulated loss of engine power. […]
Chester’s Jeep takes off
It’s a grand day when your aircraft project rolls out of the hangar ready for its first flight. It’s an even bigger day when you fly your creation to AirVenture for the first time. Lon Dienst from Poplar Grove, Ill., sort of skipped the first flight phase because he was in such a hurry to […]
#OSH11: EAA’s Tom Poberezny retires
In a surprise announcement today at AirVenture, Tom Poberezny said he is retiring as chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and AirVenture Oshkosh. In a hastily called news conference under the historic Brown Arch in the heart of the AirVenture grounds, Poberezny said: “I am so proud of what we have been able to […]
Roy Clark’s airplane to be raffled
Wings of Hope, a global humanitarian charity headquartered in St. Louis, was presented with country music legend Roy Clark’s private plane, a four-seat Piper Tri-Pacer, to be raffled to help American children with major health issues get to life-saving treatment. Clark said he has spent hundreds of hours enjoying his plane and he hopes the […]
IMC Club 2.0 debuts
Instrument proficiency organization IMC Club International has reached an agreement with PilotWorkshops.com to make Pilot Workshops training modules an integral part of IMC Club’s monthly chapter meetings nationwide. Under the new IMC Club structure, dubbed IMC Club 2.0, all members will have access to a portion of the IFR Mastery workshops each month produced by […]
FAA halts more projects
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The FAA issued additional “stop work orders” over the last 24 hours to construction and technology contractors for critical modernization projects around the country after Congress failed to pass an FAA bill. The FAA halted dozens of major projects ranging from long-term runway safety initiatives to NextGen air traffic control research and […]
#OSH11: Electroair gets STC for electronic ignition system
Electroair has received the first FAA Supplement Type Certificate (STC) for a pure electronic general aviation piston engine ignition system. The initial STC is for all Lycoming four-cylinder engines installed on Cessna aircraft, with additional aircraft expected to be added over the next several months, company officials said on opening day of AirVenture. Performance and […]