The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a two-day forum on safety issues related to the oversight of public aircraft operations on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, in Washington, D.C. The event, entitled “Public Aircraft Oversight Forum: Ensuring Safety for Critical Missions,” will be chaired by NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman. All five board members […]
Duncan Aviation launches iPad app
Duncan Aviation’s first mobile application is now available for download on iPads, giving operators access to information about the company’s service locations, contact information and department listings. “We support avionics maintenance and installations at any of our shop locations, and we have road teams available for emergency airframe and engine services,” says Matt Nelson, Satellite […]
Mid-Canada Mod Center on the move
Mid-Canada Mod Center (MC2) is on the move to new facilities. At the end of October it will start its relocation from a mid-field complex to new facilities in the North End Business Aviation Section of the Lester B Pearson International Airport (YYZ). The move is to be completed by Monday Oct. 31. MC2 offices […]
Airbus Americas CEO to speak at Wichita Aero Club
Wichita Aero Club’s October Business Luncheon will feature Barry Eccleston, president and CEO of Airbus Americas, who is also a private pilot. The luncheon is slated for Oct. 18 at the Wichita Airport Hilton. Eccleston oversees all efforts of Airbus in North and South America and the Caribbean, including sales and marketing, engineering, service and […]
Amateur formation flight kills two
These October 2009 accident reports are provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, they are intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Two Cessna 150s. Injuries: 2 Fatal, 1 Serious, 1 Minor. Location: Alexandria, La. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The airplanes departed as a […]
Plane Janes calendar debuts
As a follow-up to last year’s fundraising calendar, Pilots Without Pants, which featured 14 vintage pilots (and their planes) in the nude, the Antique Airplane Club of Greater New York has come out with this year’s calendar, one that most pilots will want to hang on a wall. This year’s calendar, Plane Janes, features 13 […]
Safe Flight celebrates 65 years
Safe Flight Instrument Corp., the longest privately-held avionics manufacturer under continuous management, will celebrate its 65th anniversary at next week’s National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) convention. Established in October 1946 to develop the invention of Leonard Greene’s Stall Warning System, the company has gone on to pioneer some of aviation’s most important safety and performance […]
GA watchdog not seeking re-election
Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) has announced he will not seek re-election in 2012, according to a report at AOPA.org. A member of the House General Aviation Caucus, Costello, a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and ranking member of the aviation subcommittee, said he would complete his current term which ends in January 2013.
Obama’s attacks on ‘fat cats’ hurt workers
In an guest editorial at Philly.com, R. Thomas Buffenbarger, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, says that President Obama may think he’s “clipping the wings of high-flying CEOs” with his continued attacks on corporate jets, “but the people who would really pay the price…are workers in the general aviation industry — […]