Avfuel Corporation and Martha’s Vineyard Airport (MVY) have confirmed that they are now partnered as fuel supplier and branded FBO. Under the agreement Martha’s Vineyard receives fuel, marketing, quality assurance and other services from Avfuel, while retaining full independence. “Martha’s Vineyard Airport has served the general and commercial aviation traffic of Martha’s Vineyard for over […]
Air Zoo opens disc golf course
Visitors at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Mich., now have a new aerodynamic activity to enjoy — a nine-hole disc golf course. This brand new disc golf course is nestled around the Air Zoo’s wooded property and features nine par three holes, which are free and open to the public year-round. The Air Zoo will […]
Deep snow crunches Cub
This January 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 Super Cub. Injuries: None. Location: Elrosa, Minn. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot was attempting to land in a snow-covered field. […]
Flying and boating: Eagle Neck Airpark offers the best of both worlds
BY BILL WALKER, For General Aviation News It’s not unusual for Bunny and Jeff Anderson to begin their Saturday mornings with a boat ride on the tidal creek a short distance from their runway home at Eagle Neck Airpark in coastal Georgia. The Andersons are a flying family but being near the water was one […]
Czech Sport Aircraft tells its side of the story
Officials at Czech Sport Aircraft are now telling their side of why the deal with Piper Aircraft fell apart. In comments released yesterday, the company said: “After a year of having been marketed as the PiperSport in cooperation with Piper Aircraft, by mutual agreement, Czech Sport Aircraft’s SportCruiser is to once again be independently distributed. […]
VNY school trains A&Ps — for free
Despite California’s double-digit unemployment rate, career opportunities for students at Van Nuys Airport’s Aircraft Mechanic School are flying high. Enrolled at the only airframe and power plant mechanics training program of its kind in California, graduates who pass the required FAA certification exam are virtually guaranteed jobs, school officials say. “The Aircraft Mechanic School is […]
After a decade aloft, pilot is ready to land
San Diego pilot Robert Gannon turned 60 in September, and he thinks it is time to settle down. According to a report in the San Diego Union-Tribune, Gannon has returned to Gillespie Field in his 42-year-old Cessna 182, Lucky Lady Too, completing a 10-year odyssey that has taken him to 155 countries and all 50 […]
Longtime EAA VP Dick Matt passes away
Dick Matt, who was EAA’s first director and vice president of the marketing and communications departments, died Sunday at Winter Haven, Florida. He was 84. Matt had been an EAA volunteer since 1963 and joined the staff in 1983 as the organization was moving its offices from the Milwaukee area to Oshkosh, according to EAA […]
Hawker Beechcraft prepares for market upturn
Over the next five years, Hawker Beechcraft officials say they expect sales growth outside of North America to continue to outpace sales growth within North America. Officials also say they are beginning to see “stabilization in key market indicators and are cautiously optimistic that market recovery will begin in 2012.” ”We are seeing growth potential […]