The South Carolina Aviation Safety Council will hold its inaugural Safety Council Saturday, March 26, at Rock Hill Airport (UZA). The event will feature a briefing by National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Robert Sumwalt. For more information: SCAviationSafety.org
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquires Aviation Insurance Holdings
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Aviation Insurance Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1977, Aviation Insurance Holdings, trading as Aviation Insurance Services (AIS), is a retail insurance broker offering aviation and aerospace insurance and related risk management services for their clients around the […]
Soret named president of King Aerospace
King Aerospace Commercial Corp. (KACC), an aircraft services provider, has named aviation veteran Ron Soret as president. He will be responsible for directing King’s large aircraft completions and modifications efforts as well as KACC’s overall MRO and depot facilities and programs. Soret, who was most recently Chief Operating Officer for Gore Design Completions in San […]
FlightSafety’s Falcon 7x sim qualified by FAA
FlightSafety International’s new Dassault Falcon 7X full flight simulator has been qualified to Level D by the FAA, the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia, and the European Aviation Safety Agency. Training will begin in January 2011 at FlightSafety’s Dallas/Fort Worth Learning Center. The simulator features the advanced systems of the Falcon 7X […]
Master CFI-Helicopter accreditation available
Master Instructors LLC recently introduced its new Master CFI-Helicopter (MCFI-H) accreditation. Designed to better serve the needs of the nation’s rotorcraft instructors, the MCFI-H designation is the sixth in a line of Master accreditations offered by the company. With input from the FAA, the International Helicopter Safety Team, and the Helicopter Association International, Master Instructors […]
Founder of RAM Aircraft dies
Jack M. Riley Jr., founder of RAM Aircraft, LP, an aircraft engine overhaul facility and general aviation support center located in Waco, Texas, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 16. He was 69. Born in Shreveport, La., he was a graduate of Northrop University with a B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. His life revolved around his […]
Spatial disorientation kills couple
This December 2008 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 Malibu. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Hayden, Colo. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The pilots were husband and wife. Both held airplane single-engine […]
Happy Holidays!
The Pulse of Aviation will not publish on Friday, Dec. 24, but will return to your e-mail boxes on Monday, Dec. 27.
There is no I in team and other motivational considerations
Jamie Beckett is a CFI and A&P mechanic who stepped into the political arena in an effort to promote and protect GA at his local airport. I suspect there is not a single man in America who hasn’t heard a coach bellow through the locker room, “There is no ‘I’ in ‘team,’ gentlemen!” Winning or […]