The Alliance for Aviation Across America recently reached the milestone of 5,500 members. The alliance launched in early 2007 with just over 100 individual and organization members, including the Air Care Alliance (ACA), Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO), the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), the National […]
Berlin Airlift Candy Bomber to lecture
Col. Gail S. Halvorsen (Ret.), author of the book “The Berlin Candy Bomber,” will speak at 10 a.m. Nov. 18 at the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, Calif. Halvorsen joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in June 1942. After World War II, he flew in the 1948-1949 Berlin Airlift where he became known as […]
New terminal building completed at GCD
The new Grant County Regional Airport (GCD) General Aviation Building and USFS Fire Airbase in John Day, Ore, was completed in September, with funding through Connect Oregon Grants, Grant County, Oregon, and the USFS. Grand opening of the $5.1 million 17,752-square-foot, multi-use terminal building was Oct. 12. The US Forest Service portion of the facility […]
Winners named in Iowa photography contest
The Iowa Office of Aviation has named winners for its 2010 Aviation Photography Contest. Winners were named in 21 categories, ranging from agricultural aviation to maintenance to warbirds. See all the winners here. Entries for next year’s contest must be submitted by Oct. 7, 2011.
Cessna Pilot Center network grows
Cessna Aircraft Co. has added five flight training schools to its global network of more than 270 Cessna Pilot Centers (CPCs). The newest members of the CPC network are: Alliance International Aviation; Chino, Calif. Genesis Flight Academy, LLC; Georgetown, Texas JacksonAir; Thermal, Calif. North Florida Flight Training; West Palm Beach, Fla. Tailwind Flight Center; Appleton, […]
A gift for a pilot who likes to cook
Looking for something different for the pilot on your holiday gift list? How about an aviation-themed apron? All Occasion Aprons offers a variety of aprons with themes ranging from holidays, school colors, to airplanes. Each apron contains three pockets. Aprons are $19.95 for adults; $14.95 for children. For more information: 319-338-2259, [email protected] or AllOccasionAprons.com
Jeppesen teams with Advanced Flight Systems
Jeppesen and Advanced Flight Systems, a supplier of avionics for the light sport and experimental aircraft market, have entered into an agreement to provide Jeppesen NavData and obstacle services for Advanced Flight Systems avionics navigation systems. For light sport and experimental aircraft avionics systems, Jeppesen provides NavData navigation information, obstacle data and aviation parts and […]
MyGoFlight.com debuts iPad kneeboard
MyGoFlight.com, a website focused on the use of the iPad in aviation, has launched its site and sale of its new product — the iPad Kneeboard Pro and Pro C. MyGoFlight.com helps pilots in all phases of flight through the secure use of the iPad, its flight applications, and the Internet in aviation, say developers, […]
Airguide takes it to the next level
Airguide Publications, Inc. has released its new portable GPS for use with Apple’s iPad – Flight Guide FLY-Wi GPS. “We had an overwhelmingly positive response to our Flight Guide iEFB application and wanted to take it to the next level,” said Brenda Garcia, Publisher, Airguide Publications. “We feel that the internal GPS on the iPad […]