Crownair Aviation has achieved the distinction of Cirrus Platinum Partner. This honor is reserved for partners who exhibit and consistently maintain the highest quality customer service and training standards, company officials said. As part of Crownair Aviation’s efforts towards achieving Platinum Partner status, Crownair is running all of their airframe technicians through the Cirrus Initial […]
Plane Exchange Network expands to S.C.
The Plane Exchange Network continues to grow as aircraft broker Jesse Cannady of Aviation Concepts, LLC, in Summerville, S.C., joins the aircraft brokerage network. Cannady has been selling airplanes for several years in addition to being an FAA certified Advanced Ground Instructor, Instrument Ground Instructor and an aircraft owner. “We are very excited to have […]
California school takes delivery of Tecnam twin
Ocean Air Flight Services, a Tecnam Flight Center located at the Watsonville Municipal Airport (WVI) in California, has taken delivery of its first Rotax-powered P2006T. The Rotax 912S engines in the Italian-made P2006T have a combined fuel burn of around nine gallons an hour, providing a significant savings in fuel cost, school officials note, adding […]
Phoenix East Aviation orders DA42 NG
Phoenix East Aviation, Inc. of Daytona Beach, Florida, has selected the Diamond Aircraft DA42 NG for its multi-engine training fleet. With an initial order of two DA42 NGs, Phoenix East Aviation also plans to upgrade its existing DA42 TDIs with Austro Engine AE 300 powerplants and will eventually migrate its entire multi-engine fleet to the […]
Beech pilot encounters ice
This November 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: Beech Duke. Injuries: None. Location: Rock River, Wyo. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot, who was on a cross-country flight in IFR […]
The CASA
By JIM OLTERSDORF, For General Aviation News At 10,000 AGL and in cruise with a speed indicating about 190 kts (a bit of a tailwind), the vast expanse seemed never ending. I must have seen a million different lakes, pot holes, and raging waterways, not to mention the glaciers and magnificent mountains. Alaska. Nothing is […]
Senators push for lame-duck passage of FAA reauthorization
The FAA might get reauthorization after all this year if two powerful senators of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation have their way during this lame-duck session of Congress. Senators John (Jay) Rockefeller (D.-W.Va.), chairman of the full committee, and Byron Dorgan (D.-N.D.), chairman of the aviation subcommittee, say the FAA has been without […]
FAA proposes photos on pilot certificates
The FAA wants your opinion on whether photos should be on pilot certificates. The FAA announced the proposal Thursday, Nov. 18, and set a deadline of Feb. 17, 2011, for submitting comments. Under the current proposal, a new pilot certificate would cost $22 and be valid for eight years. At the end of that time […]
Young Eagles take flight in NASCAR race
The EAA Young Eagles program will reach a whole new audience this weekend as a featured sponsor on Joe Nemechek’s NEMCO Motorsports race cars in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races at Homestead Motor Speedway near Miami. The sponsorship was donated by Nemechek for the annual “Gathering of Eagles” fundraiser auction at AirVenture […]