Swift Enterprises Ltd. has entered into an agreement that will allow Purdue University researchers to test the company’s unleaded, renewable general aviation fuel, which is being developed to replace 100LL. Test operations with SwiftFuel recently were conducted at Purdue University utilizing six aviation piston engines provided by the National Test Facility for Fuels and Propulsion […]
Anchorage pilots face 100% tax hike
Owners of more than 1,000 aircraft in the Anchorage, Alaska, area are facing a 100% increase in a registration tax that the Municipality of Anchorage want to increase with an omnibus amendment submitted to the Anchorage Assembly Oct. 26, according to a story in the Alaska Dispatch. Read the full report here.
Street renamed to honor Texas aviation icon
General Aviation Avenue near the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas was renamed Emma Browning Avenue Oct. 26 to honor the woman who helped pioneer aviation in Central Texas. According to a story from the Community Impact Newspaper, Emma and her husband Robert Browning helped train World War II pilots and opened their aerial service business […]
Cessna’s Whyte to retire
Roger Whyte, senior vice president, sales and marketing at Cessna Aircraft Co, will retire at the end of the year after 28 years with Cessna. “Roger has been a key player and leader of Cessna’s sales force for nearly three decades,” said Jack Pelton, Cessna chairman, president and CEO. “Roger’s passion for Cessna and its […]
Claire Bear books win national recognition
USABookNews.com has named two publications from Powder Puff Pilot as finalists of uts Best Books 2010 Awards. Claire Bear’s First Solo was recognized in the Children’s Picture Book: Softcover Fiction category, while Claire Bear Explains…What Pilots Fly placed as a finalist in the Children’s Picture Book: Softcover Non-Fiction category. The books, written by Sue Hughes […]
Navy patrol plane arrives for Northwest Naval Aviation Appreciation Day
In appreciation of Northwest naval aviation, The Museum of Flight in Seattle will present a day of activities Oct. 30, including the exhibition of a U.S. Navy Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion patrol aircraft in the museum parking lot, and a 2 p.m. panel presentation with P-3 flight crew members. The four-engine Orion is based at […]
Free Flight Simulator App released
Just released for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch is Fly Away Simulation’s flight simulator app, which features live flight simulator topics delivered to users’ mobile devices so that they can keep up to date with the latest flight sim topics while on the move. The free app, which is now available globally to all users […]
Premier Turbines begins full test cell capability for GE’s M601 engines
Premier Turbines now has full test cell capabilities for GE’s M601E-11 engines. This means Premier Turbines can test M601 engines at its Neosho, Missouri, facility after heavy repair services and no longer has to send the data to GE’s facility in Prague, Czech Republic for validation. Late last year, Premier Turbines was selected as a […]
New Advanced Coatings Lab opens
The Advanced Coatings Lab, part of Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research, is Wichita’s new center for development of aerospace coatings technology, products, and processes. Located at the new National Center for Aviation Training, the lab aims to work with both paint users in the aircraft industry and paint suppliers, said Brandon Hunt, […]