The European Union Commission (EUC) decided in a closed-door meeting to delay action on the European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) recommendations to restrict acceptance of pilot and aircraft certificates issued by third countries. This gives persons living in Europe but operating on certificates issued by other countries, including the FAA, at least three more months […]
Lake Hood Seaplane Base: The center of Anchorage general aviation
Activity at Alaska’s Lake Hood Seaplane Base continues to buzz like a beehive, according to a recent blog post by Rob Stapleton at AlaskaDispatch.com. Lake Hood is the largest and most heavily populated seaplane base in the world. Over 1,000 aircraft, mainly general aviation, use the facility year-round, Stapleton reports, noting those who are lucky […]
Missouri Senate hopeful PIC
Missouri Democratic Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan has her own campaign plane, and a special place in it — the pilot’s chair. According to a story at STLToday.com, Carnahan, daughter of Mel Carnahan, who died 10 years ago in a plane crash, has been a pilot since the 1990s. The story quotes state Rep. Rachel Storch, […]
Bizav rebound forecasted by 2012
In the 19th edition of its annual Business Aviation Outlook issued today, Honeywell forecasts delivery of approximately 11,000 new business jets from 2010 through 2020, generating estimated industry sales in excess of $225 billion. This represents approximately a 10% increase in total expected industry sales value versus the prior 10 year horizon forecasted in Honeywell’s […]
IMC Clubs launches Safebook
IMC Clubs is launching a new social media offering for IFR-rated pilots, SAFEBOOK, which allows pilots to connect with other pilots willing to be safety pilots for them. IMC Clubs President Radek Wyrzykowski commented, “Connecting IFR pilots to people and resources that can make them safer in actual conditions have been a primary goal of […]
Growth fuels hiring at Eagle Creek Aviation Services
Eagle Creek Aviation Services, a provider of aircraft service, new and used aircraft sales, and aircraft charter and management, plans to hire 25 full-time and part-time employees in response to the company’s service demand level and sales growth. Recruiting efforts will begin immediately and hiring will continue through the first quarter of 2011. The majority […]
FAA administrator breaks ground on new control tower at OAK
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt helped break ground Friday for a new air traffic control tower at Oakland International Airport (OAK) funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The Oakland International Airport ARRA grant, totaling $33.2 million, is the FAA’s largest, single Recovery Act award. “This Recovery Act project will make a difference for […]
J.A. Air Center to give away iPad during NBAA
FBO J.A. Air Center at the Aurora Municipal Airport (AAR) in the Chicago area will give away an Apple iPad during this week’s National Business Aviation Association convention in Atlanta. Registration will take place at the J.A. Air Center booth No. 2927 Tuesday, Oct. 19, through Thursday Oct. 21, during open exhibit hours. For more […]
Hawker Beechcraft to host Maintenance & Operation seminars at NBAA
Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support (GCS) will host five Maintenance and Operation (M&O) seminars during the 63rd National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Annual Meeting & Convention in Atlanta, Oct. 19-21. As the company’s largest M&O offering in its history at the show, each session will be dedicated to a different platform, including the King Air […]