Duncan Aviation’s Authorized Service Center agreement with Bombardier Aerospace has been extended to include Duncan Aviation’s newest maintenance facility in Provo, Utah. Duncan Aviation-Provo joins Duncan Aviation’s full-service facilities in Lincoln, Neb., and Battle Creek, Mich., as a Bombardier Authorized Service Center, providing scheduled and unscheduled warranty and maintenance work for the Learjet 40, Learjet […]
Cessna launches online M&O sessions
Cessna Aircraft Co. will offer its annual Citation maintenance and overhaul (M&O) sessions normally held during the National Business Aviation Association meeting and convention several weeks earlier via global webcast as part of its ongoing thrust to change the way business jet support is offered to operators around the world. Instead of using the NBAA […]
EKY FBO joins Avfuel network
The newly renovated FBO at Bessemer Airport (EKY) in Alabama has joined the Avfuel network of branded dealers. The FBO, which is under a new management team, awards participating pilots with AVTRIP points on fuel purchases, and also offers the Avfuel Contract Fuel program for significant jet fuel savings. With minimal air congestion, and proximity […]
Online composite course begins Oct. 24
An online Composites Maintenance Technology course, offered through the National Center for Aviation Training, will begin Oct. 24. The course, offered in conjunction with Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research, will conclude Dec. 5. Discussions about real-world situations are an essential part of the course and involve experts in the field of composites […]
Power loss at low altitude proves fatal
This October 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: Cessna 206. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Anchorage, Alaska. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The commercial pilot and a passenger were on a cross-country […]
Mr. Melton’s ‘new’ Howard
When you are restoring a vintage aircraft, it can be quite a challenge to meet self-imposed deadlines. Presley Melton of North Little Rock, Ark., knows this only too well as the owner of a 1943 Howard DGA-15P. “It was a basket case when I bought it eight years ago,” he explained when we caught up […]
What a trip it’s been
LETTER TO THE EDITOR In reading your article, “A trip back in time,” my mind went back to 1960 when I traded for a 1939 Taylorcraft. I had only been up in a small airplane a couple of times. The T-craft was a little airport bum and little did I know of the maintenance problems […]
What’s Wonder Bread got to do with GA?
AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli posits a new theory about the stagnating GA industry: He says blame Wonder Bread. In his blog, which you can read in full here, he states: “As long as diverging income inequality continues, as long as the better paid wage earners find their pay to be stagnant or declining, flying is going […]
Sky Hope Network launches
A team of five industry professionals have formed a new non-profit organization, Sky Hope Network, to offer business aviation support in emergencies. Sky Hope founder Robin Eissler, Vice-President of Jet Quest, Inc., was a critical player in the Corporate Aviation Responding to Emergencies (C.A.R.E.) relief efforts that responded in 2005 to Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath and […]