Banyan Air Service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) will host King Air Day on Friday, Oct. 29 for owners of King Airs to learn more about avionics, PT-6 engines, winglets, and other upgrades. Seminars include cabin networking and communications, Raisbeck modifications, Garmin upgrades, Blackhawk Engine upgrades, and BLR’s Super King Air Winglet System. In […]
Sabreliner expanding, creating jobs
Sabreliner Corp. plans to expand its operations and create up to 400 new jobs over the next four years. The announcement coincided with the recent groundbreaking of the company’s newest aircraft stripping and painting facility in Perryville, Mo., that will enable Sabreliner to provide services to more and larger aircraft. “Sabreliner specializes in enhancing the […]
Cable malfunction brings down tow plane
This September 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: Piper J5A. Injuries: None. Location: Atlanta, Ga. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: During a banner-pick up maneuver, the pilot heard and felt a […]
Working together pays off
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After years of operating in the shadows, general aviation is gaining, at last, some of the recognition it deserves through a new spirit of cooperation among many groups, organizations, businesses, elected officials, and charitable organizations. For years some GA leaders focused more on their own particular issues than on the common good. […]
Flying Car company moves into initial production facility
Terrafugia, Inc., developer of the Transition Roadable Aircraft, or “Flying Car,” is setting up for low-volume production in a 19,000-square-foot facility in Woburn, Mass. After considering proposals from locations throughout the world, Terrafugia has moved forward with plans that could allow low volume production to begin as early as late 2011, company officials note. Longer […]
Zenith’s 19th annual Open Hangar Day and Builder Fly-In slated
Zenith Aircraft Co.’s 19th annual Open Hangar Day and Builder Fly-In Gathering at the company’s kit aircraft factory in Mexico, Missouri, is slated for the weekend of Sept. 17-18. Starting on Friday, Sept. 17, the company will offer a variety of seminars, including: Painting Your Homebuilt: Mike Loehle of Loehle Aero Coatings will discuss aircraft […]
New airpark planned
A new airpark is in the works for Bayfield, Wisconsin. The private airport has been proposed at the top of a 380-acre parcel of land in the Town of Russell owned by CFS, LLC, which has submitted an application for the project to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Army Corps of […]
82-year-old breaks distance record
Arnold Ebneter, 82, recently broke a 24-year-old distance record for small planes when he flew non-stop for 18 hours, 25 minutes in a plane he designed and built himself, which he calls the “E-1.” His flight set a distance record for airplanes weighing less than 500 kilograms, breaking the previous record of 2,213 miles set […]
FAA issues alert on Cessna seat stops
The FAA has issued a Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) on missing or improper seat stops in Cessnas. The SAFO, issued Aug. 26, reminds inspectors, operators, owners and maintenance technicians that type design seat stops are required to be installed on all seat rails to meet airworthy requirements. Missing or improper seat stops have been […]