TWG Aviation LTD, a provider of corporate aviation services under the trade names of Business Jet Access (BJA) and Business Jet Center (BJC), has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Vitesse Aviation Services. Under the agreement, TWG will acquire the lease-hold improvements of the current Vitesse Aviation Services location at Dallas Love Field which […]
Paradise names Ohio sales, service center
Paradise USA, LLC has tapped Lane’s Lebanon Air Service, Inc. as its Ohio sales and service center. Represented by John and Nelda Lane, Lane’s Lebanon Air Service, headquartered in Lebanon, Ohio, specializes in Light Sport training, aircraft sales and maintenance. The Paradise Aircraft product line, which includes two models, the Paradise P1 and the P1 […]
‘The Book of Skydiving Formations’ released
Just released is “The Book of Skydiving Formations.” The book covers all group sizes from two-ways through 20-ways. There are more than 1,000 formations in all. You’ll find simple formations that are easy to build as well as exotic ones that will challenge the most skilled skydivers, according to the publishers. There’s also a chapter […]
Composite winglets for King Air 90x certified
King Air 90x composite winglet testing and certification is complete, report officials with Hawker Beechcraft Services. Winglets for King Air C90 and E90 models are now available for installation at the company’s network of factory-owned service centers. Introduced at last summer’s EAA AirVenture, the King Air 90x upgrade is a two-part conversion that combines the […]
Leading Edge Aviation expands training
Leading Edge Aviation (LEA), a Bend, Oregon-based helicopter flight school, and Central Oregon Community College (COCC), have received approval of their new Advanced Helicopter Training Course by the Oregon Department of Education and Department of Veteran Affairs. This new course expands the existing degree program to include Turbine Transition, Night Vision Goggle (NVG), External Load, […]
Vail Valley Jet Center joins Avfuel network
Vail Valley Jet Center at Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) in Colorado has joined the Avfuel network of branded FBO dealers offering AVTRIP points and Avfuel Contract Fuel for jet fuel savings. Vail Valley Jet Center is known as a gateway to North America’s finest ski resorts: It is only 35 miles from Vail, 22 […]
The Perfect Pilot
Does the perfect pilot exist? If you ask most pilots, they’ll jokingly reply, “Sure, you’re looking at him.” But it’s no joke to Bill Rhodes, who is heading up the Airmanship Education Research Initiative (AERI). A retired Air Force officer, he specializes in professional ethics, having served as head of the philosophy department at the […]
Day 1: American Barnstormers Tour
The American Barnstormers Tour, a nostalgic salute to the barnstormers who ventured across America during the 1920s seeking fame and fortune in their biplanes, has made its first stop on a seven-city tour, with 20 restored vintage aircraft from the 1920s and 1930s landing at Mason City Airport (MCW) in Iowa. Sarah Wilson, who is […]
Mixed messages from Lycoming
There is a raging debate over the future of 100 octane avgas and Lycoming’s view about the problem on an AVwebinsider Blog by Paul Bertorelli. The gist is that TCM thinks most of its engines would work on 94 UL, or could be made to work on it, and Lycoming says that there must be […]