Children under 18 will be admitted free at The Museum of Flight on June 14, 21 and 28 when accompanied by an adult. Admission is free for up to four youths per one paying adult. The free youth days are sponsored by a grant from US Bancorp. The admission price for youths is normally $8. […]
Revmaster upgrades engine
Revmaster Aviation has finished development of its latest upgraded engine, the new Revmaster R-2300, which maintains Revmaster’s proprietary systems and parts, including its RM-049 heads that feature large fins and a hemispherical combustion chamber. It also maintains the earlier R-2200’s engine’s top horsepower (82) at 2950 rpm continuous. (Takeoff power is rated at 85, at […]
Summit Aviation breaks ground on new facility
Summit Aviation celebrated its 50th anniversary by breaking ground last week on a new 78,000-square-foot expansion on its 550-acre site. The new project includes a 37,400-square-foot hangar that can accommodate eight Boeing CH-47 Chinook model aircraft or three Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft. Summit Aviation President Robert Fitzpatrick and Greenwich AeroGroup President and Chief Executive […]
Max-Viz opens up distribution
Max-Viz, Inc.’s general aviation Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS) will now be made available directly to Airframe OEMs, Avionic OEMs and Avionics and Repair Centers. These systems had previously been available to the general market only through an exclusive distributor. Max-Viz Enhanced Vision Systems provide pilots with an affordable solution that “turns night into day”, improve […]
PilotMall.com partners with AirVenture
PilotMall.com Aviation Superstore has inked a multiyear deal with EAA. The online aviation retailer has secured the naming rights of Hangar B at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010, scheduled for July 26-Aug. 1 at Wittman Regional Airport (OSH). PilotMall.com will host more than 1,000 square feet of exhibit space, featuring a wide assortment of pilot supplies […]
When thumb twiddling makes sense
As anti-intuitive as it may seem, there are times when sitting back and twiddling your thumbs is the best course of action. At least for a little while. That’s certainly true when working to affect change at an airport. Government works slowly much of the time. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In many […]
TSA nominee says GA security needs studying
WASHINGTON, D.C. — General aviation will get more scrutiny but with an understanding that one size doesn’t fit all if John Pistole is confirmed as administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. This became clear as several senators asked questions about GA at his confirmation hearing June 10 before the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Pistole […]
‘Swamp Ghost’ returns home 68 years after takeoff
More than 68 years since a group of young U.S. servicemen in a B- 17E Flying Fortress crash-landed in a New Guinea swamp, the air crew’s surviving relatives, aircraft salvage team leaders and aviation historians will welcome home the fallen aircraft June 11, complete with a P-51 Mustang and P-40 Warhawk formation flyover above the […]
Aviation art soars into museum
Seventy paintings, jury-selected from the finest aviation master artists in the world, will hang on the walls of the San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) until Sept. 10. Aviation artists and aficionados from all over the globe come to San Diego for the festivities of the American Society of Aviation Artists’ (ASAA) 24th Annual […]