After completing all ground testing, the Seawind 300C received its flight permit and took to the sky over Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada, for certification flight testing. The Canadian National Research Council (NRC) will perform the flight test piloting under the direction of DAR Chief Test Pilot Robert Erdos. The flight analytical work will be performed by John […]
New ATC system could save billions
Engineers at Oregon State University and NASA have created a new system for air traffic control that could significantly improve congestion in the airways – a problem recently determined to cost the United States economy up to $41 billion a year. The system, developed over five years of research, was recently adapted to make it […]
Cirrus reports renewed optimism
In comments to employees, customers and suppliers, Cirrus Aircraft President and CEO Brent Wouters said the company is seeing signs of a strengthening market for aircraft sales. He noted that a number of key business measurements suggested stronger performance in 2010 than previously anticipated. “We are seeing solid signs that suggest this year could be […]
‘It’s go time’
The flood fight is on again in North Dakota and Minnesota, Civil Air Patrol officials report. About 75 members of the Minnesota Wing of the Civil Air Patrol are on the ground in the Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn., area filling sandbags and building dikes in areas threatened by the rising Red River. “We’ve been […]
General Aviation Serves America campaign grows by going smaller
General Aviation Serves America, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s nationwide campaign to improve understanding about general aviation, is getting bigger by going smaller. At a March 17 event held at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, Calif., AOPA President and CEO Craig Fuller joined San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gary Ovitt, […]
Tuskegee Airmen to receive new Outstanding Aviator Award
The Wings Club, a New York City-based aviation club, will honor the Tuskegee Airmen with the new Outstanding Aviator Award. The Outstanding Aviator Award was created this year by the Wings Club in partnership with the International Association of Women in Aviation (IAWA) to recognize pilots whose actions have made major contributions to aviation and/or […]
March declared Aviation Appreciation Month in Arkansas
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe today unveiled a proclamation declaring March 2010 to be “Aviation and Aerospace Appreciation Month” in Arkansas, the latest in a series of states issuing such proclamations. With more than 100 airports, 5,135 pilots and 5,400 jobs directly attributed to the industry, general aviation, in particular, is extremely vital to Arkansas’s statewide […]
Lycoming unveils loyalty program, cuts prices on factory-rebuilt engines
Lycoming Engines has kicked off a new program that provides discounts with the return of a select engine core. The company also is offering airplane owners up to $5,000 off a zero-time factory-rebuilt Lycoming engine when customers return a first-run core. “We have many customers who have flown behind Lycoming Engines their entire flying careers,” […]
Last minute efforts pay off for Florida FBOs
An amendment to a Florida bill that would have required the state to set fuel prices at airports with just one FBO has been withdrawn after intense lobbying by Florida aviation interests. The amendment to SB 1500 was withdrawn during a Transportation Committee hearing, according to Paula Raeburn, executive director of the Florida Aviation Trades […]