Stuart Jet Center at Witham Field Airport (SUA) in Stuart, Florida, has joined the Avfuel network of branded FBO dealers. The alliance means that Avfuel now supplies fuel and services, assists with marketing and provides quality assurance support and training. As an Avfuel-branded dealer Stuart Jet Center also now offers the AVTRIP reward program on […]
The Tomcat Group takes off
Long-time aviation executive Charles (Chuck) Gumbert has launched The Tomcat Group, an aviation management consultancy based in Wichita. The Tomcat Group specializes in assisting organizations with operational turnarounds, strategic development and implementation, productivity and process improvement, strategic selling, cash management, new product introductions and senior level interim management, according to company officials. Gumbert said the […]
Aspen Avionics’ Canada STC expanded
Aspen Avionics, Inc., manufacturer of the Evolution Flight Display System, has received an amendment to the Transport Canada Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) that grants installation approval of the system in Canada. The amended STC now enables all aircraft on Aspen’s Approved Model List (AML) of more than 700 aircraft to install the Evolution Primary Flight […]
Miller debuts Invision MPa Plus System
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. has introduced its Invision MPa Plus System with Alumination technology. Using a benchtop feeder, the system provides both push-pull and standard push wire feeding capabilities and MIG/pulsed MIG welding outputs for heavy industrial applications that use aluminum and a second wire type or wire diameter at a single welding station. Compared […]
Botched go-around damages Cessna
This March 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 182. Injuries: None. Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot, who was attempting to land at the end […]
Carpe Diem: A new mission statement
Winter Haven’s Gilbert Field (GIF) is located in the heart of central Florida. This part of the world is bathed in sunshine and warmth, and dotted with dozens of lakes custom made for fishing, boating, skiing, and seaplane flying. But there is another geographical benefit that has been lost on the administrators of this outstanding […]
General nominated to head TSA
A retired major general with 35 years experience in the intelligence community has been nominated by President Obama to head the Transportation Security Administration. He is Gen. Robert Harding, who retired in 2001 and, in 2003, founded Harding Security Associates, a company of more than 400 professionals providing security solutions to U.S. government agencies. At […]
Lindbergh as we rarely see him
Our fuels expert Ben Visser sent along a link to a really cool look back at a pivotal moment in aviation’s history. Win Perkins, a real estate appraiser who specializes in airport properties, has posted on his website a video he created of Charles Lindbergh’s famous and risky takeoff in the Spirit of St. Louis. […]
The danger of fatigue
National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman recently encouraged the sleep research and healthcare community to continue their efforts to educate transportation policy makers of the dangers of fatigue in all modes of transportation. Speaking before the annual conference of the National Sleep Foundation in Washington, D.C., Hersman remarked that fatigue has been a […]