Bahamas Habitat’s Fly-In & Help Out mission flight to Eleuthera in the Bahamas is scheduled for Oct. 21- 24th. All interested aircraft owners and pilots are invited to join in the mission group flight, which serves as a starting point for being involved with Bahamas Habitat and its various mission flying opportunities and disaster relief […]
RECMAR Products acquires Galietti line
RECMAR Products and Galietti Company have agreed to transition the complete Galietti product line to RECMAR Products, effective immediately. Al Galietti, the president of Galietti Company, passed away in late May, following a prolonged illness. The Galietti line of products includes a wide range of aluminum and vinyl headliner retainers, panel retainers, retainer caps, curtain […]
Centurion 2.0 upgraded
Centurion Aircraft Engines AG & Co. KG, based in Lichtenstein, Germany, is now offering an upgrade program for its piston aircraft engine Centurion 1.7. Owners can take advantage of a money-back offer for unused flight hours if they choose to upgrade to the next-generation Centurion 2.0 by Aug. 31. The Centurion 2.0 also delivers 135 […]
30th anniversary Glasair Fly-In slated
Glasair Aviation and Flabob Airport will co-host the Glasair Fly-In marking the 30th anniversary of the debut of the Glasair design. Officials at Glasair are anticipating at least 50 Glasairs and 30 Glastars and Sportsman for the fly-in, slated for Sept. 10-13. Friday night there will be a wine and cheese welcome party for all […]
Hawker Beechcraft offers factory paint capabilities in Indy
Hawker Beechcraft Services’ Indianapolis service center now offers full paint capabilities. The recently completed state-of-the-art facility can accommodate any aircraft ranging from the high-performance single-engine piston, the Beechcraft Bonanza, to the company’s flagship mid-sized jet, the Hawker 4000. The facility offers full strip and paint services, including factory or custom paint designs. In addition to […]
Aerospace celebration expands
Following the success of the first-ever National Aerospace Day last year, the Aerospace Industries Association is expanding the activities this year during National Aerospace Week, Sept. 12-18. The aerospace and defense industry employs 817,000 workers directly, supporting more than 2 million middle-class jobs in related fields. There are also 30,000 suppliers to the industry across […]
Flying the Kitfox LSA
One of the benefits of the Light Sport Aircraft movement is that it has paved the way for manufacturers of kit aircraft to enter the world of ready-to-fly designs. One of the more recent entries into the fly-away models is the Kitfox S-LSA from Kitfox Aircraft LCC of Homedale, Idaho. It’s designed to appeal to […]
Coalition works to meet 100LL challenges
A coalition of aviation alphabet groups and petroleum industry associations is striving to meet the challenges created for general aviation by recent government decisions to phase out 100 low-lead avgas. Elimination of 100LL was brought about by a petition from the Friends of the Earth to the Environmental Protection Agency in 2006. This led to […]
An appropriate address
Arguably the most successful light aircraft seaplane producer is Progressive Aerodyne and its SeaRey amphibian. How successful? In January, it delivered SeaRey kit #500 to an owner in Belgium. That impressive number doesn’t tell the whole story, which centers around the tight community of SeaRey builders who often help each other — and not solely […]