Former Cirrus Design CEO Alan Klapmeier is making a bid to acquire the rights to manufacture and sell the Vision SF 50 single-engine jet, according to a June 26 news flash from the AVweb on-line newsletter. A source close to the negotiations, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AVweb that Klapmeier announced he has […]
Embry-Riddle offers online ground schools
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus, through its Office of Professional Education, is now offering two new online courses that prepare students for the FAA Commercial Pilot and/or FAA Instrument Rating flight training and written tests. The new courses build on Embry-Riddle’s successful online FAA Private Pilot Ground School, a 15-week course. The new Commercial Pilot […]
Celebrating the Space Shuttle
Aviation fine art photographer John Slemp has created a series of coasters to honor the Space Shuttle. The idea was presented to him by a friend, Dr. Debi Huffman, who had a former student, Eric Boe, who flew on the Space Shuttle’s mission STS 126. Using images from the NASA library, Slemp created a set […]
Aerosmith Aviation celebrates 20th anniversary
This year marks the 20th year of business for East Texas-based completion center Aerosmith Aviation. The repair station, owned by Wayne Smith and Scott Moore, services a wide variety of business jets and general aviation aircraft. “We’ve come a long way since 1989,” says Sales and Marketing Director Joy Haugh. “Aerosmith’s paint and interior completions […]
Hartzell Aerospace debuts
Tailwind Technologies Inc. of Piqua, Ohio, has formed Hartzell Aerospace, which will serve as the consolidating platform for the aerospace companies Tailwind owns along with its general aviation business, Hartzell Propeller Inc. Tailwind has acquired a variety of aerospace-related companies, including Industrial Tube Company, Electrofilm Manufacturing Company and AcousticFab. These companies make engineered products for […]
Master today’s sophisticated cockpits
The new FAA Advanced Avionics Handbook provides general aviation users with comprehensive information on the advanced avionics equipment available in technically advanced aircraft (TAA). VFR and IFR operations in aircraft with the latest integrated glass cockpit instrumentation are covered, helping pilots understand which advanced avionics systems to use and when. Readers will learn the “knob-ology” […]
Simulated engine out turns into real emergency
The CFI’s improper decision to simulate an engine failure in the traffic pattern by cutting off fuel to the engine, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing.
Pearl Harbor vet, 99, honored by sailors, Marines
In one of those wonderfully honorable gestures we don’t hear about very much, these days, a group of Navy and Marine Corps aviation ordnancemen held a ceremony at the U. S. naval base in Bahrain, June 21, honoring a Pearl Harbor veteran who is the oldest living recipient of the Medal of Honor, the nation’s […]
Aviat awards dealership to Premier Aircraft Sales
Premier Aircraft Sales has become a dealer for Aviat Aircraft’s Husky A-1C. Premier Aircraft Sales will sell and service the Husky in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia. The company, founded in 2003, has offices in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Atlanta and Auburn, Alabama. It also represents Diamond and Mooney aircraft […]