The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust recently awarded a $35,000 grant to the Veterans Airlift Command, itself a charity which coordinates a national network of volunteer aircraft owners and pilots to provide air transportation for medical and other compassionate purposes to wounded service members and their families. It was the second grant awarded […]
Museum exhibit honors World War II aces
Seattle’s Museum of Flight is the home of the American Fighter Aces Association and holds their collections and archives. Opening June 27, a new exhibit draws from that resource to portray the World War II military experience of fighter ace Maj. James C. Stewart and fellow pilots in the famous 56th Fighter Group, acclaimed for […]
Teenage girls learn about aviation
The Aviation Heritage Center of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, held its annual Fly Girls workshop during the week of June 22-26, an event designed to help introduce teenage girls to aviation. The 29 girls who attended were taught about aerodynamics, flight planning and weather, and were provided with tours of the airport before being given a […]
Klapmeier bids for Cirrus jet
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” […]