As he prepares for this month’s EAA AirVenture, EAA Chairman and President Tom Poberezny sat down with the local Oshkosh newspaper to answer 10 questions, including which plane he’d most like to fly at this year’s show. Read it at: www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20090703/OSH0107/907030633/1128/osh01/Ten-Questions-for-EAA-s-Tom-Poberezny
Blackhawk offers financing for engine upgrades
Blackhawk Modifications, Inc. has unveiled an Engine Financing Program that offers up to 100% financing to qualified U.S. buyers. The Financing Program may include the cost of the engines, shipping and installation of factory-new Pratt & Whitney PT6A engines. The program provides qualified customers the ability to finance their engine purchase using a 15-year fully […]
Parade of Planes lands in Atlanta area
Aircraft Specialists Jet Center at Gwinnett County Airport (LZU) near Atlanta will host the Parade of Planes Southeast event. The third of four regional Parade of Planes events scheduled for 2009, occurs Aug. 13-15. Aircraft Specialists Jet Center, a full-service FBO operating around the clock 365 days a year, has agreed to waive service fees […]
Selkirk Aviation offers composite cowlings
Selkirk Aviation Inc. has FAA-approved composite cowlings available for all Cessna 180s and 185s along with Cessna 182s years 1959 to 1961 models. These cowlings are lightweight, easy to repair and come primed ready for the customer to paint, according to officials with the Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based company. The nose bowls are incorporated into the […]
AlumaFeed welding system debuts
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. has introduced its AlumaFeed Synergic Aluminum Welding System for high-volume, high arc-on time aluminum applications requiring conventional MIG and pulsed MIG welding outputs. The system consists of the AlumaPower 350 MPa synergic power supply (an 80-lb. inverter with an output of 5 to 425 amps/10 to 38 volts and built-in programs […]
Aviation tax reports available
Wolcott & Associates, a CPA firm with a practice limited solely to the aviation industry, recently released several reports including “Income Taxes for Aircraft Used in Business,” “Personal Use of Company Aircraft,” and “Spreadsheet Application for Calculating SIFL Benefits and Entertainment Cost Limitations.” Prices range from $28 to $98 for the reports. For more information: […]
Fuel miscalculation leads to off-airport landing
The loss of engine power while climbing due to the pilot’s failure to refuel the airplane prior to fuel exhaustion.
Blackhawk taps Patton for sales
Blackhawk Modifications, Inc. has named Bobby Patton as distributor program manager of the worldwide turboprop engine upgrade company, located in Waco, Texas. Patton was previously employed at Raisbeck Engineering as director of sales. Born in Oklahoma City, Patton has lived in Seattle for the past 16 years. He will remain based in Seattle, traveling extensively […]
Powered by the sun
Solar-powered aircraft were the focus of a special report on aviation in The New York Times by Michele Travierso, who details several projects, including one from Eric Raymond, a California resident who is developing the Sunseeker II. Read the full report at www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/business/global/15ravfuture.html