Aviat Aircraft has signed on US AERO as a factory representative for the Husky A-1C. US AERO will be responsible for Husky sales and service in Southern California, Southern Nevada and Colorado. US AERO, which is based at Centennial Airport in Denver, has been involved in aircraft sales for 10 years. It has a second […]
GSO: An airport on the grow
The Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) in Greensboro, N.C., has landed a couple of major league tenants, including Honda, which has located a worldwide headquarters at the airport where it will manufacture the HondaJet. The company, expected to make a $100 million investment in its facility at the airport, plans to eventually employ 600. Honda, […]
LaFoy appointed L-3 Avionics Systems president
Jay LaFoy has been appointed president of L-3 Avionics Systems. LaFoy will oversee all aspects of the L-3 Avionics Systems business, which is a supplier of avionics products for the general aviation, business jet, military and commercial air transport markets. He has more than 25 years of aviation industry experience in the areas of operations, […]
Go-around goes bad
The decision to abort the landing with insufficient runway available to guarantee obstruction clearance.
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A gift of flight for Father’s Day
“Send Dad to the sky this Father’s Day,” the Pilot Journey organization suggested in a May 21 news release. “It might not be like flying to the moon, but the experience of a first-time aviation flight lesson is just about the closest thing to heaven that a son or daughter could ever give Dad on […]
Michigan considering fuel tax hike – again
Feeling the economic pinch of the recession, Michigan’s legislature is considering a proposal to increase the excise tax on fuels across the board, including aviation fuel. A similar effort was quashed last year when the state’s aircraft owners and pilots objected strongly to having a disproportionate tax burden forced on them The latest proposal would […]
Tools to practice risk management
The new FAA Risk Management Handbook is a tool chest of information and resources on the methods pilots use to assess risk. This handbook presents methods pilots can use to manage the workloads associated with each phase of flight, resulting in a safer, more enjoyable and less stressful experience for both themselves and their passengers. […]
Stories that Fly
Two of the top programs at Ohio’s Kent State University – the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the College of Technology’s Aeronautics Program – have teamed to create Stories that Fly, a web-based magazine that promises to take journalism to new heights, while telling the story of aviation and the legions of people […]