According to the Gulf News, published in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates business aviation sector is growing at a rate of 18% a year as the country becomes a hub for regional and international markets. “The current and projected growth of our aviation sector defies the odds of the global economic slowdown,” Sultan Bin […]
Wartime enemies meet again at Heritage Park dedication
April 16, 1972 is the date when U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Dan Cherry shot down an enemy plane piloted by Lt. Nguyen Hong My in the sky over Hanoi. On that day this year the two pilots were reunited as friends. The April 16 dedication of Aviation Heritage Park at Bowling Green, Kentucky, is […]
USS Stockdale to be commissioned April 18
She’s not an aircraft carrier, which would be appropriate for the old Naval Aviator, but the Navy’s newest ship is named for the Navy’s highest ranking former resident of the Hanoi Hilton and embodies the spirit and patriotism of Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale, who received the Medal of Honor for his heroism as a […]
Newest airport security technology peers through clothes
“Forget the lost luggage, lousy food and tight- leg rooms. We are all going to go through the whole- body imager to show our naked-bodies in public, thanks to Al Qaeda,” warned Samuel Ampah writing in The Ghanaian Journal, of all places, on April 16. Ampah’s article concerns the Transportation Security Administration‘s introduction of “whole-body […]
Kansas Aviation Museum to open Boeing wing
Boeing and the Kansas Aviation Museum have become partners to renovate one wing of the museum, which will be renamed The Boeing Wing. The space will be used for rotating exhibits, the first of which will focus on the Boeing Radar Range story. The exhibit, which explains details of an experimental radar range once operated […]
West Star Aviation receives STC for WAAS/LPV installations
West Star Aviation, Inc. was recently awarded two separate STC approvals for WAAS/LPV installations. The two STCs are for the Citation 550 Bravo Series and for the Citation V 560 Series (S/N 0001 thru 0259), and cover the installation of Universal Avionics UNS-1Lw FMS system with an LPV Monitor. For more information: 800-922-2421 or WestStarAviation.com
Cirrus appoints Dauplaise vp-domestic sales
Cirrus Aircraft has appointed Jon Dauplaise vice president of domestic sales. He will be responsible for the Cirrus Aircraft North American direct sales team and the expansion of Cirrus sales in the United States and Canada. He joined Cirrus in December 2001, holding roles as corporate flight operations manager, regional sales manager-northern plains & Alaska, […]
Intrepid Museum named ‘Culture Spot’
NYC & Company, the official marketing, tourism and partnership organization for the city of New York, has named the newly restored Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum the “Culture Spot” for May. The museum, one of America’s leading historic, cultural and educational institutions, is located aboard the USS Intrepid, a 66-year-old aircraft carrier. The museum […]
Century CRM licenses training course
Century CRM has developed a licensing program for its Crew Resource Management (CRM) courses for business aviation. With the licensing agreement, flight departments can have their own instructor trained by Century CRM to provide FAA-approved training to their pilots. Century CRM provides all training materials, as well as on-line record keeping and testing necessary to […]