AirportCharges.com, a website that reports charges at airports around the world, has expanded its library, adding more than 1,000 new airports in almost 40 countries. Users can now download charges from airports across Africa, South and Central America, and airports in Japan, Macau, Myanmar and Taiwan. The Indian subcontinent has also been expanded, with more […]
Goodyear expands Flight Eagle line
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s Aviation business recently introduced its Flight Eagle LT (Light Turbine) tire for entry level, Very Light and Light Jets.The Flight Eagle LT is an extension of Goodyear’s popular Flight Eagle line of aviation tires, a top choice for business jets. The Flight Eagle LT tire includes a six-ply tire […]
Signs of GA’s return to health
If you’re looking for good news about general aviation amid the economic doom and gloom, the Federal Aviation Administration and the UBS Business Jet Market Index are offering some. The FAA predicted that GA growth will resume in 2010, in the annual forecast it released March 31. The report was headlined: “Aviation Activity to Resume […]
Lancair’s first flight ends fatally
A loss of engine power during the initial climb after takeoff for undetermined reasons.
What’s your big idea?
It’s no secret that pilots are an innovative group. Stop in at any FBO and you’ll no doubt hear solutions not only on how to fix your flying or your airplane, but also the world. That’s why we’re turning to the readers of General Aviation News, asking you to share your “big ideas.” Those ideas […]
Extreme training at 30,000 feet
Caroline Brozovich’s fingers and lips have turned blue-grey, her movements are sluggish, and her eyes half-shut, as though she’s peering through a fog. The oxygen around her is now as thin as the air at 30,000 feet, the cruising altitude for jet aircraft. If Brozovich were piloting an airliner, she and her passengers would be […]
Laid-off workers turn to aviation for new careers
Penny Glasscox could be the poster person for what laid-off workers in the United States should be doing. When Glasscox found herself unemployed in November from her job as office manager for the collision center at a local automobile dealership, she immediately began looking for work. She also looked to the future, remembering that schooling […]
Continental Motors flies on unleaded AvGas
Teledyne Continental Motors, Inc. announced the first test flight of a certificated aircraft using unleaded aviation fuel, on March 31. TCM worked with Hawker Beechcraft Corporation on the project. “This is an accomplishment that adds to TCM’s catalog of aviation firsts, such as the introduction of a horizontally opposed cylinder configuration, fuel injection, turbo charging, […]
ORL project gets nod
A Fort Lauderdale aviation firm wants to build a 74-room hotel, a new terminal, three new hangars and some office space at Orlando Executive Airport (ORL). The Orlando Municipal Planning Board recently recommended approval of SheltAir Orlando Air Center Inc.’s master plan for the proposed $10 million, four-phase project, according to a report in the […]