The Aero Club of New England (ACONE) will present Rudy Frasca, founder and CEO of Frasca International, the 2009 Godfrey L. Cabot Award. Frasca will receive the award in June in recognition of his lifelong, innovative developments in flight simulation that have enhanced world aviation by safety through training, according to ACONE officials. Born of […]
ViaSat and Satcom Direct ink deal
ViaSat Inc. has appointed Satcom Direct as a value-added reseller and customer support liaison for its new Yonder Mobile Broadband Service, offering data and voice communication services for corporate, business, and military aircraft. The Yonder Mobile Broadband Service uses patented ViaSat ArcLight mobile satellite technology, which enables use of a 12-inch, lightweight antenna, offering aircraft […]
Banyan celebrates 30-year anniversary
Banyan Air Services Inc., at Florida’s Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Banyan began in 1979 in a small hangar as a maintenance facility serving local charter companies that operated a few piston aircraft. In 1985 Banyan teamed up with Holland Builders, a hangar developer, which became the property side […]
Women’s History Month at Museum of Flight
Women’s History Month and Seattle’s Museum of Flight‘s eighth Annual WomenFly! event continue with “Pushing the Envelope: Pioneering Women in Aersopace,” a panel of women sharing experiences dating from World War II to today’s exploration of the planets. On the panel will be Dawn Seymour, who flew B-17 bombers, Georgie Bright Kunkel, who helped build […]
Student pilot hits snowbank on takeoff
The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which led to the impact with the snow banks.
Banner-towing flight ends with forced landing on beach
The loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons. A factor in the accident was the pilot’s failure to follow emergency procedures when he failed to jettison the advertising banner prior to his forced landing in water.
From FATA’s president to U.S. President
Florida Aviation Trades Association President David R. Allen addressed a sharp letter in defense of business aviation to President Obama, March 9. Mr. Allen wrote: “Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?” Those were your words as you answered a question about the book you wrote, “The Audacity of […]
Wipaire offers summer internships
Wipaire, Inc., describing itself as “the world’s leading manufacturer of aircraft floats,” is offering three paid internships for this summer. They are open to current students or recent two-year or four-year college graduates whose field of study is aviation-related. Three tracks will be offered: operations, sales, and maintenance. The internships offer “valuable, career oriented experiences […]
Continental adjusts to cylinder replacement demand
Since Teledyne Continental Motors‘ February 12, 2009 voluntary cylinder recall announcement, the company has made “excellent progress toward the satisfactory resolution of the…issue for aircraft owners operating select 470, 520 and 550 series engines with affected cylinders,” said spokesman Mac Little on March 9. TCM has ramped up cylinder production to meet the routine demand […]