Banyan Air Service, based at the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), recently appointed Alvie Barron director of North American sales. Barron has more than 20 years of aircraft maintenance, refurbishment and modification experience. He previously held positions with Jet Aviation, General Dynamics, Bombardier and Hawker/Beechcraft. In his new role at Banyan, he is responsible for […]
Ranger Rotorcraft names Bolden president
Ranger Rotorcraft Group, Inc., a helicopter technical services company in Fort Worth, has promoted Edward Bolden to president. Bolden, previously vice president-operations development, will be responsible for guiding all operations for civilian helicopter completions and MRO, military helicopter retrofits, engineering services, parts sales, helicopter subsystems manufacturing, all supporting shops and services, plus the customer service, […]
NationAir hires Barnard for sales
NationAir Aviation Insurance has hired Dale Barnard as a sales executive for the Pacific Northwest. Barnard will manage the company’s general aviation insurance sales practice in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska from an office located at the Portland International Airport in Oregon. Prior to joining NationAir, Barnard managed an aviation insurance practice for a […]
STC awarded for 210 glass cockpit retrofit
A partnership between Avidyne Corp., Southern Star Avionics of Mobile, Ala., and Crownair Aviation, Inc. of San Diego, has received an STC for the retrofit installation of Avidyne’s Entegra integrated flight deck in Cessna 210 and T210 Series single-engine piston aircraft. The Avidyne Entegra suite is part of Crownair’s “Centurion Edition” refurbishment program that includes […]
Cessna delivers first retail XLS+
Cessna Aircraft Co. recently completed the first Citation XLS+ retail delivery to an undisclosed customer based on the East Coast. First announced in October 2006, the Citation XLS+ achieved FAA certification May 30. European Aviation Safety Agency certification is in process and expected to be complete in early 2009. Order book exceeds 200 for the […]
Cirrus resumes production
Production has resumed at Cirrus Design Corp. The Duluth-based manufacturer had shut down the assembly line in December and furloughed 500 employees in response to slow aircraft sales. Company officials say the return to production will be a gradual process, with employees being recalled in waves as the number of orders for aircraft dictates an […]
Kermit Weeks inducted into Florida Aviation Hall of Fame
Kermit Weeks, creator and founder of Central Florida’s Fantasy of Flight aviation attraction and a championship aerobatics pilot, has been selected to join the Florida Aviation Hall of Fame. Weeks was inducted on Dec. 11 at the society’s sixth annual induction ceremony, held in the Florida Air Museum on the Sun ‘n Fun campus at […]
A Flying Tigers museum for China
The Flying Tigers were the American Volunteer Group, or AVG, a force of volunteer pilots and ground crew who flew in China early in World War II. The AVG was organized by then-Col. Claire Chennault, a retired U.S. Army Air Corps fighter pilot, at the behest of the Nationalist Chinese government. Outside aviation circles, most […]
Sign-ups now being taken for WWII bomber crew fantasy camp
The Collings Foundation is now accepting reservations for its World War II Bomber Crew Fantasy Camp. The camp will be held May 26-27 at the Stockton Field Aviation Museum Hangar at Stockton Municipal Airport (OS2) in California. Reservations are available for 32 positions (two crews of 16 each). Cost is $3,900 per person, which includes […]