Roscoe Morton, widely known as the chief announcer at Sun ‘n Fun and EAA AirVenture air show events, received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award on Dec. 13. The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award is a nationally sanctioned FAA award for active senior pilots. Named for Orville and Wilbur Wright, it recognizes a lifetime of […]
AOPA aims 2009 Sweepstakes at pilots…and non-pilots
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is heading in a completely new direction with its 2009 Let’s Go Flying! sweepstakes. For the past 18 years, the AOPA Sweepstakes has showcased what you can do to an airplane, as the Association bought and completely refurbished a used aircraft before awarding the end result to the sweepstakes […]
Goodrich and Rolls-Royce form engine controls joint venture
Goodrich Corporation and Rolls-Royce Group plc said on Jan. 2 that they have formed a joint venture company to develop and supply engine controls for Rolls-Royce aero engines. The transaction closed on December 31, 2008. The joint venture, Rolls-Royce Goodrich Engine Control Systems Limited, operates as Aero Engine Controls. Each of the two companies owns […]
NOTAM focus group to meet
Love the current FAA NOTAM System? Hate it? Have any opinion at all? If you are in the Washington, DC area the American Institutes for Research would like to hear from you. The not-for-profit organization has been contracted by the FAA’s Aeronautical Information Management group to get user input on the modernization of the NOTAM […]
LASP hearings to start Jan. 6
The Transportation Security Administration, better known simply as TSA, has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would mandate new and significantly tighter security requirements for all aircraft weighing more than 12,500 pounds. In addition, TSA is proposing new mandatory security requirements for airports serving large aircraft. Under the new rules, aircraft owners and operators […]
Aircraft Spruce adds fuel computer to line-up
Experimental aircraft owners can now increase the information available to them with a Flight Data Systems AFP-30, according to officials at Aircraft Spruce, which is now selling the three-in-one computer that provides performance information, fuel projections and outside air data. Pilots will have access to the engine’s actual percent of horsepower, based on the manufacturer’s […]
Becker Avionics taps Schmitz as VP
Becker Avionics Inc. has named Markus Schmitz vice president of strategy and business development. Schmitz will be responsible for developing and implementing corporate business strategies and partnerships for the North and South American aviation markets, as well as providing cross-business divisional leadership and support for “high impact” projects, strategy and analysis for the Becker Group, […]
STC for Cirrus EVS awarded
Forward Vision has been awarded an STC for installation of its EVS-100 infrared sensor on Cirrus SR20s and SR22s. Forward Vision is working with One Sky Aviation on the Enhanced Vision System for Cirrus aircraft already flying. In new models, the EVS is part of the new Perspective glass cockpit. “With this STC, we will […]
Webfoot Bearhawk flies
A Bearhawk on floats has taken to the sky. Al Robinson of Cold Lake, Alberta, is the first to fly a Bearhawk on floats, according to company officials. “I bought a scratch-built Bearhawk from its original builder, Tom Yeoman in New Mexico, for the express purpose of putting it on floats,” Robinson said. “Tom had […]