The International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) recently presented Ralph Royce with its Sword of Excellence, which recognizes outstanding service, individual achievement and personal contributions to the air show industry. Royce is best known as the Wings Over Houston Airshow air boss, but his numerous other achievements include his role as air show operations instructor, […]
Goodrich donates wind tunnel to ISU
Goodrich Corp.’s Sensors and Integrated Systems team in Burnsville, Minn., has donated an icing wind tunnel to Iowa State University. The tunnel will be the university’s first wind tunnel to be able to perform icing physics research and will be housed in Iowa State’s wind simulation and testing (WiST) laboratory. The WiST lab is a […]
Cirrus CEO to speak in Atlanta
What does the future hold for Cirrus Design and the aviation industry? Cirrus CEO Alan Klapmeier will touch on these topics when he addresses the Atlanta Aero Club, Jan. 20. Klapmeier, along with his brother Dale, founded Cirrus Design in 1984. The mid-wing kit evolved into certified mass-produced single-engine aircraft. First there was the SR20, […]
Lake Aircraft assets for sale
Revo Inc. is offering for sale the assets of Lake Aircraft, an FAA-certified single-engine amphibious airplane. Revo is selling all the intellectual property and equipment needed to manufacture the Lake Renegade, Seafury and Seawolf airplanes, according to company officials. Assets include the FAA Type Certificate (#1A13), global manufacturing and marketing rights, component and assembly tooling, […]
Former rivals unite
JETNET LLC, a provider of corporate aviation information, recently hired Diane Levine-Wilson as director of new business and product development. Levine-Wilson, the founder and former president of long-time JETNET competitor AMSTAT, brings more than 25 years experience in aviation information services to JETNET. As director of new business and product development, Levine-Wilson will be forging […]
VG kits approved for Cessna 170
The FAA has issued an STC for the installation of micro vortex generators on the wings and horizontal stabilizer of the Cessna 170. While the VGs have no effect on high speed performance, they enhance slow speed maneuvering, according to Micro Aerodynamics officials, who note the VGs provide a 10% reduction in stall speed, improved […]
NATA partner helps optimize flight planning
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has struck a partnership with Scheduling Sidecar Inc. (SSC), a new fuel research and optimization program that complements flight planning software. The program works alongside an operator’s existing trip scheduling program to provide flight planners additional data to plan trips cost effectively. Data includes contract fuel availability and the […]
Midwestern dealers join Phillips 66 network
Several FBOs across the Midwest have joined the Phillips 66 Aviation network of branded dealers. More than 616 FBOs are now part of the Phillips 66 network. Joining the network are: Butterfly Aviation at Renner Field in Goodland, Kansas; Otis Air Service at Kearney Regional Airport in Nebraska; Sioux Air Inc. at Martin Field in […]
Cessna employees brace for more layoffs
2009 is starting out on a sour note for employees of Cessna Aircraft Co., who have been warned about another round of layoffs. According to Cessna spokesman Doug Oliver, on Jan. 6 CEO Jack Pelton sent an e-mail to staff “in which he outlined the worsening economic situation and noted that because of that worsening […]