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 […]
Overcoming MS and fulfilling dreams
Tim Garrett doesn’t remember a time when he wasn’t interested in aviation. “My Dad had a career in the Air Force. I was born on an Air Force base,” says the 48-year-old St. Louis resident. “I was always around airplanes.” Garrett grew up to become an aeronautical engineer. When he was in his 20s he […]
Expedition E350 gets U.S. Type Certification
Found Aircraft Canada received FAA certification for its Expedition E350 on Dec. 23. Drew Hamblin, the company’s director of marketing and sales, described it as “an early Christmas gift from the FAA.” The type certification includes day and night Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) for the E350 tricycle gear aircraft, as […]
‘Women Fly’ to be at EAA AirVenture 2009
Many of the world’s top air show performers have confirmed that they will participate at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2009, July 27 to August 2 at Wittman Regional Airport, EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski said on Dec. 30. Among the early confirmations are more than a dozen women who will participate in special “Women Fly” air show […]