You can scratch the Southwest Regional Fly-In, also known as the Texas Fly-In, off your to-do list in 2008. The fly-in’s directors recently decided to cancel the event, which was slated for Oct. 10-11 at Hondo, Texas. It had been a staple in the southwestern aviation community since the 1960s. Fly-In Chairman and CEO Stan […]
Frasca celebrates 50th anniversary
Simulator manufacturer Frasca International celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. “I founded Frasca International in 1958 after working as a flight simulator instructor and maintenance engineer in the Navy,” said Rudy Frasca, president. The company has delivered more than 2,000 simulators to flight schools, airlines and the military in 70 countries around the world since […]
Neil Armstrong honored at Purdue University
A bronze sculpture of Neil Armstrong was recently unveiled at Indiana’s Purdue University. The sculpture is in front of the university’s new engineering research and education building, which is named for the first astronaut to walk on the moon. Artist Chas Fagan, from Charlotte, N.C., created the work. The sculpture of Armstrong, depicted as an […]
General Aviation Technology Challenge kicks off
NASA and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation have teamed to award the largest technology prize ever offered for general aviation. The organizations have recast the Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) challenge for 2008, renaming it the General Aviation Technology Challenge. Several winners will share in the $300,000 prize purse, funded by NASA, including the […]
Antique fly-in to commemorate air mail anniversary
The Antique Airplane Association, in tandem with the Air Power Museum, will host the 2008 Invitational Fly-In at Antique Airfield (IA27), in Blakesburg, Iowa. The fly-in, slated for Aug. 27 to Sept. 1, will commemorate the 90th anniversary of the beginning of air mail service in the Unites States. “I cannot remember a theme of […]
Kitfox expands
Kitfox Aircraft has broken ground on a new 5,000-square-foot facility at Homedale Airport (S66) in Homedale, Idaho. “It will be a separate building from our current facility,” notes John McBean, CEO. “Business is going very well and we simply need to make room for the future. The ground preparation has been done and after the […]
King Air winglet popularity soars
More than half of the world’s turboprop airplanes are King Airs, which makes the popular Beech line a vast market for the winglets being offered by BLR Aerospace of Everett, Wash. Don’t expect to get a set on your King Air very soon, however, unless you plan to get them from Elliott Aviation or Cutter […]
EAA asks for exemption from E-LSA registration deadline
Citing the FAA’s paperwork backlog and its lack of available inspectors, the Experimental Aircraft Association has filed for an exemption to the Jan. 31, 2008, deadline for the conversion of two-place or “fat” ultralights to certification under the Experimental-Light Sport Aircraft category. In its request, the EAA asks that owners who already have submitted their […]
AvTek celebrates silver anniversary
Mike Peter’s AvTek is celebrating 25 years of developing and producing a variety of aviation products, including pulsing landing lights, door seals, standby electrical systems, panel lighting, electric system alert warning meters and more. Founded in 1983 as Sammamish Valley Avionics in Redmond, Wash., Peter changed the company’s name to AvTek in 1991. He has […]