Piper Aircraft had people guessing at AOPA Expo when it announced that a new product was forthcoming. Were they going to jump into the LSA pool, as many expected? “We’re not bringing back the Cub,” Mark Miller, director of the company’s corporate communications, said during the Expo, which was held earlier this month in Hartford, […]
Zenith’s Open Hangar Day attracts quite a crowd
Zenith Aircraft Company’s 16th annual Open Hangar Day and Fly-In Gathering held in late September at the Zenith Aircraft factory in Mexico, Missouri, was dubbed a huge success by company officials. Dozens of airplanes flew in and hundreds of people participated in the two-day event, which featured educational workshops on everything from scratch-building an airplane […]
Son of astronaut to follow in fathers footsteps
Famed game developer Richard Garriott, son of former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, soon will follow in his father’s footsteps. He’s started preparations for a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in October 2008. That mission will be the first in a series that will accommodate commercial activities aboard the ISS, such as scientific and […]
DayJet launches service
DayJet officially launched its air taxi service this month in Florida. The company boasts signing up more than 1,500 business travelers for its start-up fleet of about a dozen new Eclipse 500 VLJs. DayJet is Eclipse’s largest customer, with a five-year order for more than 1,000 Eclipse 500s. Inaugural flights took off from DayPort facilities […]
FlyElite launches podcast
The Elite SimCast is now live and online at FlyElite.com/Podcast. The first SimCast features Elite’s President and CEO John Dixon in an in-depth interview discussing the history of the company, Microsoft Flight Sim X and the RC-1 Advanced ATD. Upcoming guests include Capt. Bob Coffey, a long-time Elite user and designer of the Elite RC-1; […]
CAF directory moves to Red Cross
Bob Rice, president of the Commemorative Air Force, has taken a position as executive director of the American Red Cross of Southwest Texas. He had been CAF president since 1992. Replacing him is Stephan C. Brown, a former Army aviator and private pilot with more than 1,800 hours logged in military and civilian aircraft. Brown […]
Linbergh Foundation seeks partners
The Lindbergh Foundation recently launched the “Lindbergh Partners” program, aimed largely at aviation companies, which provides corporations with opportunities to become part of the Lindbergh legacy. “The Lindbergh Partners program is an effort that achieves two important objectives,” said John King, co-chairman of King Schools and recently elected chairman of the board of the Lindbergh […]
Diamond polishes up two new gems
Diamond Aircraft introduced two new versions of its DA40 DiamondStar at this month’s AOPA Expo: the DA40 XLS, its top of the line, loaded model with a new “platinum” interior; and the DA40 CS, a four-place, constant speed version that can be customize with a range of options to tailor it to individual needs.
Student pilot wins Sporty’s sweepstakes plane
Otto Sorg of Dexter, Michigan, is the winner of Sporty’s 2007 Sweepstakes Aircraft, a Cessna Skyhawk SP equipped with a Garmin G1000 glass cockpit. Sorg, a software analyst, took delivery of his airplane in late September, accompanied by his wife, Linda, and his flight instructor, Theresa Whiting. Sorg’s interest in airplanes developed as a paratrooper […]