Each year the Wolf Aviation Fund provides funding for projects that “promote and support general aviation,” including aviation education, public service work, airport outreach and research. Deadline for this year’s proposals is Nov. 15. Projects must fit into the foundation’s seven major program areas, which are: developing public policy and airports; networking and mutual support; […]
New school tapped to train air traffic controllers
The FAA has tapped nine additional colleges and universities to train students to be air traffic controllers. There are now 23 schools chosen by the FAA to participate in the Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) program. The CTI program is part of a broader effort by the agency to recruit, train and hire controllers […]
CubCrafters pays for tailwheel endorsement
As part of a new advertising campaign, CubCrafters officials said the company will credit the cost of a tailwheel endorsement toward the purchase of a new Sport Cub S2 or Top Cub. Dubbed “Only in a Taildragger,” the campaign runs until the end of January 2008. Training may be performed in either the customer’s new […]
Eclipse 500 breaks Cessna Mustang speed record
Eclipse Aviation officials are crowing that one of the company’s Eclipse 500 VLJs set a New York-Atlanta speed record for its class on Oct. 7 – beating by nearly 28 minutes the record set only two weeks earlier by a Cessna Mustang. Furthermore, the Eclipse did it on 25% less fuel than the Mustang: 987 […]
FAA exceeds its goal for GA safety
The number of fatal general aviation accidents has declined by 5% this fiscal year, according to the FAA. The FAA’s goal was to have no more than 331 fatal general aviation accidents during the 12 months ending Sept. 30. The actual number was 314. Fatalities also declined, from 676 in fiscal 2006 to 564 in […]
Congress demands 90-day reports on FSS
The many problems pilots have had with the new Lockheed Martin Flight Service Stations have led Congress to ask for progress reports. In a letter to Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.), chairman of the House aviation subcommittee, has asked the Department of Transportation to submit a progress report every 90 days […]
First Angel Flight mission flown in Eclipse 500
The first Angel Flight in an Eclipse 500 was recently completed. Arranged by Angel Flight West, the mission was to fly a patient from El Monte, Calif., back to her home near Chico. Flown in a newly delivered Eclipse 500, the flight was completed in an hour and 20 minutes. The mission was piloted by […]
Evergreen Museum honors five
The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum recently inducted five more honorees into the Oregon Aviation Hall of Honor: General Staryl C. Austin, Jr., Colonel Lawrence E. Campbell. Jr., Colonel James Church, Major General Chester E. McCarty and Nevilles E. “Jim” Walker.
Wings Club donates $50,000 to CAN
The Wings Club recently donated $50,000 to Corporate Angel Network, the national public charity that arranges free flights to treatment for cancer patients by using empty seats on business aircraft. The donation is in recognition of CAN’s 25 years of service, according to John Slattery, president of the Wings Club.