It was 16 years ago when Ray and Celeste Shefland, along with some pilots at Nary National-Shefland Field Airport in Nary, Minn., had the first Tree of Hope toy collection. Since then, pilots have collected thousands of toys for hospitalized children in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. Those pilots hope to spread their annual holiday […]
Unison begins upgrade and exchange programs
Unison Industries has begun new starter-generator upgrade and exchange programs. Aircraft owners who currently have a non-Unison starter-generator can buy a new upgraded starter-generator from Unison at 43% or more off market price. They just send in their old starter-generators, repairable or not, in “as removed” condition, and Unison’s distributors will send them a new […]
Thunderbirds to perfrom at 2007 Gathering of Mustangs and Legends
The USAF Thunderbird team will perform at The Gathering of Mustangs and Legends — “The Final Round Up,” slated for next Sept. 27-30 in Columbus, Ohio. The event, which will be held at Rickenbacker International Airport, will bring together more than 100 restored P-51 Mustangs. Of the more than 15,000 Mustangs produced, approximately 150 remain […]
Santa presents new FBO to Banyan at FXE
Santa recently joined Don Campion, president of Banyan Air Services, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of Banyan’s new 26,000-square-foot FBO terminal building at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in Florida. The two-story Key West-style FBO offers a much larger ramp, a 2,800-square-foot customer lobby complete with an 800-gallon salt-water aquarium, 30-foot palm trees, […]
Corporate Angel Network’s co-founder dies
Leonard M. Greene, co-founder with Pat Blum and Jay Weinberg of the Corporate Angel Network in 1981, died Nov. 30. He was 88. Corporate Angel Network is a non-profit organization that provides free air transportation for cancer patients, utilizing empty seats on corporate and fractional aircraft. It is ironic that Greene’s death was caused by […]
Taylorcraft gets another chance
Christmas came early for Taylorcraft Aviation LCC when city officials in Brownsville, Texas, decided Nov. 28 not to evict the company from its rental space at the Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport. City officials started eviction proceedings in late September because Taylorcraft owed more than $108,000 in back rent and utility bills. Originally the city […]
US Sport Aviation Expo slated for Jan 11-14
U.S. Sport Aviation Expo is slated for Jan. 11-14 in Sebring, Florida. The show, known throughout the industry as the premiere Sport Pilot and Light Sport Aircraft show, will feature 80 exhibitors.
New interpretation of “known icing conditions” by FAA could ground GA aircraft during the winter
A new interpretation by the FAA of “known icing conditions” could ground GA aircraft during the winter, alphabet groups warn. The new interpretation says that “high relative humidity” constitutes known icing conditions, so pilots in high relative humidity conditions when the temperature is near or below freezing must fly an aircraft with deicing equipment. The […]
Cirrus sells record 529 planes in 3rd quqrter
Cirrus Design Corp. continues to report good news. The company sold a record 529 planes in its third quarter. The company credits the creation of a worldwide sales network for the jump in sales. International orders accounted for 24% of all business through October, up from 5% in 2002.