The NTSB has ruled the crash that killed air show performer Eric Beard was caused by pilot error. Beard, 47, died Jan. 6, 2006, while executing the NDB approach at Skagit-Bayview Regional Airport (BVS) in Burlington, Wash. Beard, an ATP, was flying a Seneca for Airpac Airlines, Inc., a cargo company based in Seattle. He […]
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University expanding and restructuring
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is undertaking a major expansion and restructuring of its global educational activities through its Worldwide Campus, formerly known as the Extended Campus. Embry-Riddle Worldwide, with more than 45,000 alumni, is one of the largest off-campus colleges in the U.S. Initial targets for new students are China, Brazil, Spain, Ireland, Canada, and the […]
Avemco Safety Rewards Program enhanced
Avemco Insurance Co. has teamed with Cessna to expand the insurance company’s Safety Rewards Program. Students who enroll at a Cessna Pilot Center will qualify for a 5% flight training premium credit. Once they receive their private pilot certificates, students will be eligible for another year of 5% savings on their Avemco policy premiums. Completing […]
FAA Washington Center now Wash Center
FAA Washington Center has issued a Letter to Airmen, titled “Facility Identification and Radio/Interphone Message Format,” modifying the facility’s identification to “Wash Center” instead of “Washington Center.” The change is an attempt to reduce “excess verbiage” and expedite traffic, FAA officials say.
Op Technologies avionics package selected for Javelin Jet
Aviation Technology Group (ATG) has selected the Op Technologies avionics package for its Javelin jet. The avionics package includes an Integrated Display System (IDS) that consists of three units in both the forward and aft cockpits, which function as a primary flight display (PFD), a multifunction display (MFD) and an engine instrument and crew alerting […]
Aero Club gives GA pilots access to fleet of Columbia 350s
Erik Lindbergh, a grandson of Charles Lindbergh who recreated his historic trans-Atlantic flight, has launched a new venture called iFly, an aero club that gives GA pilots access to a fleet of Columbia 350s. The company will begin at six Southern California airports: Van Nuys (VNY), Santa Monica (SMO), Torrance (TOA), Long Beach (LGB), Orange […]
First American aircraft company takes advantage of Canadian Center for Aircraft Certification
Aircraft Investor Resources (AIR), manufacturer of the Epic LT turboprop, will build a 100,000-square-foot facility at Springbank Airport in Calgary, Alberta, making it the first American aircraft company to take advantage of the new Canadian Center for Aircraft Certification (CCAC) instead of the traditional certification process in the United States. Moving the company’s entire certified […]
Dayton Skies harken back to bygone days
Only flight of Santos-Dumont’s Demoiselle replica slated for the end of this month A replica of the world’s first mass-produced airplane – the Wright brothers’ 1911 Flyer – will share the skies with a replica of Brazilian inventor Alberto Santos-Dumont’s Demoiselle, along with other early-era replicas, Sept. 30 at the Wright Brothers Airport, just south […]
The Buzzzzzzzzz
“Air transportation is the preferred choice for business and industry decision makers in the 21st century economy. Our economic development will benefit greatly from accessible rural airports throughout Georgia.” — Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, on a new initiative to upgrade many of the state’s GA airports. ” My intent is to bring back to aviation […]