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 […]
Aviation Benefits Everyone
The next time you hear someone disparage aviation, point out that everyone depends on it. Don’t believe that? Think about it. The food we eat now comes from all over the world. Delicate fruits and vegetables don’t arrive by slow boat; they are flown in, fresh daily, from places such as Chile, the Netherlands, Israel, […]
Boeing slates historical building for demolition
The Boeing Airplane Co. is planning to tear down a significant piece of airplane history. The Plant 2 building on East Marginal Way South in Seattle is slated for demolition soon. This is the factory that employed 30,000 Seattle people at the peak of World War II, turning out B-17 Flying Fortresses at the rate of several […]