The Wings of Eagles Discovery Center of Elmira, N.Y., has sold its B-17 “Fuddy Duddy.” The new owner is Martin Aviation, an aviation maintenance company based at John Wayne Airport in Orange, Calif. While details of the sale were not disclosed, museum officials said they were able to retire more than $3 million in debt […]
Excel-Ket to set up shop in Oklahoma
The new year will see Excel-Jet Ltd. relocating from Colorado to the Oklahoma City suburb of Guthrie. The company manufactures the single-engine Sport-Jet. Excel-Jet will set up shop in a 10,000-square-foot hangar at Guthrie/Edmond Municipal Airport (KGOK) in the next 90 to 120 days. It is estimated that when it is operational the facility could […]
Potomac reopens
Potomac Airfield (VKX) near Washington, D.C., has reopened. The Transportation Security Administration closed the airport in November, claiming Airport Manager David Wartofsky was not following TSA-approved security procedures established in 2002 for the three airports in the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). Wartofsky countered the measures that were used at Potomac went beyond the scope […]
StingSport carries airbags
SportairUSA’s StingSport now sports airbags. The LSA, which already features a Ballistic Recovery parachute system, now includes AmSafe Aviation Inflatable Restraints (AAIR).
Eclipse 500 certification slips
Certification of the Eclipse 500, scheduled for March, has been delayed until “late in the second quarter” due to what CEO Vern Raburn described as “supplier delays.” While no supplier was named, earlier discussions indicated that a key avionics source had fallen behind its planned production schedule.
Cessna’s Mustang heats up VLJ race
Cessna Aircraft Co. received a Type Inspection Authorization (TIA) in December from the FAA for its Citation Mustang, a significant step toward certification and first customer delivery in late 2006. TIA signals the FAA’s approval for the Mustang prototype to begin accumulating flight hours that will apply toward official certification.”Our goal for achieving TIA was […]
Modern aviation to protect Great Wall
For the first time in history, a helicopter will be used to monitor the Great Wall of China. The helicopter will be used to take photos and videos of the 4,000-mile wall. A database will be created from the images so future inspections can be done by air to look for changes. Members of the […]
Legends race to Cleveland
The Society of Air Racing Historians is gearing up to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the post-World War II National Air Races. The society’s 22nd Annual International Symposium of Air Racing History is slated for May 5-7 in Brook Park, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, where the races were held from 1946-1949. “The society has […]
A debt of gratitude
To me, all airplane restoration projects are astounding. The artisans and craftsman and those who are “self taught” accomplish great works of art. However, reading the story and looking at the pictures of before, and almost completed after, of the Halifax Bomber restoration, in my opinion, makes it akin to a miracle (Work continues to bring […]