CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J. — The Total Healthcare Program for Honeywell TFE731 powerplants, recently launched by Jet-Care and its sister company Spectro, is being extended to cover the most popular engines from Pratt & Whitney Canada and Williams International. “Business jet operators have been asking for a comprehensive engine condition monitoring service for a long time […]
Forecast calls for $106.7 billion in bizjets in next eight years
FAIRFAX, Va. — A total of 7,417 business aircraft valued at $106.7 billion will be produced between 2005-2014. That’s the prediction from the Teal Group in its 15th annual world business aircraft production forecast. This compares to the 14th annual forecast, which called for 6,413 business jets worth $91.7 billion to be produced in 2004-2013. […]
Russians enter LSA market with Sigma
Designers at the VVV-Avia factory in Samara, Russia, are completing the necessary paperwork to introduce the Sigma Aircraft as the newest entry in the Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) market. The airplane will be introduced to the U.S. during EAA AirVenture in July. According to its designers, the Sigma represents a conscious move to break with […]
Aviation legend Mama Bird Johnson honored
“To Mama Bird, With Love” was the title of a tribute to Evelyn Bryan Johnson when more than 400 people got together on May 26 to honor the 95-year-old aviatrix. Johnson became “Mama Bird” early in her long career as a flight instructor. Her students – now more than 9,000 and counting – called her […]
How much horsepower for women?
How much horsepower should a woman be allowed to have? This was a serious question in 1929 when 20 female pilots made history by entering a transcontinental air race from Santa Monica, Calif., to Cleveland, Ohio. This was the first time women were allowed to compete in the air, albeit with the restriction that their […]
1941 Historical Aircraft Group hosts 26th annual air show
The 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum at Geneseo Airport in New York presents its 26th consecutive air show July 8-10. The show has grown from a chance stopover show of the Canadian Warplane Heritage and a handful of spectators in 1980 to more than 100 warbirds, antique, classic and experimental aircraft and 15,000 attendees in […]
Mollett Early Spaceflight Gallery opens June 18
The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center’s newest gallery, the Mollett Early Spaceflight Gallery, opens to the public June 18. The Hutchinson, Kan., museum’s newest gallery showcases manned space exploration efforts that began in 1959, including the flown Gemini X spacecraft, a flown Russian Vostok, as well as space suits used in the Mercury, Gemini, Vostok […]
Australia says “Good day mate” to Lancair
The worldwide reach of Lancair’s Columbia 350 and 400 has grown even more, with Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority granting a Type Acceptance Certificate for both models. The 350 and 400 also are available in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Four Winds adds airbags
Four Winds Aircraft has become the latest company to add airbags to its airplanes. The company just signed a deal with AmSafe Aviation of Phoenix to provide inflatable restraints as options on its FX-210 and FX-250T models. Certification of the AmSafe Aviation Inflatable Restraints is expected later this year. The restraints, which are built into […]