CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – Dennis and Barb Crowley’s Just Aircraft Escapade won “Grand Champion” and “Custom Built Best Tube and Fabric” at this year’s Copperstate Fly-In at Casa Grande Airport. “The Crowleys covered and painted their Escapade using Stewart Systems non-hazardous waterborne system,” said Stewart Systems’ Marjie Stewart. In addition to covering the Grand Champion, […]
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Air Tractor unveils new airframe and engine warranty
At the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) Convention this week in Reno, Nevada, Air Tractor President Jim Hirsch announced a new airframe and engine warranty policy to celebrate the company’s 40th anniversary and to mark 50 years of Pratt & Whitney’s PT6A engine. The new Air Tractor airframe warranty is a full warranty on the […]
Piper delivers new Arrow to Liberty University
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Piper Aircraft has delivered a new Piper Arrow pilot training aircraft to Liberty University School of Aeronautics. The new single-engine trainer joins a growing fleet of teaching aircraft including other Piper Arrows, Piper Seminoles and Cessna 172s. The recent delivery is part of a long-term agreement between Piper and the Lynchburg, […]
First flights for Bearhawks in New Zealand, Australia
Bearhawk Aircraft reports the first flights of its aircraft in New Zealand and Australia. In Wellington, New Zealand, Jonathan Battson completed and flew the first four-place Bearhawk to fly in New Zealand (pictured above). Featuring a 260-hp Lycoming 540, Jonathan and his partner Nick are seeing cruise TAS above 140 kts at altitude, company officials […]
Zenith CH750 flies with Rotax 912iS
A STOL CH750 has become the first Zenith kit aircraft in North America to fly with the new Rotax 912iS engine. The flight was the result of a collaborative effort involving Zenith Aircraft Co., which supplied the aircraft kit, Rotech Research Canada, Ltd., which installed the engine, and Skytek Aircraft Services, which assembled the airframe. […]
Carter Aviation holds first public flight demonstration
WICHITA FALLS, Texas — For the first time, officials with Carter Aviation Technologies recently left their flight test center at Olney Airport and flew cross country to a welcoming crowd of hundreds at Kickapoo Airport in Wichita Falls, Texas. “This is the first time we have left Olney and the first time we’ve conducted a […]
DiamondShare program expands
DiamondShare has expanded to three new locations, Republic Field (KFGR), Farmingdale N.Y.; Essex County Airport (KCDW), Caldwell N.J.; and at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport (KRDU), Raleigh N.C. Each location has New Diamond DA40 XLT models that feature G1000 flight decks with Synthetic Vision and digital autopilots with WAAS approach. The four-place airplanes cruise at 170 […]
Flight Design airframe donated to college
Stanton Sport Aviation, a regional distributor for Flight Design in Minneapolis/St. Paul, recently donated a light-sport airframe to Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC). “The donated Flight Design airframe was manufactured using the latest composite materials, such as fiberglass and carbon graphite, which will give composite students hands-on experience working on a real aircraft,” said Ron […]
Video chronicles Build A Plane contest
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association just released a 5-minute video on its Build A Plane STEM competition this summer — eight high school students building two airplanes in two weeks. It follows the competition from the announcement of the winners to first flight and beyond..