Featuring more than 75 hours of avionics technical training courses and an exhibit hall with new avionics technologies coming to market in 2013, the 56th annual Aircraft Electronics Association International Convention & Trade Show will convene in Las Vegas, March 25-28, 2013, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Convention Center. The AEA International Convention & […]
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IMC chapter to take off at DHN
IMC Club International will open its newest national chapter in Dothan, Alabama next week. Pilots will gather at Aero One Aviation at Dothan Regional Airport (DHN) on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 9 a.m. for the official inaugural meeting of the new chapter. At the meeting, prospective members will have the opportunity to interact with IMC […]
EAA Holiday Auction under way
Each year, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) hosts its Spirit of the Holidays online auction, with this year’s auction already under way. This year 52 items are up for auction, ranging from B-17 or Ford Tri-Motor type ratings — with the value designated as “priceless” — a special once-in-a-lifetime AirVenture VIP package, which includes weekly […]
Aviation resources for K-12 teachers now online
The Society of Aviation & Flight Educators (SAFE) recently expanded its online Resource Center. In addition to content tailored to flight, ground, avionics, and maintenance technology instructors, new material has been added specifically for K-12 teachers and educators involved in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines. Although most of the content in the Resource […]
December Flyline available
The December 2012 issue of The Flyline (the newsletter for the Idaho Aviation Association) is available for download.
Couldn’t make it to NBAA? See every aircraft that was on display
For the first time ever, the Online News Bureau of NBAA’s Annual Meeting & Convention includes a photo gallery featuring every aircraft displayed at the show, which this year was held from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 in Orlando, Fla. The 2012 static displays featured some of the world’s leading business aircraft. Light business airplanes […]
Pioneering aircraft designer featured speaker at EAA’s Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet
OSHKOSH, Wis. — Aircraft design pioneer Frank Christensen, who advanced kit-built aircraft with his Eagle aerobatic airplane, will be the featured speaker at EAA’s annual Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet on Friday, Dec. 14, at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh. The annual EAA gala commemorates the anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first successful powered flight […]
Everything you always wanted to know about starting a flying club…
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Center to Advance the Pilot Community (CAPComm) held the first of a planned monthly series of webinars Nov. 14. The webinar, with 631 registrants, covered what people need to start their own flying club. Webinar speakers were Adam Smith, senior vice president of the Center to Advance the Pilot […]
CALPILOTS Nov./Dec. newsletter online
The November/December 2012 edition of the California Pilots Association newsletter is online and can be downloaded here.