WASHINGTON, D.C. — Students Bryant Castro, Kodee Scott, Michael Gomez and Amber McCutcheon along with teacher Sabrina Laurent — the winners of the GAMA/Build A Plane 2017 Aviation Design Challenge — will spend the next two weeks building a Glasair Sportsman airplane at Glasair Aviation in Arlington, Washington, as their prize. The team from Olney High School in […]
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West Virginia University, FlightSafety launch Aviation Management program
BECKLEY, West Virginia — The West Virginia University Institute of Technology and FlightSafety International will launch the first class of their joint Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management degree program in August 2017. The new degree leverages strengths from both institutions, according to officials. Students will take WVU Techʼs business, management, aviation, and general education classes online, while […]
Engine Management 101 published
Superior Air Parts has published “Engine Management 101” written by its vice president of product support, Bill Ross. “This year Superior Air Parts is celebrating 50 years of producing FAA-approved PMA parts that help make flying more affordable,” said Scott Hayes, vice president of sales and marketing. “What better way to highlight our commitment than to capture all […]
Airforms wins EASA approval for high strength bolts and hardware on C208 wheels
WASILLA, Alaska — Airforms has received EASA approval for a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) that allows the replacement of standard AN5 wheel bolts and hardware on Caravan main wheels with high strength Mil-Spec bolts and hardware. “We have received numerous requests for assistance from Caravan operators that have experienced problems with wheel fretting caused by hardware […]
Bird dents 172
According to the student pilot, while flying en route to his home airport, the Cessna 172 sustained a bird strike to the right wing. He reported that he checked the flight controls and engine performance, and made the decision to continue the flight to his destination in Upperville, Virginia. He added that during the approach he noticed that […]
Future pilot on the move
Megan Vande Voort sent us this photo of her son riding his tricycle at Pella Municipal Airport (KPEA) in Iowa.
A pair of Patrols
For 23 years now, Donna Svoboda and Dennis Reynolds have traveled the country together, in different airplanes. She in her Citabria, him in his Pacer. No longer. Sort of. After nearly four years of building, Donna and Dennis now fly the skies in their matching — but different — Bearhawk Patrols. Delivery of their kits was in February 2013 […]
Second FBO in the works for Jackson Hole Airport
Aviation International News is reporting that Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Airport (KJAC) might soon get a second FBO. According to the report, the airport’s governing board authorized issuing a request for proposal (RFP) for another FBO. Currently, the airport has just one FBO: Jackson Hole Aviation. “The FAA has pretty distinct criteria for airports to consider in determining whether […]
New scholarships from JSfirm.com
Two new JSfirm.com scholarships are now being offered to students at the Aerospace Center for Excellence on the SUN ‘n FUN campus at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. One will go to a student pursuing an Airframe and Powerplant maintenance certificate and one for a student pursuing an engineering degree. “At the Aerospace Center for Excellence, we are […]