Quest Aircraft Company‘s parent company, Setouchi Holdings, has signed an agreement with Mitsui & Co. to acquire an equity stake in Quest. The agreement,finalized in Japan Jan. 13, “will help us further expand Quest’s market globally for the KODIAK by utilizing the relationships that Mitsui has developed,” said Sam Hill, CEO of Quest Aircraft. “They, like […]
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ForeFlight acquires JetFuelX
ForeFlight has acquired JetFuelX, a free web-based fuel card management service that makes it easy for owners of turbine aircraft to save money by finding the lowest prices available from their multiple jet fuel discount program memberships. “The JetFuelX platform is the first of its kind and allows our customers to make timely and cost-effective planning and […]
Fourth building at Air Force museum to open in June
DAYTON, Ohio – The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s new $40.8 million fourth building, which will include aircraft such as SAM 26000 (Air Force One) and the only remaining XB-70 Valkyrie, will open to the public on June 8, 2016. The 224,000-square-foot building, which was privately financed by the Air Force Museum Foundation, […]
Legacy Flight Training moves to new location at Piper HQ
Legacy Flight Training has moved its Vero Beach, Florida, base of operations to a new training facility on-site at the Piper Aircraft headquarters. The new training facility houses the existing Meridian and Mirage/Matrix simulators and offers space for additional simulators in the future, company officials note. The new location at Vero Beach Municipal Airport (KVRB) also […]
NTSB unveils Most Wanted List
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board unveiled its 2016 Most Wanted List of transportation safety improvements Jan. 13, calling it a “road map from lessons learned to lives saved.” The list focuses on 10 broad safety improvements on which the NTSB has made recommendations that have not yet been implemented. One of those […]
Daher delivers 55 TBM 900s in 2015
Daher reports it delivered 55 TBM 900s in 2015 – a 10% increase compared to 2014, and the second best year since the first TBM single-engine very fast turboprop aircraft was delivered to a customer in 1991. The 2015 geographic distribution reflected global economic trends last year, as TBM 900 deliveries were led by the United States – […]
Art and Science of Flying coming to Boise Airport
A new program that ties together STEM education and airports, “The Art and Science of Flying Ground School,” will be held April 23 at Jackson Jet Center in Boise. Developed by pilots and Master Instructors Linda Castner and Rich Stowell, the workshop, which runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., weaves history, biology, and technology into […]
CubCrafters adds emergency aircraft parachutes
YAKIMA, Wash. — CubCrafters has introduced new emergency parachute systems for the company’s line of backcountry tailwheel airplanes. The systems were developed in conjunction with BRS Aerospace. The BRS parachute systems are offered on CubCrafters’ production Carbon Cub SS aircraft, as well as the company’s Carbon Cub FX Builder Assist model and its EX-2 kit. Systems are also available […]
Sporty’s Foundation gives grant to Girls in Aviation Day
Women in Aviation International has received a $3,200 grant from The Sporty’s Foundation, which will be used to buy instructional sectional charts to use as a hands-on teaching activity for girls ages 8 to 16 for this year’s Girls in Aviation Day, slated for Sept. 24. “Sporty’s has been a sponsor of Girls in Aviation Day since its […]