FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Fort Wayne Aero Center opened for business Jan. 1, with a new facility for the new year. “We’ve been waiting a long time for this day,” said Jeff Van Slyke, FBO general manager for Fort Wayne Aero Center at Fort Wayne International Airport (KFWA). The newly-constructed 12,000-square-foot facility boasts floor-to-ceiling color-tinted windows […]
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Overhaul Bids makes pricing public
What does an average engine overhaul cost? Now you can see actual numbers from projects that have gone through OverhaulBids.com. Continental Overhauls Lycoming Overhauls Pratt & Whitney Overhauls Alan Depauw, Overhaul Bids founder, said jokingly, “Don’t ask me how long it took to do this. I’d rather forget.” “We already have a complete directory of […]
Epic E1000 takes flight
BEND, Ore. – Epic Aircraft achieved a milestone in its E1000 certification program in late December, with the successful maiden flight of its first conforming flight test article, code named FT1. The company remains on track to achieve Type Certificate and begin customer deliveries in 2016, according to company officials. The Epic E1000 prototype took its […]
Museum launches virtual tour
The San Diego Air & Space Museum has launched its BEAM Virtual Tour Program, which enables both school groups and people who are physically unable to visit the museum to take tours through the use of a computer and Internet connection. Virtual visitors can see museum exhibits in real-time with an interactive tool that moves, sees, […]
NASA launches competition for airspace redesign
NASA has launched a new competition for the redesign of our national airspace. Sky for All: Air Mobility for 2035 and Beyond is a $15,000 challenge to develop ideas for technologies that could be part of a clean-slate design and concept of operations for the airspace of the future. The challenge is open now. Deadline for submissions […]
GA airports included in FAA’s Runway Incursion Mitigation Inventory
Several popular general aviation airports, as well as a number of other airfields across the country, may participate in a new FAA program that will provide funding for the mitigation of runway incursions at facilities that have complex or potentially confusing runway-taxiway geometry, according to a report from the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). In […]
AWOS to be installed at S52
A new weather reporting system will be installed at Methow Valley State Airport (S52) in Washington state in February. The Washington State Department of Transportation will purchase and operate the weather reporting system, also known as an Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS), for use at the airport in Winthrop and neighboring airports. Once activated, the AWOS will […]
NATA celebrates 75 years
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) celebrated its 75th year as the voice of aviation business Dec. 28. As a response to military efforts in 1940 to ground all private flying in America for the duration of World War II, activists moved to prevent the cessation of general aviation activity — in the process […]
First flight: Mooney M10
Mooney International Corp. has successfully completed the first flight of the M10T Proof of Concept (POC) aircraft. The first flight was performed by test pilot Len Fox on Wednesday, Dec. 23, in the vicinity of the Chino Airport in California. The flight lasted approximately 15 minutes, with Fox conducting basic flight maneuvers and verifying design data. […]