Registration for Build A Plane’s annual Teachers’ Day is now open online. This free event brings teachers together from across the nation to examine ways of using aviation to motivate kids to learn science, math, engineering and technology and is held each year on the show grounds during the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture. Dick Rutan, pilot […]
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Commercial drone rules should be in place by this time next year
Commercial drone operations could take flight on a large scale by this time next year, according to a Reuters report. FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Whitaker told a Congressional committee the agency expects to finalize its regulations within the next 12 months. Previous forecasts had anticipated rules by the end of 2016 or the beginning of […]
MRKT Aviation Fuel open for business in Havre
HAVRE, Mont. – You are retired from a 50-year career as a farmer and aerial applicator. What next? If you are Roger Lincoln, you and your wife Mable go into partnership with friends Tony and Katherine Dolphay and open MRKT Aviation Fuel on the Havre City/County Airport (KHVR) in Montana. Truth be told, MRKT Aviation […]
Avionics sales top $587 million in first quarter
The Aircraft Electronics Association’s first-quarter 2015 Avionics Market Report shows that business and general aviation avionics sales topped $587 million in the first three quarters of the year. That’s a 9.9% drop in sales compared to the first-quarter of 2014, when sales were more than $651 million. This year’s first-quarter sales are more in line with the first-quarter sales […]
SC governor signs GA tax relief bill
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has signed a bill that removes a 6% sales tax on maintenance performed on general aviation aircraft. Haley signed amended House Bill 3568 on June 15, and the tax exemption will take effect on Jan. 1, 2016. South Carolina is home to 37 certified repair stations, but many of those […]
NTSB slates safety seminar on accidents during flight training
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Did you know that an aspiring pilot is less likely to have an accident while training than after earning a pilot certificate? Nevertheless, officials with the National Transportation Safety Board say they’ve developed an understanding of when and how training accidents are likely to occur, both through its own investigations and through industry […]
Gary Air Show prepares for takeoff
GARY, Indiana — The Gary Air Show returns to the city July 11-12 at the city’s Marquette Park. “To have the air show back in Gary is a huge deal for us,” said Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson. “It will definitely be a tourist attraction but more important, an economic shot in the arm for the city […]
FBO reopens after runway restoration at 36U
HEBER CITY, Utah — OK3 AIR, the FBO at Heber City Municipal Airport-Russ McDonald Field (36U), has reopened for daylight operations after the first phase of a runway and apron refurbishment was completed. Construction still continues on the field lighting electrical system, FBO officials note. The project consisted of three separate phases. The first phase involved […]
Video: Sky Combat Ace takes flight in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — Las Vegas-based Sky Combat Ace will open its second location in San Diego July 1, taking off from Gillespie Field with its aerobatic and aerial combat experiences. Customers can choose to fly either an Extra 330LC aerobatic stunt plane capable of pulling +/- 10 G’s; or a Waco Classic open cockpit biplane. Guided by an […]