ZIONSVILLE, Indiana — Eagle Creek Aviation Services has struck a deal to buy Montgomery Aviation. The deal includes the FBO and maintenance facility at Indianapolis Executive Airport (TYQ), the FBO at the Frankfort/Clinton County Airport (FKR), and the FBO at the Grissom Aeroplex. “Montgomery Aviation has a long history of providing customer service over the last […]
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Testimony begins on Wright brothers bill
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Testimony began March 24 in favor of an Ohio bill that would repudiate the claim that Gustave Whitehead flew a powered airplane in Connecticut two years before Ohio’s Wright brothers flew in North Carolina. National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) Executive Director Tony Sculimbrene testified in a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing in […]
Solar-electric RPA goes into production
DENVER – Silent Falcon UAS Technologies (SFUAS), a former subsidiary of Bye Aerospace, has begun initial production of the Silent Falcon remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) to fill its first commercial orders. “Silent Falcon is the first solar-electric aircraft to enter commercial production,” noted John Brown, president of SFUAS. The patent-pending Silent Falcon is a solar-electric, all composite, modular small […]
Bun Air adds Part 145 certificate
Bun Air Avionics is now a Part 145 repair station. Based in Bedford, Penn., Bun Air Avionics is located on Bedford County Airport (KHMZ). “The avionics certificate allows Bun Air to expand our services from primarily airframe and engine services to include installation and testing of communications, navigation and flight management systems in airplanes and helicopters,” […]
Aircraft maintenance rating tool now free
Asset Insight now offers its Baseline Maintenance Rating tool free of charge online. Individuals interested in buying or selling an aircraft will find this to be a useful tool, allowing them to evaluate and compare airplanes based on an aircraft’s most significant financial “wild card” – its maintenance condition, according to company officials. The Baseline Maintenance Rating […]
Doolittle Toyko Raiders to receive Congressional Gold Medal
The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders will be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal on April 15 by leaders of the U.S. House and Senate. The medal, the highest civilian honor the United States Congress can bestow, will be presented to the National Museum of the United States Air Force by Raider, Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” E. Cole, […]
Tecnam twin tapped for NASA project
NASA has selected the Tecnam P2006T twin as the airframe on which it will evaluate the potential of LEAPtech (Leading Edge Asynchronous Technology), with the aim of developing safer, more energy efficient, lower operating cost and greener general aviation aircraft. LEAPTech is a key element of NASA’s plan to help a significant portion of the […]
10,000th plane equipped with ADS-B
The FAA recently reported that Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment is now on board 10,000 aircraft flying in the United States. The FAA made the announcement at a recent Equip 2020 working group meeting that the milestone was reached in late February. The Equip 2020 working group was established by FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Whitaker in October […]
Amazon gets RPA experimental airworthiness certificate
The FAA issued an experimental airworthiness certificate March 19 to an Amazon Logistics remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) design that the company will use for research and development and crew training. The FAA typically issues experimental certificates to manufacturers and technology developers to operate an RPA that does not have a type certificate. Under the provisions of […]