Based in Heber City, Utah, Elemental Aviation will be responsible for sales, service support and training for Pipistrel’s ultralight, light sport and type certified aircraft in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Arizona, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico.
Briefings
Upset prevention and recovery training summit features general aviation track
“This summit is for passionate aviators, professional pilots, flight instructors, and safety advocates around the world,” said APS Executive Vice President Randy Brooks. “We hope the event will reshape the way we approach operational risk management in aviation.”
Jet Aviation opens new hangar at KBZN
Jet Aviation has completed construction of a new 40,000-square-foot hangar at its FBO at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (KBZN) in Montana, bringing the FBO’s total hangar capacity to 300,000-plus square feet.
New A&P school to open in November at KADS
The new maintenance school will offer an FAA-approved 12-month program to take students from “no experience to a certified A&P ready to work,” according to company officials.
Volunteers work to improve 100-year-old grass airstrip
A group of 25 volunteers gathered in late July 2023 to make improvements to Waterbury Airport (N41) in Connecticut, according to officials with the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF).
Warm weather IFR planning with ForeFlight
“Warm Weather IFR Planning with ForeFlight offers insightful tips to help identify weather that could interrupt our flight by looking at various tools readily available during the planning process,” said ASI Senior Director Paul Deres. “For example, selecting the IFR flight category overlay in ForeFlight gives us a birds-eye view of current weather across the region and helps us anticipate conditions we can expect for our flight.”
Museum of Flight artist-in-residence creates sculptures with aircraft structures
Salmon’s artwork blends aircraft structures with traditional woodcraft techniques that have been used in England and the Northeast, according to museum officials.
Freedom Aviation Network partners with Homeland Security to combat human trafficking
Freedom Aviation Network uses volunteer general aviation pilots to provide transportation to survivors of human trafficking and their advocates.
Sisters of the Skies win 2023 Clifford Henderson Award
“The growth of aviation as an industry and as a career is threatened by the lack of a broad pipeline for talent,” said NAA President and CEO Greg Principato. “Sisters of the Skies makes an incredible contribution to solving that problem. They are building the future of aviation. It is exactly this kind of passion and commitment that we seek to honor with the Clifford Henderson Trophy, and it will be an honor to present the 2023 award to Sisters of the Skies.”