LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Chris Kunze, who managed the administration and operations of the Long Beach Airport (LGB) for nearly three decades, has been honored by the Southwest Chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives (SWAAAE) with the Wanamaker Award for his aviation industry leadership. Presented in the memory of Robert Wanamaker, a prominent […]
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Florida Tech launches online aviation management degree
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Tech is introducing a Bachelor of Arts in Aviation Management offered 100% online. Students earning this degree gain career-specific aviation and management knowledge delivered using University Alliance’s video-based e-learning environment. Florida Tech is one of only six universities designated a core partner in the FAA’s Center of Excellence Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, […]
Wheels Up celebrates first anniversary
NEW YORK, NY – Private aviation company Wheels Up is celebrating its first year of operations this August. In 12 months, Wheels Up has signed up 575 members, taken delivery of 25 aircraft in its private fleet, and has established strategic alliances with Beechcraft, Cessna, Jet Aviation, JetSuite, HeliFlite, and VistaJet. With the positive response to […]
Genesys Aerosystems surpasses 1,500 autopilot certifications
MINERAL WELLS, Texas — Genesys Aerosystems reports it has surpassed 1,500 FAA and international Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for its S-TEC line of autopilot systems, covering nearly every make and model of general aviation airplanes and helicopters and about half of all US autopilot certifications issued. With more than 1,040 certifications issued for its autopilot systems […]
Avflight opens FBO in popular Michigan tourism destination
FBO chain Avflight Corporation has opened for business at Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, Michigan. Operating out of the airport’s General Aviation Terminal, Avflight offers an array of Avfuel fueling products and services, including the jet fuel savings program Avfuel Contract Fuel and AVTRIP rewards. “Avflight immediately recognized the opportunity to add value for customers […]
Latest edition of World Directory of Light Aviation now available
Now available is the 268-page World Directory of Light Aviation 2014/2015 (WDLA), which includes images, descriptions and technical data on more than 1,000 aircraft, including ultralights, microlights, LSA, gyrocopter, certified aircraft, kitplanes, trikes, ultralight and certified gliders and motor-gliders, instruments, engines, propellers, accessories, and more. It also includes addresses of manufacturers, importers, associations, schools and much more. The WDLA […]
Bounced landing for Tri-Pacer
Aircraft: Piper Tri-Pacer. Injuries: None. Location: Napa, Calif. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The airplane touched down in a slight crab, bounced and went off the runway. No pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations were found during the investigation. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing […]
Transitions and trade-offs
Go with me on this. It’s a good story. Annie was a 15-year-old mutt who came to us through the local pound. She was past her date for euthanization when we found her. Somehow her paperwork had been lost, buying her an extra day or two. Thank goodness. When my wife and I walked into […]
Ohio professor releases book on record-breaking flight across state
Pilot Gordon (Joe) Murray, Ph.D., an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) at Kent State University in Ohio has published “Lost in Oscar Hotel: There is Something in the Air,” chronicling the peculiar world record-setting journey he and physician Ron Siwik made in two 1946 Piper J3 Cub airplanes last spring. […]