Training company CAE is forecasting a need for 27,000 new professional pilots by the end of next year, 2021. In addition, the Canadian firm’s just-released 2020-2029 Pilot Demand Outlook says more than 260,000 new pilots will be needed worldwide over the next 10 years. While CAE’s forecast acknowledges that demand for pilots has decreased significantly […]
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Aero Asset Reports Fourth Quarter Preowned Twin-Engine Helicopter Market Improves but Remains 25% Off Fourth Quarter 2019 Conditions
Aero Asset reports that while the preowned twin engine helicopter market continued to recover in the fourth quarter of 2020, retail sales volume remained below 2019 levels, impacted largely by the COVID-19-induced economic downturn. The Canadian-based helicopter trading firm just released its fourth quarter 2020 Heli Market Trends report and plans to release a 2020 […]
Luca Bertossio – Aerobatic Gliding Legend Chooses Trig
Photo above by Federico D’Avella The term ‘legend’ only applies to a select band of aviators. Italian pilot, Luca Bertossio is one of the most skilled, successful and young competition pilots of modern times. At 30 years old Luca has won 18 FAI medals for glider aerobatics, seven of these were Gold. For 2021, Luca […]
Premier Aircraft Exceeds 2020 Diamond Sales Projections
Premier Aircraft Sales, the largest Diamond Aircraft dealer in North America, announced stronger than expected Diamond sales for 2020, selling 23 new aircraft (11 DA62s and 12 DA40s) and 17 preowned models. Since 2003, Premier has been the highest volume Diamond aircraft dealer in the world, now selling a total of 637 new and preowned […]
Nokia Shanghai Bell to deploy next-generation network for Airport Authority Hong Kong
Nokia Shanghai Bell announced that Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) will deploy a new, high-bandwidth, mission-critical Nokia IP/MPLS network to support tower operations at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). In addition to provision of packet-based IP routing solutions, Nokia will support and manage migration of legacy non-IP aviation applications to the new network. Nokia will […]
Citadel Ready to Dig Aircraft Towing Systems’ Underground Channel at Oklahoma’s Ardmore Industrial Airpark
Citadel Construction is ready to move tons of earth for Aircraft Towing Systems World Wide (ATS) and build the prototype for the company’s test site at the Ardmore Industrial Airpark in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Citadel Construction President Michael Shoemaker said he will work with several Oklahoma subcontractors to build the ATS underground-channel project, including Eyestone Steel […]
Honda Aircraft Company Opens New Wing Production Facility at Greensboro HDQ
Honda Aircraft Company announced that it has begun operations at its newly opened Wing Production and Service Parts Facility, located at the company’s world headquarters at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, N.C. The new 83,100 square-foot facility is the latest addition to the 133-acre Honda Aircraft Company campus, and represents an additional investment […]
IADA Reports Preowned Aircraft Transactions Spiked As 2020 Ended
Following the abrupt pandemic-induced plunge in preowned aircraft sales in March 2020, members of the International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA) experienced a rising wave of transactions, highlighted by a fourth quarter surge of 554 closed deals. IADA began tracking sales metrics in April on a monthly basis as a result of the volatile used aircraft […]
BrightPortal Gains FAA Certificate of Conformance/Certification for SOLAR Powered LED Pavement Markers
BrightPortal Resources, LLC has announced that the company has gained L-853 (AC 150/5345-39D) Certificate of Conformance/FAA Certification on its SOLAR Powered LED retro-reflective pavement markers. “We are very excited and honored,” said Tim Cowsert, President and CEO of BrightPortal. “We are blessed to have an 11-year proven track record of offering a cost effective and […]
Satcom Direct Invests in Advanced SD Hardware Manufacturing Facility
Satcom Direct (SD) has added a new Canadian state-of-the-art production campus to its global footprint in Ottawa, Ontario. The decision to develop the purpose-built engineering and production facility was driven by the industry shift towards the digitization of aviation and the need to innovate hardware that provides robust connectivity to support communications and the practical […]
