The National Aeronautic Association has announced that 11 aviation and space achievements will compete for the 2018 Robert J. Collier Trophy. The Collier Trophy has been the benchmark of aerospace achievement for 107 years and is awarded annually for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America and has been bestowed upon some of […]
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JSSI Business Aviation Index Reports Flight Activity Surges in 2018
Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) has released the JSSI Business Aviation Index for the fourth quarter of 2018 and reports year-to-date growth of 4.9 percent and an increase of 4.7 percent over the same period in 2017. The index tracks utilization of approximately 2,000 business aircraft worldwide and reports average flight hours flown on a […]
Gogo AVANCE L5 Flying on 500th Business Jet
Gogo Business Aviation has announced that its most robust and highest-performing system – Gogo AVANCETM L5 – has been installed and is now flying on 500 business jets. It took just 16 months to achieve the milestone from the date of the first installation – one of the fastest adoption rates of any inflight connectivity […]
C&S Announces New Aviation Practice Promotions
C&S Companies has announced that the following employees have been promoted to new roles in C&S’s aviation practice. Jeffrey Palin, P.E., LEED AP, is a vice president managing C&S’s aviation facilities architecture and engineering practice and agency construction management group. He has been with C&S for more than 30 years, managing a wide variety of […]
House Transportation Chairman Tells Aero Club – New Legislation Would Protect FAA from Shutdowns
By Michael J. Schoen Never again will the FAA be impacted by a government shutdown, if the recently-elected head of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee has his way. This was Chairman Peter DeFazio’s key message on Friday, February 8th, during a wide-ranging speech to the Aero Club of Washington, DC. Addressing a ballroom packed […]
Aero Charting: New, Free, and it Does the Job
Eagle Cap Software has introduced its solution for the hobbyist flier, the pilot who enjoys the hundred-dollar hamburger but doesn’t like getting too techie. Aero Charting works on an iPad® and provides a moving map with vector aeronautical charts. It also allows custom route creation and integration with AOPA’s Internet Flight Planner. Brian Leutschaft, Product […]
NASAO Supports Legislation to Protect U.S. Aviation from Future Government Shutdowns
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, and Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA), Aviation Subcommittee Chairman introduced H.R. 1108, the Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. The act serves to protect FAA programs and personnel, and the U.S. aviation industry as a whole, from future Federal Government shutdowns. In the aftermath […]
Frasca RTD Features Real Garmin G1000 NXi Software
Frasca International, Inc. announced that they have partnered with Garmin to integrate Real Garmin G1000 NXi software into their new Frasca RTD™ (Reconfigurable Training Device). This is a first in the simulation industry and required extensive collaboration between Frasca and Garmin to ensure that Frasca’s simulation software and Garmin’s G1000 NXi software operate in harmony. […]
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Crew Receives Astronaut Wings
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao recently pinned FAA Astronaut Wings on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crewmembers, Test Pilots Mark “Forger” Stucky and Fredrick “CJ” Sturckow. Last year’s historic spaceflight marked the nation’s return to space on an American-made rocket, and paves the way for future travel to space with commercial spaceflight participants. “We are entering […]
Duncan Aviation Adds Engine Rapid Response West Coast Assistant Manager
In a move to support the continued growth experienced by the company’s engine Rapid Response Teams (RRT), Duncan Aviation has named Shane Heier as the RRT Assistant Manager-West Coast, focusing on AOG and scheduled engine calls for the Western regions of the United States. Heier joins Andrew Arcuri, RRT Assistant Manager-East Coast, to provide customer […]
