U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a $2 million Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant to South Bend International Airport to reduce emissions and improve air quality by installing a geothermal heating and cooling system at the airport through the FAA’s Voluntary Airport Low Emission (VALE) program. VALE is designed to reduce sources of airport […]
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Commemorative Air Force to Showcase Top World War II Bombers and Fighters
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) will showcase an elite collection of World War II aircraft during their CAF WWII Air Expo at Dallas Executive Airport October 3 – 5, 2014. Four of the most popular bombers from that era will be on the ramp including FIFI, the World’s only flying B-29 Superfortress. Other attending bombers […]
HAI Names Charlotte R. Zilke as Director of Conventions
The Helicopter Association International (HAI) has selected Charlotte R. Zilke to be its new director of conventions. As director of conventions, Zilke is responsible for the overall preparation, coordination, and execution of all aspects of the association’s annual trade show and exposition, HAI HELI-EXPO®, the world’s largest trade show and exposition dedicated solely to the […]
Passenger Numbers Continue to Increase at Phoenix Sky Harbor
Passenger traffic numbers at Phoenix Sky Harbor have increased yet again for the eighth month in a row. July numbers were 5.7% higher than last July. Year to date, numbers are up by 4% over 2013. In fact, passenger numbers have been rising every single month this year spanning from 3.0% to 5.7% increases. “We […]
Air Fare America Now Casting
The producers of Air Fare America, a new multi-platform travel series in development, announced they are casting for three prospective hosts and posted an online application form for interested candidates. An original program, Air Fare America combines three of television’s most successful genres – food, travel and treasure hunting (also called “picking”) – in an […]
SENATORS URGE QUICK ACTION ON THIRD-CLASS MEDICAL REFORM
Eleven U.S. senators, all co-sponsors of a bill to reform the third-class medical process, are asking the Department of Transportation and the Office of Management and Budget to take quick action on their review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) proposed medical reform rule. In a Sept. 2 letter to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and […]
Bell 407 Increases High and Hot Mission Capabilities in North America
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT) has announced the Federal Aviation Administration has approved a new flight manual supplement for high and hot operations (FMS-12) for the Bell 407. This supplement allows operators the ability to improve hover in ground effect (HIGE) and hover out of ground effect (HOGE) with increased payload in […]
Continental Motors Services and Aircraft Specialties Lubricants announce a joint evaluation program
Continental Motors Services (CMS), a division of Continental Motors Group announced last week that they have entered into an agreement and established a joint evaluation program with Aircraft Specialties Lubricants (ASL) to verify the benefits of CamGuard, an aviation oil additive manufactured by ASL. This program will evaluate CamGuard in engines overhauled or repaired by […]
HOUSE GA CAUCUS SEEKS SPEEDY MEDICAL REFORM
Thirty-two members of the U.S. House of Representatives General Aviation Caucus are asking the Department of Transportation to speed up the review of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposal to reform the third-class medical process. In an August 22 letter, the caucus members urged Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to have his agency complete its review […]
SAM Aircraft Company For Sale
Just a year and a half after first flight of the prototype SAM aircraft, President Thierry Zibi has put the company up for sale. Why, after so much work – design, fixturing, successful flight test, certification, and orders – would that be a good time to sell the company? Zibi says, “I came to the […]
