A $10 million state investment will fund important projects at 10 airports across Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Corbett announced last week. "As I outlined in my transportation proposal, a multi-modal transportation system is essential to sustaining and growing our economy," Corbett said. "These investments will enhance safety and improve facilities to ensure that regional needs […]
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Piper Achieves Higher Revenue, Deliveries in 2012
Piper Aircraft Inc. ended 2012 with increased annual revenue from new aircraft sales of $148,968,967, up more than 13 percent from $131,263,539 in 2011. The revenue increase was a result of a 16 percent rise in new Piper deliveries to 158 aircraft in 2012 from 136 the previous year. "We stabilized the manufacturing and delivery […]
Sixel Consulting Expands with New Air Service Consultant
Sixel Consulting Group, one of the nation’s air service development and airport marketing firms, announced the addition of Greg Atkin, as a staff Air Service Strategy and Development Consultant. Atkin comes to Sixel from a seven year term at the headquarters of US Airways, where he worked as Manager of Domestic Mainline Route Planning. […]
Guidance Aviation to Unveil New Mobile APP at HELI-EXPO
Guidance Aviation of Prescott, Arizona, will be celebrating its 15th Year Anniversary and unveiling its newest training technologies; a “Maneuvers Guide” mobile application (“App”) and an online training portal called “MyGA”, during HELI-EXPO 2013. The mobile application includes a series of High Definition (HD) instructional flight videos and a digital Maneuvers guide. This new training […]
Commemorative Air Force Announces AirPower History Tour
The Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) famous Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber FIFI, the only remaining flying example of the aircraft in the world, will be the feature World War II airplane in a tour starting February 22 at El Paso International Airport in Texas. The CAF AirPower History Tour continues through April 4 and features a […]
Conklin & de Decker Releases Seminar Schedule for 2013
Conklin & de Decker has released the 2013 line up of educational seminars designed for Business Aviation professionals in numerous roles. For more than 13 years, Conklin & de Decker has been delivering informative programs covering important topics such as aircraft operating costs, taxes, and aircraft acquisition planning. This year’s Conklin & de Decker seminar […]
New Zealand’s Massey aviation students argue case for GPS
Massey aviation students entered the debate over the role of GPS in basic flight training recently when they presented a safety seminar on the topic to industry. The presentation, titled ‘GPS in the New Zealand General Aviation Environment’, was created by graduates of the School of Aviation’s Flight Instructor Course as part of their group […]
Duncan Aviation Adds Services with Accessory Skydrol Test Bench
Duncan Aviation is adding an upgraded hydraulic Skydrol test bench to provide additional capacity and capabilities for large-body aircraft and to move work previously outsourced in-house, which improves customer service and decreases project turntimes. “The addition will increase the efficiency of our component capabilities for landing gear projects as well as add more than 100 […]
Duncan Aviation Opens Portland Oregon Satellite
Operators based near or traveling to Portland International Airport (PDX) in Portland, Ore., can now rely on Duncan Aviation, along with partner Flightcraft, for avionics needs closer to home with the opening of a new Duncan Aviation facility there. Located on the international airport at 7777 NE Airport Way, this shop is the newest in […]
North Texas Business Aviation Announces First Safety Show-Down to be Held in April
The North Texas Business Aviation Association (NTBAA), recently announced they will be presenting their first Safety Show-Down event on April 3rd, 2013 at Million Air Dallas at Addison (KADS) Airport. The Association plans on making this an annual event. This one-day safety day event will include numerous industry experts with presentations on current issues […]
