POLK CITY, Fla. (April 27, 2012) – After a nine-month layover at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a World War II C-47 Dakota, will make the final leg of its voyage this weekend to its new home at Central Florida’s Fantasy of Flight, home to the world’s largest private collection of rare and […]
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Good safety is good business ARSA tells congressional panel
WASHINGTON – On April 25, Aeronautical Repair Station Association Senior Vice President Gary Fortner, (Shown below) vice president of Quality Control & Engineering at Fortner Engineering in Glendale, Calif., testified before the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s Aviation Subcommittee about the excellent work repair stations across the country and around the world are doing to ensure […]
Eclipse Aerospace Meeting Stated Goals
Albuquerque, NM, April 25, 2012 — Since beginning operations in September 2009, Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. (EAI) has advanced three corporate goals: returning parts, service, and support to the fleet; upgrading and delivering the originally intended features and capabilities of the aircraft; and returning the aircraft to production. EAI’s commitment to these three goals was further […]
FORTUNE 50 HEALTH CARE COMPANY ADDS BELFORT AWOS TO SUPPORT FLIGHT OPERATIONS
BALTIMORE, MD. – Belfort Instrument Company, one of the country’s oldest meteorological sensor and meteorological system manufactures, has installed its DigiWxTM Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) at their helipad in New Jersey. The AWOS AV provides real-time wind speed, wind direction, temperature, relative humidity, dew point, altimeter, visibility and cloud height on a graphical display, […]
Eclipse Receives Production Certificate from FAA for the Eclipse 550
Albuquerque, NM, April 25, 2012 — Eclipse Aerospace, Inc., manufacturer of the world’s first very-light jet (VLJ), today announced that it has received Production Certificate #550 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), paving the way for production of the new Eclipse 550 twin-engine jet. Representatives from the FAA presented the production certificate to Cary Winter, […]
Avionics Magazine Names Nan Mattai Woman of the Year
Rockville, MD – April 25, 2012 – Nan Mattai, (shown at right) Senior Vice President, Engineering and Technology, Rockwell Collins, has been named Avionics Magazine’s Woman of the Year. She will be recognized for her contributions to the aviation marketplace during the Women in Technology Awards Luncheon on June 4 in Washington D.C. Nan Mattai […]
Saab Sensis to Adapt Prototype NASA NextGen Surface Traffic Management Tools for Investigations of Capacity-Constrained Airports
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected Saab Sensis Corporation, a subsidiary of defense and security company Saab, for the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) “Adaptation of a Surface Management Tool to Multiple, Capacity-Constrained Airports.” Under the NRA, Saab Sensis will identify three current-day capacity-constrained airports and create realistic departure scheduling schemes for those […]
Lindbergh Prize for Innovation Given to e-volo
Last week at AERO-Friedrichshafen, Erik Lindbergh, grandson of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, announced the AERO 2012 winner of the Lindbergh Prize. The Lindbergh Foundation’s aviation prizes are designed to recognize and stimulate innovation, and promote meaningful advancements in green aviation. Many innovative aircraft designs on display at AERO-Friedrichshafen this year were considered by the […]
AOPA Enhances Member Benefits with Launch of FlyQ Mobile App
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) released a new mobile application for the iPhone today that provides detailed airport information, aviation weather, and flight planning capability, free to AOPA members. The new app, AOPA FlyQ, replaces the popular AOPA Airports app and is now available for download through Apple’s App Store. “AOPA Airports has […]
Idaho Governor C.L. Butch Otter Calls on President Obama to Protect General Aviation
Washington, DC – Today, the Alliance for Aviation Across America released a letter from Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter to President Obama asking the administration to recognize the vital importance of general aviation for the economy and communities across the state of Idaho and country. Governor Otter specifically highlighted the need to protect this […]