OKLAHOMA CITY – Last week, during its regularly scheduled meeting in Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission approved its three-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP), which includes a project to extend the runway and parallel taxiway system at Enid’s Woodring Regional Airport from 5,600 feet to 8,000 feet. The Commission’s investment in the Enid runway […]
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Piper Names Dealer for India
Hyderabad, India, March 14, 2012 – Aircraft Search & Aviation Professionals is the latest addition to the growing international network of Piper Aircraft dealers. The Aircraft Sales vertical of ASAP will hereby be known as Piper India. Piper and Piper India made the joint announcement at India Aviation 2012, held March 14-18 here at the […]
PANYNJ Selects Saab Sensis for Complete CDM and Ground Management Program at John F. Kennedy
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) has selected Saab Sensis Corporation, a subsidiary of defense and security company Saab, to provide its Aerobahn® airport surface management system and departure management services for the John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) ground management program. Saab Sensis will be enhancing and expanding its Aerobahn […]
GippsAERO Signs Flightline Group, Inc. as Dealer for Southeastern u.s. for Sales and Service of the GA8 Airvan
GippsAERO, the Australian based manufacturer of the GA8 Airvan utility aircraft, announced today, the appointment of Flightline Group, Inc. as the authorized dealer for the southeastern United States. In support of the significant North American market for the GA8 Airvan, (shown at right) GippsAERO announced in July 2011 their intention to establish an assembly plant […]
Vaisala Network Detects One Billionth Lightning Stroke, Marks Major Milestone
Vaisala’s Global Lightning Data GLD360, the largest single source of real-time lightning information around the globe, has recorded its one billionth lightning stroke. The GLD360 network provides more lightning information than any other comparable dataset in the world, with daily counts routinely exceeding 1.5 million events. The network has detected 33,258,377 strokes per month on […]
Piper Ends 2011 with Higher Revenue & Top-end Deliveries
Vero Beach, Fla., Feb. 21, 2012 – Piper Aircraft Inc. ended 2011 with increased revenue from new aircraft sales of $131.2 million, up more than nine percent from $120.2 million a year ago. The increase was fueled primarily by a favorable mix of Piper’s flagship single-engine Meridian turboprop deliveries in 2011. Piper delivered 32 new […]
Direct Air to offer flights from Lakeland to Biloxi
Direct Air, a scheduled indirect air service with a base operating in Lakeland, FL and corporate headquarters located in Myrtle Beach, SC announced last week the introduction of year-round air service between Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Florida and Gulfport-Biloxi Airport, Mississippi. Tourism and Casino officials applauded the decision. The nonstop ninety-minute flight service will […]
AOPA Launches MyFlightTraining Website
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has launched the new MyFlightTraining website, designed to be a powerful tool for student pilots to help them through flight training and track their progress. MyFlightTraining takes the content of Flight Training magazine and personalizes it for students anywhere in their flight training curriculum. “Learning to fly is always […]
CHILDREN’S BOOK EDUCATES ABOUT AVIATION WITH LAUGHTER AND FUN
Hop on board the aircraft, fasten your seatbelt and get ready for the adventure of a lifetime! Join Red Redmond and his mischievous dog Pilot as they sneak their way into the underbelly of an airplane. Along the way, they learn plenty about the way an airport and a plane works, finding and naming all […]
Piper Adds South American Dealer in Chile
Vero Beach, Fla., Feb. 8, 2012 – Piper Aircraft, Inc. has named a distributor for its new airplane sales in Chile. Eagle South America S.A., located near Santiago at the Aérodromo de Chicureo and headed by General Manager Martin Andrés Busquets, will handle Piper sales in the South American country. "With more than 350 airports […]
