Piper Aircraft, Inc. recently delivered four new Archer training aircraft equipped with Garmin G500 avionics to the Malaysian Flying Academy, Malaysia. “Our cadets are eager to begin flying these four new Piper single-engine trainers. The G500 avionics package is ideally suited to the training curriculum offered by our academy,” said Captain Stephen Terry, Principal of […]
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First Bell 429s Configured for HEMS to be Operated by Kuwait Ministry of Health
Bell Helicopter announced last week the Ministry of Health in Kuwait will be operating the first two Bell 429s configured for Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in the Middle East. The purchase agreement for the aircraft was announced at the end of last year, and is a milestone win for the region. The Ministry of […]
Bell Helicopter Delivers First Bell 429WLG in North America
Bell Helicopter announced recently it has made the first delivery of the Bell 429 Wheeled Landing Gear (WLG) in North America. The aircraft has been delivered to professional NASCAR driver and founder and CEO of SunEnergy1, Kenny Habul. SunEnergy1 is a vertically integrated solar energy performance certificate (EPC) company based in Mooresville, N.C., that specializes […]
Bell Helicopter Announces Regional Sales Manager in United States
Bell Helicopter announced recently an update to the Bell Helicopter North American sales team. Effective immediately, Ron Orndoff will assume the role of Regional Sales Manager in North America, responsible for overseeing marketing and sales activities within the Northeast region. “Ron joined the North American team just a few short months ago and has quickly […]
Cirrus® Introduces All-New Special Edition Australis™
Cirrus Aircraft announced last week the 2015 Generation 5 SR22 Special Edition: Australis. Thoughtfully designed and configured for the Australian market, Cirrus says the Australis is tailored specifically to the climate, conditions and remote area flight operations that pilots in Australia regularly experience. “At Cirrus we take pride in first listening to our customers and […]
KSU-Salina becomes first to receive statewide access for UAS flight operations
Kansas State University Salina reached a national milestone in the unmanned aircraft systems industry, becoming the first entity in the country to receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, for statewide access during flight operations. The university received three Certificates of Authorization that will allow its unmanned aircraft systems program to conduct research on public […]
Lone Star UAS Center Flights to Test Drone Sense-and-Avoid Technology
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Lone Star Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center (LSUASC) is planning test flights this week with a company that has a ground-based sense-and-avoid technology designed to identify small UAS above a designated area. The company, SRC, Inc. based in Syracuse, New York, will have a representative on site in Port Mansfield, Texas. Researchers […]
First Royal Thai Pilots, Maintenance Technicians Complete Training in Texas
Six pilots and 10 maintenance technicians from the Royal Thai Army have successfully completed training to fly and maintain the UH-72A Lakota, the initial group of Thai pilots and aircraft maintenance technicians that will be trained to operate Lakotas for Thailand. The Thai pilots and technicians were honored Friday in a graduation ceremony at Airbus […]
Jet Quest Announces John Walker as Director of Citation CJ/M2 Sales and Acquisitions
Jet Quest announced this week that veteran sales team member John Walker will lead the company’s Citation CJ/M2 sales and acquisition team. Walker has been a part of Jet Quest for over ten years and has completed transactions on a wide range of business jets and turboprops. His experience as a private and commercial pilot […]
CONKLIN & DE DECKER RELEASES 2015 STATE TAX GUIDE FOR GA
Conklin & de Decker announces the release of their 2015 State Tax Guide for General Aviation (“State Tax Guide”). Packed full of critical tax information, the State Tax Guide is a must-have reference tool for helicopter and fixed-wing operators, accountants, dealers, brokers, aviation law professionals, and others. The State Tax Guide contains the latest taxes […]
