Governor Kay Ivey announced plans to create the Alabama Aviation Education Center, a hands-on instructional facility to be located near the Airbus aircraft manufacturing facility in Mobile that aims to bolster Alabama’s workforce development efforts and inspire young people to pursue careers in the state’s growing aerospace cluster. The Aviation Education Center, developed in partnership […]
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Continental Motors announces more than 5,000 Diesel engines produced
Continental Motors Group, an AVIC International Holding Corporation company, is celebrating the 5,000 CD-100 series engine manufactured and delivered. CD-100 series engines of jet fuel piston engines for General Aviation aircraft have been manufactured in serial production for 15 years. As a result, the production figures of CD-100 series engines are higher than that of […]
Continental Motors Group® Announces New Factory and Global Investment Plan
Continental Motors Group® Ltd (CMG), an AVIC International Holding Corporation® company, announced it has chosen the city of Mobile, Alabama, USA for the first step of a 3-year global investment plan to take its manufacturing, customer service and engineering infrastructure to the next level. This first step will build a new, state of the art […]
Continental Motors GroupTM Southern AvionicsTM Grand Re-Opening in Fairhope
Continental Motors Group™ Ltd, an AVIC International Holding Corporation company, announced today that its operating division Southern Avionics and Interiors™ has re-opened after relocating to the H. L. Sonny Callahan airport (KCQF) in Fairhope, Alabama. Southern Avionics and Interiors™ was founded over thirty years ago and has built, over the years, a reputation for excellence […]
AirMed International Acquires Air Medical of San Antonio
As part of its continuing growth strategy, AirMed International has acquired San Antonio-based Air Medical, the largest fixed wing air medical transport company in Texas. Air Medical’s fleet of three jets and two King Air turboprops, equipped for critical care transports, is located at San Antonio International Airport. Those aircraft will join AirMed’s fleet, including […]
Houston Methodist Adds AirMed International Flights to Benefit Package
Houston Methodist, one the nation’s leading health systems and academic medical centers, has selected AirMed International to provide global air medical transport services for the hospital’s more than 20,000 employees. The service is also being offered as a benefit option for the families of employees. When Houston’s Methodist’s workforce are hospitalized anywhere in the world, […]
Continental Motors Group to Consolidate Manufacturing Operations to Facilities in Alabama and Germany
Continental Motors Group, Ltd. (CMG) announced recently that it will consolidate all manufacturing operations into its advanced manufacturing centers located Alabama and Germany. The manufacture of CMG’s line of OEM quality FAA approved parts for Lycoming engines, as well as the full line of Titan Experimental and Certified engines that are currently produced in CMG’s […]
Continental Motors Group Appoints Jamerio Vinson as Director of Quality
Continental Motors Group Ltd (CMG), an AVIC International Holding Corporation company, announced recently that Jamerio Vinson has joined the company as Director of Quality responsible for enhancing CMG’s global Quality Management System to provide an integrated Quality and Customer Service experience around CMG’s industry leading piston engine products. (Photo – Michael Skolnik, Vice-President Operations, CMG, […]
HARTZELL ENGINE TECHNOLOGIES INTRODUCES NEWEST PM-SERIES STARTER FOR CONTINENTAL SIX-CYLINDER ENGINES
Mike Disbrow, president of Hartzell Engine Technologies (HET) announced recently that the company has introduced the newest member of its popular PM-Series starter family. “Continental has expressed growing interest in this new PM-Series starter as a lighter weight alternative to the standard Energizer style they have been using on their six-cylinder engines,” he said. “This […]
Vickers Aircraft selects Continental Motors for the Wave™ Amphibian
Continental Motors Group Ltd, an AVIC International Holding Corporation company, announced today that Vickers Aircraft has selected the Titan IO-340CC to power its Wave™ Amphibian. “We are extremely proud to have been selected as the engine provider for the Vickers Wave™. This innovative new amphibian two seat ASTM LSA needed a real aviation engine that […]