Honda Aircraft Company celebrated its most recent expansion in a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, July 30th, 2019. The new facility will allow for more HondaJet Elite wings to be assembled concurrently, resulting in a major increase in production efficiency. This expansion will also add additional storage for service parts for the growing fleet of HondaJets […]
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Report Touts Economic Impact of Alaska’s Aviation Industry
Aviation built Alaska, supports thousands of jobs, and adds billions of dollars to our economy. A recently released report, the 2019 Economic Contribution of the Aviation Industry to Alaska’s Economy presents an economic analysis of Alaska’s aviation industry. The report shows that the aviation industry supports more than 35,000 jobs statewide while adding more than […]
AeroTEC Conducts First UAS Part 77 Survey of Washington State Airports for WSDOT
AeroTEC, the Seattle-based provider of aerospace testing, engineering, and certification services, announced today the successful completion of proof-of-concept UAS surveys at two Washington state airports in collaboration with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Aviation Division. The aerial surveys, which took place at Sunnyside Municipal Airport (1S5) and Prosser Airport (S40), were designed to […]
Florida Increases its H125 Mosquito Control Fleet to 10 with New Order from Florida Keys
Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has ordered two new Airbus H125 helicopters to boost its mosquito fighting capabilities. Part of a fleet upgrade program, the two new H125s will support aerial spraying to control the mosquito population in the Florida Keys, off the southern coast of the state. With a sub-tropical environment, the Keys regions […]
Airbus Helicopters Inc. Celebrates 10 Years of Lakota at Naval Air Station Patuxent River
Airbus hosted a ceremony with leaders of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) to commemorate the UH-72A Lakota’s 10th anniversary at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland. Airbus Helicopters established the Lakota program at the USNTPS in July 2009. Over the past ten years, the UH-72A Lakota fleet there has consistently exceeded operational […]
Swift Fuels’ Unleaded Avgas UL94 to be Offered at San Carlos, California – Rabbit Aviation Services
Swift Fuels, LLC has announced that Rabbit Aviation Services at San Carlos Airport has completed a planned upgrade to its aviation fuel tank facility and will be the first airport with a fully-dedicated Unleaded Avgas storage system in California to sell Swift’s unleaded UL94 aviation gasoline for its piston aircraft customers. Pilots can expect to […]
RTCA Welcomes New Members
RTCA has announced the addition of five organizations to its membership: Ampaire, Dayton-Granger, Inc., Route Dynamics Corp, Skydrive Inc. and Stellar Solutions. RTCA and the aviation community owe a debt of gratitude to the dozens of committee leaders and thousands of committee participants who continue to deliver consensus on tough issues, leading to tangible outcomes […]
Embry-Riddle to Replenish its Flight-Training Fleet with Aircraft from Textron Aviation and Diamond Aircraft Industries
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s leading aviation and aerospace institution, plans to replace many of its existing aircraft with at least 60 new Cessna Skyhawks from Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, as well as four new Diamond DA42-VI aircraft from Diamond Aircraft Industries, school leadership said today. The fleet replenishment reflects Embry-Riddle’s continuous […]
Wichita Bank Names Morgan Littell Vice President, Business Aviation
Equity Bank, the Wichita-based bank subsidiary of Equity Bancshares, Inc., has named Morgan Littell Vice President, Business Aviation, responsible for establishing its Aircraft Financing Division. She brings more than 10 years of successful aircraft financing acumen to the newly created position, which will offer nationwide aircraft financial services. “Morgan Littell is a well-respected, knowledgeable and […]
Colorado Division of Aeronautics Hosts Alabama Officials for Tour and Briefing on Remote Tower Project
On July 24th, the Colorado Division of Aeronautics hosted an aviation contingent from Alabama for a tour and briefing on the Colorado Remote Tower Project at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport in Loveland, Colorado. This innovative partnership between the Division, FAA and Searidge Technologies is developing the world’s first remote air traffic control tower solution […]
