BRS Aerospace has developed a whole aircraft parachute rescue system on Van’s RV-10 homebuilt aircraft. The company is accepting orders for the system, which is priced at $25,990, plus shipping. The BRS ballistic powered parachute system can be retrofitted on flying aircraft or incorporated during the home building process. BRS Aerospace also offers the installation […]
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Silver Air Adds Global Express with World-Wide Charter Service
Silver Air’s expanding fleet under PURE Jet Management continues to increase charter availability from the company’s various operations bases in the U.S. Adding a Global Express to its managed fleet in early 2019 adds to its growing collection of long-range heavy jets. A 360-view of the Global Express’s interior can be seen from here: https://goo.gl/Ra3duw. […]
AOPA Announces 2019 Partnership with Great Lakes Drone Company
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has announced its new partnership with the Great Lakes Drone Company, allowing AOPA to bring one-of-a-kind light shows to all three 2019 AOPA Regional Fly-In events. Each light show presentation will include more than 80 specialized drone aircraft taking to the sky for an amazing and entertaining light […]
My Home Away from Home is also a Winter Wonderland
by Andrew Stevens My home away from home is Oshkosh, Wisconsin where every year I travel to the world’s greatest aviation celebration, EAA’s Oshkosh AirVenture. It’s an experience unlike any other, a week-long event that, in short, highlights the newest and greatest in aviation and creates one of the most joyful experiences ever. It’s magical. […]
Cirrus Aircraft Reports Strongest Deliveries in a Decade, Highlighted by Vision Jet Growth
Cirrus Aircraft has announced that new customer aircraft deliveries for the company’s best-selling SR Series showed steady growth and reached 380 aircraft in 2018, an increase of seven percent over 2017. The company also announced acceleration of production and delivery of the Vision JetTM – the world’s first single-engine Personal JetTM – with 63 aircraft […]
Drone Light Show Returns to Night Sky at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019
The dazzling drone light show that made its debut at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh last year is returning in 2019, with more than 100 lighted drones taking flight during the night air shows on July 24 and 27 during the “World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration.” The 67th annual Experimental Aircraft Association fly-in convention is July 22-28 at […]
HondaJet Most Delivered Aircraft in its Class for Second Consecutive Year
Photo above – The HondaJet Elite, original HondaJet and HondaJet APMG pictured at Honda Aircraft Company’s headquarters in Greensboro, NC. Honda Aircraft Company announced that the HondaJet was the most delivered aircraft in its class in 2018, based on numbers provided by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). Last year, 37 HondaJets were delivered around […]
Oklahoma Aviation & Aerospace Awareness Day Set for March 19
The “AERO Oklahoma” Aviation & Aerospace Awareness Day at the State Capitol is set for Tuesday, March 19, 2019 from 9:30 am – 2:00 pm. The purpose of Aviation & Aerospace Day is to recognize Oklahoma’s aviation and aerospace industry as a vital economic engine for our state. Due to an overwhelming response, booth registration […]
Oklahoma Announces 2019 State Aviation Art Contest Winners
The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission announced the names of twelve students that placed in the Oklahoma 2019 International Aviation Art Contest. The state-level Aviation Art Contest, sponsored by the Aeronautics Commission, encourages youth, ages 6 to 17, to reflect on aviation by designing a piece of art based on the year’s chosen theme. This year’s contest […]
Aviation Legend Commits to Major Gift at Colorado’s Exploration of Flight
Clay Lacy has piloted aircraft for over 55,000 hours, possibly more than any other human being in history. Now his legendary achievements as a pilot in commercial, business, military, racing and test flights will inspire a new generation of aerospace leaders at Wings Over the Rockies’ (Wings) Exploration of Flight Campus at Centennial Airport in […]
