Nicole Blount of Lake Placid, Florida, and Max Davidson of Jurupa Valley, California, have received the initial Ray Aviation Scholarships of up to $10,000 from the Experimental Aircraft Association, allowing these young people to take flight training in their local regions and pursue their dreams of flight. The Ray Foundation has provided $1 million to […]
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AOPA Welcomes Industry Veteran to Aviation Finance Team
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) recently welcomed Pamela Cooksey to the AOPA Aviation Finance team as an outside sales representative, where she will be taking on the role of Senior Account Executive. Cooksey brings with her 30 years of experience and was notably featured in American Banker Magazine in 1996, as one of […]
Hartzell Engine Technologies Breaks Ground on Addition to its Montgomery, Alabama Headquarters
Keith Bagley, president of Hartzell Engine Technologies (HET), has announced that the company has held the official ground breaking of the 10,000 square foot addition to its headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama. When completed, the expansion will increase the total size of the HET campus to 86,000 square feet. “Hartzell Engine Technologies came to Montgomery in […]
Andy Richards Named Executive VP & COO of Duncan Aviation’s Battle Creek Facility
Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce that Andy Richards, a 22-year veteran of the company, has been named the new Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of its full-service facility in Battle Creek, Michigan. As Vice President of Modifications & Completions for the last seven years, Richards will be stepping into his new […]
Tom Burt, Executive Vice President & COO of Duncan Aviation in Battle Creek, to Retire after 40 Years
Duncan Aviation would like to wish Tom Burt, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at the company’s full-service facility in Battle Creek, Michigan, congratulations as he plans to retire from day-to-day operations on March 8. After spending his 40-year career at the company, Burt welcomes the slower pace retirement promises, and he intends […]
Brad Schwandt Announced as Kentucky Department of Aviation Deputy Commissioner
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary Greg Thomas has announced the appointment of Brad Schwandt, as Department of Aviation Deputy Commissioner effective February 1. In January of this year Schwandt retired from UPS after 35 years of service, most recently as Aircraft Maintenance Operations Manager, and is looking forward to continuing his aviation career in the public […]
JSSI Business Aviation Index Reports Flight Activity Surges in 2018
Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) has released the JSSI Business Aviation Index for the fourth quarter of 2018 and reports year-to-date growth of 4.9 percent and an increase of 4.7 percent over the same period in 2017. The index tracks utilization of approximately 2,000 business aircraft worldwide and reports average flight hours flown on a […]
Gogo AVANCE L5 Flying on 500th Business Jet
Gogo Business Aviation has announced that its most robust and highest-performing system – Gogo AVANCETM L5 – has been installed and is now flying on 500 business jets. It took just 16 months to achieve the milestone from the date of the first installation – one of the fastest adoption rates of any inflight connectivity […]
City of Longmont Hires Aviation Safety Consultant to Inspect and Analyze Public Use Areas at Airport
The City of Longmont has hired an aviation safety consultant to inspect and analyze the safety and configuration of public use areas at Vance Brand Municipal Airport, including the parachute landing area or drop zone designated for use by skydivers, ultralight aircraft, balloons, and other hobbyists. Quadrex Aviation, LLC, owned and operated by Florida-based aviation […]
Eagle Flight Centre Adds Frasca RTDs to Eastern Michigan Aviation Program
Eagle Flight Centre, Ypsilanti, MI has acquired two Frasca RTD™ AATDs (Advanced Aviation Training Devices). The RTDs (Frasca’s new Reconfigurable Training Devices) will be used by the Eastern Michigan University Aviation program (EMU Aviation), who train their student pilots at Eagle Flight Centre. The two RTDs are configured as Cessna 172 aircraft with real Garmin […]
