Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce the move of its Fort Lauderdale operations to a new location. The Duncan Aviation avionics satellite shop and engine Rapid Response teams now occupy a 31,000-square-foot facility located on the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. The building boasts more than 23,000 square feet of hangar space, a lobby with direct […]
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Airbus Helicopters Inc. names Ralph Crosby III Executive Director for Corporate and VIP sales
Airbus Helicopters Inc. has named Ralph Crosby III Executive Director of Corporate and VIP sales. Crosby, who has more than a decade of experience in aircraft sales, will lead the company’s efforts to develop this growing market in the United States, and will also assist Airbus Helicopters Canada. He will report to Doug Carriger, Senior […]
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 […]
17 New Mexico True Adventures You Need to Experience During Balloon Fiesta
The New Mexico Tourism Department has created a list of 17 things for visitors to do during Balloon Fiesta week, encouraging an extended stay for the hundreds of thousands of visitors that travel to see New Mexico’s sky burst with color in early October. The list, titled “17 New Mexico True Adventures You Need to […]
AOPA Says Medical Reform Closer than Ever Before
As support for the Pilots Bill of Rights 2 (PBR2) continues to grow, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) has taken to the Senate floor to explain key provisions of the measure. As of Sept. 25, 67 senators and 140 members of the House from both parties had signed on to cosponsor PBR2. Since July, when the […]
Innovation and Opportunities Abound for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Tremendous opportunities exist for innovation and research with unmanned aircraft systems and the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Lone Star UAS Center (LSUASC) of Excellence and Innovation is ready to help businesses develop those. In a public meeting held Friday, on the A&M-CC campus, LSUASC officials and representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration gave an update […]
Mississippi State hosts UAS alliance, FAA
The Mississippi State-led Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) and the Federal Aviation Administration met Tuesday [Sept. 15] for a press conference and public meeting, and officials are excited about the future of unmanned aerial systems. (Photo at right: FAA Southern Region Administrator Dennis Roberts was at Mississippi State Tuesday [Sept. […]
Duncan Aviation Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of its Avionics Satellite Network
This year, family owned Duncan Aviation is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its satellite shop network. Roughly a year before the first shop opened in 1985, then Duncan Aviation President J. Robert Duncan conceived of a series of agreements between Duncan Aviation’s skilled avionics technicians and well-respected maintenance shops at busy airports around the country. […]
Metro Aviation places order for six EC145e light twins
Metro Aviation of Shreveport, La. has contracted to purchase six EC145e twin-engine helicopters from Airbus Helicopters Inc. Metro is the first North American customer for this new lighter weight and lower cost version of the highly successful Airbus Helicopters EC145. Airbus Helicopters Inc. and Metro have launched an extensive North America demonstration tour to show […]
Albany International Completes Runway Rehabilitation
The recently completed Runway 01-19 project at Albany International Airport involved a very tight milling and paving schedule, and was done completely at night. Money talks, and the airport made sure that their runway rehabilitation would be completed on time by instituting a $5,000 liquidated damages clause for every 15 minutes of delay in re-opening […]
