Photo above – Boca Raton Airport Authority Board Members, from left are, Gene Folden, Jim Nau, Bob Tucker, Randy Nobles, Cheryl Budd and Melvin Pollack. To honor National Volunteer Month in April, the Boca Raton Airport Authority hosted a cereal and breakfast items food drive and volunteered their time to benefit Boca Helping Hands (BHH). […]
Pilot Proficiency Network™ Launches Chapter at Birthplace of IMC Club
Two weeks after it was officially launched during the Sun-n-Fun aviation show in Lakeland, FL, the new Pilot Proficiency Network, created to promote instrument flying, proficiency, and safety, opened its 22nd location at the Norwood Memorial Airport in Norwood, Massachusetts. The Norwood Chapter is organized by a group of pilots involved with the original IMC […]
Bombardier Begins New Era in Wichita with New U.S. Headquarters
Bombardier announced last week that its Wichita facility is designated as its new U.S. Headquarters, underscoring the site’s growth and multi-disciplinary expertise. The company said the decision to locate its U.S. Headquarters in Wichita was a logical choice given the site’s deep-rooted history in aviation, the tremendous opportunities for growth in the maintenance, repair and […]
USI Publishes New Legal and Business Textbook for UAS Marketplace
The Unmanned Safety Institute (USI) has released a brand-new textbook titled Unmanned Aircraft Systems – Legal and Business Considerations that was created to provide much needed insight to new or rapidly growing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) commercial operations. Additionally, the new textbook will be used as part of USI’s offering to the academic marketplace, specifically […]
Hartzell’s AERO Friedrichshafen Presence Focuses on Petroleum and ePowered Flight
Hartzell Propeller will feature the latest iterations of props for petroleum, electric and hydrogen propelled aircraft at AERO Friedrichshafen to be held April 27-30 in Germany. Hartzell’s contingent of propeller specialists, including sales, engineering and executives will be at Exhibit Hall A3-116. “We have active General Aviation propeller technology initiatives underway in every propulsion segment […]
Governor Wolf Announces $10 Million Investment to Improve Airports Through Aviation Transportation Assistance Program
Governor Tom Wolf announced $10 million in state investments to support 12 projects at 10 airports through the Aviation Transportation Assistance Program. “Aviation plays a vital role in keeping our state’s economy moving,” Gov. Wolf said. “These investments will help Pennsylvania’s airports operate safely, expand to meet current demands, and sustain growth well into the […]
ATP Flight School Unveils New 19,000 Square-Foot Airline Pilot Training Center in Fort Myers
ATP Flight School is set to unveil its newest airline pilot training center on Friday, April 29, at Page Field (FMY) in Fort Myers, FL. Up to 200 aspiring airline pilots will join ATP during an open house, previewing the recently constructed 19,000 square-foot facility. To celebrate the opening of the new training center and […]
Aero Club of New England to Present 2022 Cabot Award to NASA Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Team
The Aero Club of New England (ACONE) will present the 2022 Godfrey L. Cabot Award to the NASA Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Team in Boston, MA on June 24, 2022. The Ingenuity Team will be honored with the prestigious Cabot Award in recognition of their history making flight of April 19, 2021, when Ingenuity became the […]
Natilus Expanding at San Diego’s Brown Field as Construction Begins on Autonomous Cargo Aircraft
Natilus, a U.S. company producing the world’s first purposefully designed and manufactured autonomous aircraft for air freight transport, has announced its expansion to Brown Field to host engineering and manufacturing facilities for the Natilus family of aircraft. The Brown Field facility includes a 12,000 square-foot hangar for prototype final assembly, structural testing, systems’ integration and […]
Supernal and Urban-Air Port Debut World’s First Functional Advanced Air Mobility Vertiport
Supernal and Urban-Air Port today announced the debut of Air-One® – Urban-Air Port’s proprietary deployable operations hub for manned and unmanned vehicles – marking the first functional multi-modal infrastructure hub equipped to handle future electric air travel. The vertiport is open for public visitation in Coventry, U.K., and will be redeployed in additional cities worldwide […]
