The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) published the Third Quarter 2022 General Aviation Aircraft Shipment and Billing Report. The aircraft manufacturing industry’s results for the first nine months of 2022, when compared to the same period in 2021, point to increasing aircraft deliveries across all segments along with an increase in the overall value of […]
Pratt & Whitney’s World-Class North Carolina Turbine Airfoil Production Facility Nears Operational Capability
Photo above – North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper speaks during the ribbon cutting of Pratt & Whitney’s new turbine airfoil production facility in Asheville, NC. With the majority of exterior construction complete, Pratt & Whitney’s state-of-the-art turbine airfoil production facility in Asheville, N.C., is expected to achieve initial operational capability in the second quarter of […]
Archer Unveils Its Production Aircraft, Midnight™
Archer Aviation Inc., publicly unveiled its production aircraft, Midnight, a pilot-plus-four-passenger eVTOL aircraft during its Open House event in Palo Alto, CA. Midnight is the evolution of Archer’s demonstrator eVTOL aircraft, Maker, which has validated its proprietary twelve-tilt-six configuration and key enabling technologies. Watch Video Midnight is designed to be safe, sustainable, quiet and, with […]
FAA Mandates Medical Requirements for Commercial Balloon Pilots
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) adopted a final rule requiring commercial hot-air balloon pilots to hold medical certificates when flying paying passengers. The rule mandates a second-class medical certificate, the same standard required for other commercial pilots. “Passengers can now rest assured that commercial balloon pilots must meet the same strict medical requirements as other […]
Coastal Carolina Regional Airport & American Airlines Announce Summer Return of Non-Stop Flights to Washington, D.C.
Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN) and American Airlines have announced that their seasonal, non-stop flights between New Bern, N.C. and Washington, D.C. will begin again in June. This is a direct result of the success of this route this past summer. The Saturday service between EWN and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) will begin […]
Honda Aircraft Company Announces Upgrade Package for HondaJet Elite
Honda Aircraft Company today announced the addition of a new “Upgrade Package for the HondaJet Elite.” The package offers current HondaJet Elite owners the opportunity to implement Honda Aircraft Company’s latest performance and avionics software upgrades on their aircraft. The Upgrade Package for the HondaJet Elite, presented by the Advanced Performance Modification Group will be […]
Blue Line Delivers 114 Jobs and $630,000 in Tax Revenue to Johnston County in 2022
Blue Line Aviation, the largest flight school in the state of North Carolina relocated to JNX Airport in November 2021 with a promise of more planes, more students, more jobs, and more revenue for Johnston County. Twelve months later, the company and its other business ventures have fulfilled its commitments and then some, bringing 114 […]
Breeze Airways to Begin Service at RDU
Breeze Airways announced it will begin service from RDU in early 2023. The low-fare airline will fly from RDU to Hartford, New Orleans and Providence beginning in mid-February. Breeze joins Icelandair, Avelo and Bahamasair as the fourth new airline to announce service at RDU this year. “We are excited to be the first airport in […]
GSO Tower Comes Online, FAA Project Led by All-Woman Team
Photo above – Members of the engineering team include FAA employees (left to right): Kelsey Torchia, Maylisse Matos, Stefanie Johnson and Courtney Nolan. In addition to being the newest air traffic control building in the United States, the tower at Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) has another distinction: women engineers led its design, procurement, and […]
Summit Aviation Celebrates Move to Greensboro
Summit Aviation Inc., a Greenwich AeroGroup Co., held a ribbon cutting to celebrate its new location in Greensboro, North Carolina. Summit Aviation Manufacturing was formed in 2014 when Greenwich AeroGroup retained the manufacturing side of then-owned Atlantic Aero upon its divestiture to Landmark Aviation. Summit Aviation’s manufacturing division will gain an additional 19k square feet […]
