Orlando International Airport has upgraded its automated passport control (APC) kiosks to include facial recognition for arriving passengers. Supplied by SITA, the technology is part of a new requirement from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This requires that APC kiosks authenticate identity by matching people’s faces to the biometric record in their e-passport. […]
Duncan Aviation Announces Move to a New Florida Location
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 […]
Bailey joins Jet Quest team as the South Central US Sales Representative
Jet Quest has announced that David Bailey has joined the team as the South Central US Sales Representative. David is a former Apache helicopter commander and a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Bailey formerly led a sales team providing medical equipment in emergency situations and is excited to combine those […]
FAA Approves Pan Am International Flight to Conduct ATP-CTP Training on Boeing 737NG
Pan Am International Flight Academy announced last week that it has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct Airline Transport Pilot Certification Training (ATP-CTP) on the B-737NG. The company was approved in early August to conduct ATP-CTP training on the Airbus 320. This additional FAA approval makes Pan Am the only aviation […]
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 […]
Canada Approves Bell 429 MAGnificentTM VVIP Interior
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) has approved Mecaer Aviation Group’s (MAG) luxury interior for the Bell 429. “We have a strong demand for the Bell 429 throughout North America, specifically in its corporate and VIP configuration, so we are pleased to see the VVIP interior […]
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 […]
Woolpert Bringing High-altitude Imaging Technologies to Commercial Market
Woolpert has purchased the VisionMap A3 Edge—a high-altitude, next-generation aerial camera and automatic ground processing system—and plans to apply these latest high-resolution imagery technologies to the commercial market. “We see that for wide-area collects, such as statewide imagery programs, this is a great solution because this camera covers an extremely large area with efficiency and […]
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 […]
China Completes Fiery Cross Reef Runway
China has completed the runway on Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea and is moving closer to making it operational. The completion of the runway could allow China to accelerate construction on the new island and to start patrols over the disputed islands. Airbus Defence and Space imagery taken on 20 September shows […]
