As America’s Fuel Stop, Salina hosts a number of historical aircraft and today a veteran of D-Day lifted off on her way to Great Falls, Mont. A C-47 Skytrain stopped at Avflight Salina for fuel en route to participate in the Russian-American project “Warplanes to Siberia.” The Warplanes to Siberia Project re-creates the World War […]
Christopher Martino Joins HAI as V.P., Operations
Christopher Martino (USCG, Ret.) has joined Helicopter Association International (HAI) as the association’s new vice president of operations. He will oversee HAI’s flight operations, technical services, safety, and regulatory efforts. He will also work closely with HAI’s education department to ensure operators’ professional development needs are being met. “Our operations department is vitally important to […]
FAA Extends SoCal Metroplex Comment Period
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is extending the public comment period for its Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of the Southern California Metroplex project to September 8, 2015, to allow for a full 90 days of comment. The project is a comprehensive proposal to improve the flow of air traffic into and out of Southern California […]
NASAO Selects Kimberling as Government Relations Manager
The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) has selected Mark Kimberling as its Manager of Government Relations. With the addition of Kimberling, the Association looks to reach its top goal of improving the reach and effectiveness of its advocacy efforts. “If we were designing the right person for this job from scratch, the result […]
Rockwell Collins to Showcase King Air Featuring Pro Line Fusion Touchscreen Avionics at AirVenture 2015
Rockwell Collins will be showcasing commercial aviation’s only certified touchscreen primary flight displays at this year’s Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., July 20-26. The Pro Line Fusion® advanced avionics system will be available for the public to see and touch aboard Rockwell Collins’ King Air 250, which will be on display in […]
From Paris to DCA, Vietnam Airlines 787 Making Headlines
Soon after performing at the Paris Air Show, Boeing’s 787-9 in Vietnam Airlines livery, showed up at Ronald Regan National Airport on Monday of this week. After creating a buzz by demonstrating flight characteristics in France the aircraft found itself at DCA on static display on the ramp in front of Signature Flight Support for […]
Lisa Turner to Receive EAA Tony Bingelis Award
Lisa Turner of Hayesville, North Carolina, is the 2015 recipient of the EAA Tony Bingelis Award. The award recognizes her 10 years as an EAA technical counselor, promoter of builder education through EAA chapters, and author of numerous articles on flight building and safety in such publications as EAA Sport Aviation, The Experimenter, KITPLANES Magazine, […]
College Football Playoff National Championship Countdown Clock Debuts at America’s Friendliest Airport
With 195 days and counting until the College Football Playoff National Championship, the Arizona Organizing Committee (AOC) and several Valley mayors and city leaders, unveiled a countdown clock at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. This clock will mark the days, hours and minutes until Arizona shines on center stage with the kick-off of the big […]
Will Solar Impulse Make It From Japan to Hawaii Without a Drop of Fuel?
Attempting the first ever Round-The-World solar flight to inspire innovation and encourage the use of clean technologies, the solar powered airplane of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg will try again to make a historical oceanic flight that will last at least 5 days and 5 nights non-stop. This morning at 3:03 am local time Japan […]
Eclipse ‘Special Edition’ Twin-Engine Jet Announced by ONE Aviation
ONE Aviation is pleased to announce the Eclipse Special Edition (SE) twin-engine jet. The Eclipse SE is a factory-renewed Eclipse 500 which has been substantially upgraded and reconfigured to include nearly all new features introduced on the new Eclipse 550, including a Dual Avio Integrated Flight Management System (IFMS), Anti-skid Brake System, a newly designed […]
