POLK CITY, Fla. (April 27, 2012) – After a nine-month layover at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a World War II C-47 Dakota, will make the final leg of its voyage this weekend to its new home at Central Florida’s Fantasy of Flight, home to the world’s largest private collection of rare and […]
Good safety is good business ARSA tells congressional panel
WASHINGTON – On April 25, Aeronautical Repair Station Association Senior Vice President Gary Fortner, (Shown below) vice president of Quality Control & Engineering at Fortner Engineering in Glendale, Calif., testified before the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s Aviation Subcommittee about the excellent work repair stations across the country and around the world are doing to ensure […]
Eclipse Aerospace Meeting Stated Goals
Albuquerque, NM, April 25, 2012 — Since beginning operations in September 2009, Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. (EAI) has advanced three corporate goals: returning parts, service, and support to the fleet; upgrading and delivering the originally intended features and capabilities of the aircraft; and returning the aircraft to production. EAI’s commitment to these three goals was further […]
FORTUNE 50 HEALTH CARE COMPANY ADDS BELFORT AWOS TO SUPPORT FLIGHT OPERATIONS
BALTIMORE, MD. – Belfort Instrument Company, one of the country’s oldest meteorological sensor and meteorological system manufactures, has installed its DigiWxTM Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) at their helipad in New Jersey. The AWOS AV provides real-time wind speed, wind direction, temperature, relative humidity, dew point, altimeter, visibility and cloud height on a graphical display, […]
Eclipse Receives Production Certificate from FAA for the Eclipse 550
Albuquerque, NM, April 25, 2012 — Eclipse Aerospace, Inc., manufacturer of the world’s first very-light jet (VLJ), today announced that it has received Production Certificate #550 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), paving the way for production of the new Eclipse 550 twin-engine jet. Representatives from the FAA presented the production certificate to Cary Winter, […]
Avionics Magazine Names Nan Mattai Woman of the Year
Rockville, MD – April 25, 2012 – Nan Mattai, (shown at right) Senior Vice President, Engineering and Technology, Rockwell Collins, has been named Avionics Magazine’s Woman of the Year. She will be recognized for her contributions to the aviation marketplace during the Women in Technology Awards Luncheon on June 4 in Washington D.C. Nan Mattai […]
BTS Releases January 2012 Airline Traffic Data; System Traffic Up 1.1 Percent from January 2011
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines carried 54.3 million scheduled domestic and international passengers in January 2012, 1.3 percent more domestic passengers and 0.4 percent fewer international passengers than in January 2011. These changes resulted in a systemwide increase of 1.1 percent in passengers from January […]
Saab Sensis to Adapt Prototype NASA NextGen Surface Traffic Management Tools for Investigations of Capacity-Constrained Airports
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected Saab Sensis Corporation, a subsidiary of defense and security company Saab, for the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) “Adaptation of a Surface Management Tool to Multiple, Capacity-Constrained Airports.” Under the NRA, Saab Sensis will identify three current-day capacity-constrained airports and create realistic departure scheduling schemes for those […]
Lindbergh Prize for Innovation Given to e-volo
Last week at AERO-Friedrichshafen, Erik Lindbergh, grandson of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, announced the AERO 2012 winner of the Lindbergh Prize. The Lindbergh Foundation’s aviation prizes are designed to recognize and stimulate innovation, and promote meaningful advancements in green aviation. Many innovative aircraft designs on display at AERO-Friedrichshafen this year were considered by the […]
Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport Authority Announces New Executive Director
The Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport Authority has named Clay Williams as Executive Director of Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport effective May 23, 2012. Williams will replace Bruce Frallic who will retire in August 2012 after serving as Executive Director for 26 years. Williams currently works as a Government Relations Representative for Capitol Resources, LLC, managing the firm’s Gulf […]