WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today changed its certification standards for transport category airplanes to require either the automatic activation of ice protection systems or a method to tell pilots when they should be activated. The new rule requires an effective way to ensure the ice protection system […]
Panther Welcomes Ashbaker as Director of Aviation Services
Tampa, FL – (August 1, 2009) – Panther International LLC, an award winning grant management software company based in Tampa Bay, is proud to welcome Mr. William Ashbaker, P.E. as the Director of Aviation Services. Mr. Ashbaker is a licensed professional engineer with more than 38 years of aviation and public transit engineering and planning […]
FAA Administrator Babbitt’s Recent Speech at AirVenture 2009
Good morning. My name is Randy Babbitt, and my EAA membership number is 814406. When it comes to making a difference, EAA never does anything small. Look around. 10,000 airplanes. 500,000 visitors. If you’re asking me, there’s nothing quite like tailgating in the shadow of a 172 or a J-3. If you want to see […]
FAA Administrator Visits AirVenture
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt made the rounds at AirVenture 2009 on Wednesday. Babbitt, shown in the photo at right in the blue shirt and cap took time to visit with airshow attendees. See more photos in the SAJ Photo Gallery. Attachment:
Oshkosh 2009 Photo Gallery
Visit the photo gallery for photo updates from EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh 2009. Attachment:
Aero LEDs Introduces Product Line at AirVenture
AirVenture 2009 – Monday Aero LEDs company founders hosted the media at a working lunch to introduce their full product line of LED aircraft lighting solutiions. Nate Calvin, CEO (pictured on right) introduced his team and the products. More information can be found on the company’s website at www.AeroLEDs.com. Attachment:
NASAO, AirVenture Attendees Experience Change
Change was certainly a theme at the opening of this year’s AirVenture 2009 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Sometimes the more familiar we are with something the more difficult change can be, but that didn’t seem to be the case with early attendees. Monday’s crowd seemed to flow smoothly through the new entrance gate and down the […]
Lindbergh Foundation’s Film Over Africa! Low and Slow with the Kenya Wildlife Service, To Be Featured At AirVenture 2009
Film Depicts How Aviation Supports the Environment Minneapolis, Minn. (July 26, 2009) — The Lindbergh Foundation will show its new film, Over Africa! Low and Slow with the Kenya Wildlife Service, at the Theater in the Woods at 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28. The film documents the training of 12 Kenya Wildlife Service […]
Lindbergh Grant in Aviation Awarded to Randall Fishman
Project to Focus on Electric Propulsion of a Two-Seat Aircraft MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. (July 27, 2009) — The Lindbergh Foundation announced today that Randall Fishman, of Cliffside Park, N.J., has been awarded a 2009 Lindbergh Grant in Aviation for his project entitled, “Using Electric Propulsion in a Two-Seat Aircraft to Make Extended Flight Economical and […]
Pots of Gold Stir Early Attendees to AirVenture 2009
If rainbows are a harbinger of good luck, AirVenture 2009 should sail into the week in excellent shape. On Sunday, the day before the kick-off of this year’s event, several rain showers blew through Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin leaving vivid rainbows in their wake. Attendees scrambled to get photographs of the pot of […]
