“You will learn more about your Cessna airplane than 99% of Cessna owners ever will,” says Cessna Pilots Association Executive Director John Frank. That is, if you take the CPA Systems and Procedures Course. Please share: Continue Reading →
Beijing’s first GA firm
Posted on October 26th, 2011 by Ben Sclair
China Daily reported that the Beijing General Aviation Group (BGAG) has been co-founded by Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC) and Beihang University, in terms of capital ($15.7 million) and technologies, respectively. According to Wikipedia, BAIC is a state-owned automaker that manufactures... Continue Reading →
WACO Classic gains Great Lakes TC
Posted on October 26th, 2011 by Ben Sclair
WACO Classic Aircraft has officially received the Type Certificate for the Great Lakes 2T-1A series of aircraft. With the TC in hand, WACO Classic is able to better work with the FAA to return the Great Lakes to the air,... Continue Reading →
MAF adds RedBird simulator
Posted on October 26th, 2011 by Ben Sclair
NAMPA, Idaho – Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) has acquired a new RedBird SD flight simulator, to aid its pilots for the challenging conditions they face when flying in remote parts of the world. The $60,000 RedBird was purchased from funds... Continue Reading →
Tecnam P2006T certified in Canada
Posted on October 25th, 2011 by Janice Wood
Transport Canada has certified the Tecnam P2006T twin. Continue Reading →
Two Evolution first flights in one afternoon
Posted on October 23rd, 2011 by Janice Wood
Neal Longwill and Kevin Jackson, both from Austin, Texas, have been busy for the last 10 months building two Lancair Evolutions. Wednesday, Oct. 19, both aircraft flew for the first time. Continue Reading →
Daher-Socata rolls out 600th TBM
Posted on October 23rd, 2011 by Janice Wood
Daher-Socata rolled out its 600th series production TBM very fast turboprop aircraft – a TBM 850 – from the company’s Tarbes, France, production facility last week. Continue Reading →
RANS S-19 meets FAA’s 51% rule
Posted on October 16th, 2011 by Janice Wood
The RANS S-19 Venterra has met the FAA’s 51% rule and will join the list of approved kits. Continue Reading →
Flying the Skycatcher: The CFI’s perspective
Posted on October 11th, 2011 by Meg Godlewski
Cessna’s Skycatcher was designed for the Light Sport Aircraft category, as well as to lower the cost of entry into aviation. It was also designed to be a teaching platform that could ostensibly replace the Cessna 150 series in flight... Continue Reading →
Cessna unveils ‘game-changing’ Citation Latitude
Posted on October 10th, 2011 by Janice Wood
Cessna Aircraft Co. introduced the new Citation Latitude mid-size business jet on opening day of the 64th NBAA Annual Meeting and Convention. This is Cessna’s second new product announcement in the past 14 days; the company launched the Citation M2... Continue Reading →
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