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Virginia meets goal of 100% participation in AOPA’s Airport Support Network

Posted on May 21st, 2013 by

The Commonwealth of Virginia has become the first state in the nation to have 100% participation in the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Airport Support Network (ASN), a program that encourages volunteers to act as liaisons between local communities,... Continue Reading →

Friends, volunteers hope to recover B-25 from Alaska sandbar

Posted on May 21st, 2013 by

Patrick Mihalek and Todd Trainor, long-time friends, and a handful of volunteers will be in Alaska next month to prepare a 70-year-old North American B-25J Mitchell for rescue. The B-25, nicknamed “Sandbar Mitchell” sits on a sandbar in the Tanana River... Continue Reading →

Who turned out the lights?

Posted on May 21st, 2013 by

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Mylar balloons stuck in power lines caused a power outage for 5,800 north Idaho Falls residents, including all of us in the AeroMark hangar, home to the 3rd annual Idaho Aviation Expo. Everyone took the power outage in stride and... Continue Reading →

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Stanton Sport Aviation signs on as Flight Design distributor

Posted on May 21st, 2013 by

South Woodstock, CONN. – Stanton, Minn.-based Stanton Sport Aviation, led my Kent Johnson, was recently elevated to Distributor status with Flight Design USA. Continue Reading →

Foundation names scholarship winners

Posted on May 21st, 2013 by

The National Air Transportation Foundation (NATF) has named the winners of its Dan L. Meisinger Sr. Memorial Learn to Fly Scholarship and its Pioneers of Flight Scholarship. Continue Reading →

FAA administrator: Sequestration not over yet…

Posted on May 20th, 2013 by

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said at a hearing that while he is grateful for the law Congress passed to end air traffic controller furloughs and stave off contract tower defunding, it “does not end the sequester. We will not enjoy... Continue Reading →

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New Orleans FBO hosts B-17

Posted on May 20th, 2013 by

NEW ORLEANS – Hawthorne Global Aviation Services, an FBO at Lakefront Airport in New Orleans, will host the Texas Raiders, an authentically restored World War II B-17 Bomber owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force, on the weekend of... Continue Reading →

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Arlington Flight Services upgrades

Posted on May 20th, 2013 by

ARLINGTON, Wash. — Arlington Flight Services, Inc. – the Avfuel-branded FBO at Arlington Municipal Airport (AWO), approximately 50 miles north of Seattle – is seeing an uptick in business as it and the airport continue to invest in  improvements, including... Continue Reading →

Sporty’s debuts approval service for iPad/ForeFlight cockpit use

Posted on May 20th, 2013 by

Pilots flying large turbine-powered airplanes governed by Part 91F or flying as a fractional on-demand or Part 135 operation may need formal FAA approval to use an iPad in pursuit of a paperless cockpit. Now these pilots have some help... Continue Reading →

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GRT Avionics cuts prices

Posted on May 20th, 2013 by

WYOMING, Mich. — GRT Avionics has lowered prices on all of its EFIS systems by over 30%, while retaining all the features, according to company officials. Continue Reading →