Piscatella retires from Hartzell parent company

Posted on November 29th, 2011 by

Mike Piscatella, Vice President, Business Development, has retired from Tailwind Technologies of Piqua, Ohio, parent company of Hartzell Propeller. Please share: Continue Reading →

50 years of safe flying

Posted on November 21st, 2011 by

Ohio’s Tom Root was awarded the Wright Brothers “Master Pilot” Award in September. He applied for the award “based on a lifetime of single pilot/photographer with over 5,000 hours doing aerial photography.” Continue Reading →

Schell joins Landmark as GM of ORF location

Posted on November 16th, 2011 by

Steven Schell joins Landmark Aviation as general manager of its Norfolk International Airport (ORF) location. Steven brings with him 25 years of experience in the general aviation industry. Continue Reading →

SportairUSA names national sales director

Posted on November 13th, 2011 by

SportairUSA, the American distributor of Sting and Sirius sport aircraft, has named John Thomas National Sales Director. Continue Reading →

CPA announces 2012 courses

Posted on November 9th, 2011 by

“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. Continue Reading →

Gasper to manage FBO at UNU

Posted on November 7th, 2011 by

Wisconsin Aviation Inc. has appointed Mary Gasper as the new facility manager at the Dodge County Airport (UNU), in Juneau, Wisconsin. Continue Reading →

Sennheiser promotes Falcone

Posted on October 25th, 2011 by

Effective Jan. 1, John Falcone, president and CEO of Sennheiser Electronic Corp. in Old Lyme, Conn., will be promoted to the position of Vice President Sales, Americas. Continue Reading →

Cessna 150-152 Fly-In recognizes volunteer

Posted on October 24th, 2011 by

Robert A. McKenzie, an attorney with the law firm Arnstein & Lehr, was awarded the Cessna 150-152 Fly-In Foundation’s 2011 Gordon Ellis Award. Continue Reading →

North American Airports elect new board members

Posted on October 23rd, 2011 by

During its Annual General Membership Business Meeting on Oct. 19, members of Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) elected a new slate of officers and three new members to its Board of Directors. Their terms are effective immediately. Continue Reading →

Healing continues for Reno survivor

Posted on October 19th, 2011 by

“He’s doing alright. Doing pretty good actually,” said Tracy, the wife of Reno Air Races crash survivor Larry Cruz. (I wrote about him Oct. 9). He is still in Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center but now has his new hook. Continue Reading →