Dr. Tom Crouch, senior curator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., will present “Aviation in 1909 and Beloit’s A.P. Warner” Nov. 7 at the Beloit College in celebration of Wisconsin’s Centennial of Flight. Crouch’s presentation is part of a yearlong series of events that concludes in Beloit, where Wisconsin’s first […]
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New company finds success selling planes, even in economic downturn
Some would say that launching a business that sells airplanes in this economy is a recipe for failure. But not so for Piedmont Aircraft Co., which opened its doors earlier this year. In its first six months of operation, the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based company sold 24 aircraft, including a Beechjet, a Premier, two Beech 1900s, 11 […]
Museum unveils ‘Amelia’ plane to coincide with movie premiere
On Friday, Oct. 23, The San Diego Air & Space Museum will unveil its Lockheed Vega 5B used in the movie “Amelia,” starring Academy Award-winning actress Hillary Swank. The plane was created as a prop for the film and was donated to the museum by Avalon Pictures. Amelia Earhart flew a Lockheed Vega 5B on […]
Anti-user fee letter sent to Obama
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) and Ranking Member Thomas Petri (R-Wis.) sent a letter today with 118 signatures of bipartisan members of the House of Representatives to President Obama urging him to not ask for aviation user fees as he submits the budget for 2011. Costello and Petri started circulating […]
Colorado air show to expand
Colorado Sport Aviation, Inc. (CSA) today unveiled plans to add additional attractions to its air show and fly-in for 2010. Next year’s event will also commemorate the 50th anniversary of its venue. The Colorado Sport International Air Show and Rocky Mountain Regional Fly-In will be held Aug. 28-29, 2010, at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport […]
Less automation better for controllers
With the nation’s air traffic expected to double by 2025, air traffic controllers will probably have to depend more and more on automation. But too much automation could lead to fatal mistakes when that automation fails, a former Texas Tech University psychology student discovered. The Joint Planning and Development Office, made up of officials from […]
House passes training bill that may affect GA
A bill passed overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives Oct. 14 aimed at enhancing flight standards for airline pilots may have repercussions affecting all of aviation. The legislation, passed 409 to 11, calls for increasing the number of flight hours to work as an airline pilot to 1,500 for an Air Transport Pilot certificate. Current […]
Bizav market shows signs of stabilization
The worldwide inventory of used business jets for sale decreased from 18% to 17.2% of the fleet in September, according to a market update report released by AMSTAT, a provider of corporate aviation fleet and operator information. According to Tom Benson, Executive Vice President of AMSTAT, “When we examine the past several months worth of […]
Earhart’s goggles fetch $141,000 in auction
Profiles in History, an auctioneer of Hollywood and other memorabilia, recently auctioned items totalling $5 million, including $141,600 for the goggles Amelia Earhart wore during her historic 1932 solo transatlantic flight. Also sold at the auction were astronaut Gus Grissom’s Mercury flight suit ($47,200) and the baseball cap Neil Armstrong wore after splash-down and recovery […]