Stratos Aircraft is preparing a 1/5th scale model of its 714 jet for wind tunnel tests at the University of Washington in Seattle during Aug. 8-12. The Stratos engineering team has developed an agenda that includes verification of extensive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) work, company officials said. Using the same wind tunnel that is often […]
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Sporty’s adds Skycatcher to training fleet
Sporty’s Academy has taken delivery of a 2011 Cessna 162 Skycatcher. This light sport airplane joins Sporty’s training fleet of late-model Cessna 172s, a Cessna 182, and Diamond Xtreme Motorglider. The Skycatcher features a modern flight deck with a glass panel Garmin G300 system. Its powered by a Continental O-200, providing speeds up to 135 […]
Avidyne expands autopilot to Piper Matrix and Mirage
Avidyne Corp. is expanding the market for the DFC90 Digital Flight Control System to include Entegra-equipped Piper PA-46 Matrix and Mirage aircraft. Avidyne officials also said they are currently accepting deposits from owners of Entegra-equipped Matrix and Mirage aircraft who are interested in reserving an early slot for the DFC90. “The attitude-based DFC90 provides considerable […]
Book signing Saturday at Museum of Flight
Seattle aviation writer and former museum curator Jay Spenser will be signing his books at the Museum of Flight July 9 from noon to 4 p.m. Spenser has been the curator at The Museum of Flight and the assistant curator at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Spenser’s books include “Whirlybirds: […]
Grandparents Camp visits GMU
There’s a neighborhood near South Carolina’s Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) full of grandparents who host their grandkids for a week during the summer. That’s why the residents of The Cliff at Glassy formed a Grandparents Camp, which recently visited GMU. More than 50 people from the neighborhood visited the airport “so they could have fun […]
Hamilton to be official timekeeper at Oshkosh
Hamilton returns later this month as the official timekeeper at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, as well as hosting the outdoor fly-in movie theater. Hamilton’s newest aviation partner, Christine “CC” Gerner, an aerobatic pilot with years of airshow performances, will perform on July 26 in her Hamilton-branded Edge 540 plane. Hamilton will also be an exhibitor […]
US Air Force Academy adds SR20 to fleet
Cirrus Aircraft‘s SR20 aircraft has been selected as the aircraft of choice for the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Powered Flight Program. The Air Force Academy will receive 25 SR20 aircraft — designated as T-53A trainers in the customized configuration — starting this summer and continuing through 2012. “We’re honored to have been chosen by the […]
CAV Aerospace gets FAA nod
CAV Aerospace has received FAA certification as a Part 145 repair station for the proprietary TKS ice protection system. Its facility at the Salina Airport in Salina, Kan., is now approved to repair TKS ice protection components. “This achievement is another building block for the continued growth of CAV Aerospace’s MRO capabilities and an extension […]
West Star Aviation to provide maintenance at SUS
West Star Aviation will provide maintenance services to TAC Air’s latest facility at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS). The facility, previously operated by Signature Flight Support (Executive Beechcraft), was recently acquired by TAC Air, which will provide fuel and other ramp services at this and other TAC Air SUS facilities. As part of the […]