HelpFourPaws, an animal transport rescue organization, based at Florida’s Saint Augustine Regional Airport (SGJ), rescued more than 770 animals last year. This year, the group hopes to double that number, according to Elliot Mintzer, executive director. Mintzer has been named to the organization’s 2011 Board of Directors, along with: Kathryn Mackenzie, Vice President; Barry Ford, […]
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First-ever SOAR Key West this Saturday
The first-ever Southernmost Openhouse & Aviation Review (SOAR) Key West is being held at Key West International Airport (EYW) on Saturday, Feb. 5, from 9-4. This free to the public, family-friendly aviation event is being produced by a new not-for-profit organization called Friends of the Airport. SOAR will include static display aircraft to check out, […]
First flight for Onex
The number one prototype of Sonex Aircraft’s new Onex single-place, folding-wing kit aircraft made its first flight Jan. 27 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. Piloted by Sonex General Manager, CEO, and Onex designer Jeremy Monnett, the AeroVee-powered N111NX made an extensive flight orbiting the field. “The airplane is sweet,” commented Jeremy Monnett upon landing. […]
Sporty’s debuts Plates app
Sporty’s has partnered with ForeFlight to produce a new Plates app for the iPad. With Plates, pilots can carry every US approach plate on every flight, and save more than 90% off the price of paper charts, Sporty’s officials said. Both Sporty’s and ForeFlight were founded by pilots for pilots, so the companies focused on […]
SAFE expands member benefits
The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) recently added King Schools and ForeFlight to a list of more than two dozen providers of discounts on products and services. Existing benefits providers, PilotWorkshops and Sporty’s, have expanded their offerings to members as well. King Schools now extends a 20% discount to SAFE members on all […]
Express Jets brands San Antonio Spurs Courtside Club
Express Jets has struck a deal with the San Antonio Spurs to be the exclusive naming rights partner of the new club at the AT&T Center, the Express Jets Courtside Club. “We are excited to partner with such a first class organization as the San Antonio Spurs,” says Express Jets president Jason Leavelle. “We felt […]
SimCom expands to DFW
SimCom Training Centers has completed the acquisition of the former PrestoSIM training center near the Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas International Airport (DFW). SimCom officials say they will greatly expand the former PrestoSIM operations by updating the existing simulators and adding new flight training devices and training courseware. Many of the existing staff will be retained by […]
Celebrating a pioneering African American aviator
On Feb.1, pioneering African American aviator Mildred Hemmons Carter will be saluted with a program honoring the 70th anniversary of the day she received her pilot’s license. The program will be held at 2 p.m. at the Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center in Tuskegee, Ala. Carter earned her ticket in 1941 from the […]
DRE debuts portable intercom
DRE Communications has released its DRE-205e premium quality portable intercom. A complete redesign of the DRE model 201, the DRE-205e can be used as a portable intercom or permanently installed in the panel. Accessory inputs allow the unit to be connected to a suite of other devices, including engine monitors, collision avoidance equipment and other […]