Sean D. Tucker’s Tutima Academy of Aviation Safety has partnered with jetAVIVA, a light jet acquisition and sales firm, to launch a new Light Jet Upset Recovery Training course geared towards general aviation’s light jet owner pilots. Following the FAA’s recent announcement urging all commercial operators to begin incorporating Enhanced Upset Recovery Training, jetAVIVA and […]
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New appointments at AmSafe
AmSafe Industries, Inc. has made three new senior management appointments, including promoting William Hagan, formerly president of AmSafe Aviation to the new position of president of AmSafe Industries. In this new role, Hagan will work with CEO Terence Lyons in overseeing new business and technology initiatives across the AmSafe organization. In addition to this new […]
New 1090ES traffic receiver leverages ADS-B network
Trig Avionics has introduced a family of products to add 1090ES ADS-B receiver capability to general aviation aircraft, with three products targeted at light aircraft, high performance aircraft, and turbine aircraft. The TA62, TA63 and TA64 will be fully certified C166b receivers, and are expected to be shipping at the end of 2010, according to […]
Top 10 Aircraft Wiring Mistakes
Vertical Power is making available a free 12-page paper titled “Top 10 Aircraft Wiring Mistakes.” The paper is written for homebuilders who want to avoid making common wiring mistakes. “During the last few years we’ve talked with hundreds of homebuilders about their electrical system,” said Marc Ausman, president of Vertical Power Inc. “There seems to […]
Sportsman TC takes off
Glasair Aviation recently introduced the newest member of its composite piston aircraft family: The Sportsman TC, which merges the Sportsman high utility aircraft with a state-of-the-art turbo-normalized engine and advanced carbonfiber materials. Advanced design and engineering changes, combined with the new carbon-fiber fuselage, have resulted in a 40 lbs. reduction in empty weight and a […]
AOPA Foundation launches online auction
As part of the Night For Flight benefit dinner to be held during the AOPA Aviation Summit, the AOPA Foundation, charitable arm of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, has launched an online auction. Bidding is now underway and will continue until Saturday, Nov. 13. “Every item up for bid has been donated, and we […]
Elliott Aviation earns Class IV Repair Station Certification
Elliott Aviation’s headquarters facility at Quad City International Airport (MLI) has received Class IV Repair Station certification from the FAA, which enables the company to pass along tax relief savings to owners who have work performed at the Moline, Ill., facility. “This certification enables us to provide aircraft owners with maintenance, repair and inspection work […]
Duncan Aviation-Provo named Bombardier service center
Duncan Aviation’s Authorized Service Center agreement with Bombardier Aerospace has been extended to include Duncan Aviation’s newest maintenance facility in Provo, Utah. Duncan Aviation-Provo joins Duncan Aviation’s full-service facilities in Lincoln, Neb., and Battle Creek, Mich., as a Bombardier Authorized Service Center, providing scheduled and unscheduled warranty and maintenance work for the Learjet 40, Learjet […]
Cessna launches online M&O sessions
Cessna Aircraft Co. will offer its annual Citation maintenance and overhaul (M&O) sessions normally held during the National Business Aviation Association meeting and convention several weeks earlier via global webcast as part of its ongoing thrust to change the way business jet support is offered to operators around the world. Instead of using the NBAA […]