Ashley Burns Thursday, November 15, 2018

International Aero Academy Teams with SEU to Take on the Pilot Shortage

Officials from International Aero Academy and Southeastern University gathered at Lakeland Linder International Airport in Florida on Wednesday to announce a new aviation program that they believe will blaze the trail for a solution to the pilot shortage. Joined by SEU President Kent Ingle and others at IAA’s LAL facilities, IAA President Steven Markhoff declared […]

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Ashley Burns Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Bell’s Air Taxi VR Experience a Hit at CES

More than 7,000 attendees of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas stopped by Bell Helicopter’s exhibit to get a sneak peek at “the future of urban air transportation.” Among the guests lined up for the Air Taxi virtual reality ride were Silicon Valley guru Guy Kawasaki and Avengers actor Anthony Mackie, though they […]

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Ashley Burns Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Search Efforts Ongoing for Pilot Who Vanished in Nevada

An unidentified 26-year-old Mississippi man is the subject of a continuing search effort near Elko, Nevada, after his twin-engine Piper disappeared last Thursday. The Elko County Sheriff’s Office said the commercial pilot was flying from California to Salt Lake City when his plane went missing, and Sgt. Nick Czegledi suggested that weather problems may be […]

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Ashley Burns Thursday, January 11, 2018

Ocean Infinity Sets Out to Find Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

The Government of Malaysia announced on Wednesday that Ocean Infinity’s proposal to resume the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been accepted. Recovery efforts were paused last January after an estimated $200 million had been spent by the governments of Malaysia, Australia and China with few results. Under the “No cure, no fee” deal, […]

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Ashley Burns Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Diamond Aircraft Purchased by Wanfeng Aviation

China’s Wanfeng Auto Holding Group announced it has completed the acquisition of Diamond Aircraft Group, just a year after it acquired a 60 percent share of Diamond Canada. The company said the move will have a significant impact on Diamond’s long-term future and increased global sales. When it announced last year’s cash infusion to Diamond, […]

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Ashley Burns Thursday, December 21, 2017

Flight Chops: Playing in the Clouds in an L-39

As Steve Thorne told us recently, out of all the aircraft he has already flown and would love to fly, no plane comes close to a Spitfire for him. That one is clearly at the top of his “bucket list.” Still, that doesn’t mean there aren’t more aircraft on his list, and as a result […]

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Ashley Burns Monday, December 18, 2017

More Flights Canceled in Wake of Power Outage at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

On Sunday, an estimated 1,183 flights were canceled at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta following an 11-hour power outage that left tens of thousands of passengers stranded. But even after power was restored and operations resumed, holiday travel woes continued on Monday, as more than 400 additional flights were canceled. As of Tuesday morning, only […]

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