Not everyone was sorry to see 2008 go. Frasca International, manufacturer of simulators and flight training devices, celebrated its 50th anniversary year and closed out 2008 with sales of better than one of its systems per week. Founded in 1958, Frasca is headquartered in Urbana, Illinois. Last year also saw 11 new flight training devices […]
The following flight instructors qualified last month as ‘Masters’ under the criteria set by the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI). Of some 92,000 flight instructors in the United States, fewer than 700 have achieved Master Instructor status. The honor must be re-earned every two years, and is acquired through a process of continuing professional […]
With President-elect Obama bracing for a “sobering” jobs report, Cessna Chairman and CEO Jack Pelton acknowledged that his company would be facing layoffs, but would not comment on specific plans or numbers of workers who might be affected. Cirrus Design has called back most of the 500 or so employees idled by a December production […]
Following a two-hour flight in an Air New Zealand Boeing 747 last month, airline officials are excited about the prospects for the latest in biofuel. The so-called “second generation” of biofuels used in the test was refined and blended in the United States by Honeywell subsidiary UOP. Air New Zealand’s test aircraft flew with a […]
Use them early and often; that’s the message from the NTSB when it comes to activating deicing boots on your aircraft. The longstanding debate over so-called “ice-bridging” notwithstanding, the safety board recommends inflating the boots with as little as one-quarter inch of ice on the surface. Those who subscribe to the ice bridging theory believe […]
An audit conducted by the FAA has determined that the money the agency has invested in new air traffic control equipment has been well spent; but the buildings that house the equipment “are aging and showing signs of deteriorating physical conditions.” The average expected useful life of one of the buildings is 25 to 30 […]
Honda is assembling its first conforming prototype HondaJet at its original facility at Piedmont Triad Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina. But future work on the project will soon move to the recently completed 400,000-square-foot research and development facility. Honda reports it still expects to deliver the first of its unique over-the-wing engine jets in 2010.
The hard economic times have not dampened the spirit of holiday giving at Hawker Beechcraft Corp (HBC). The company’s employees donated a total of $50,000 to the Wichita Children’s Home last week. HBC supplier Rockwell Collins kicked in an additional $10,000 to the home, which has been in operation since 1888. Over the past five […]
Kits are now available for retrofitting enhanced vision technology on existing Cirrus SR20 and SR22 aircraft. Enhanced Vision Systems using this hardware have been available from the Cirrus factory since this summer. Now, Forward Vision and One Sky Aviation have teamed to develop FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) #SA02329AK for installation of the EVS-100 sensor. […]
Garmin’s GTX 330 and GTX 33 transponders have received FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval to supply Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out (ADS-B Out) data, an industry first, according to Garmin. With the new capability, the Garmin transponders are eligible to provide precise positional information to air traffic control and also to other ADS-B-equipped aircraft in […]
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