Aviation News

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 […]

The National Business Aviation Association and the Asian Business Aviation Association jointly announced last week they were canceling this year’s Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE) scheduled for February 11-12. The NBAA, which also co-sponsors international shows in Europe and Latin America, said that, with so many companies facing serious financial times, it believes […]

Alan Klapmeier says clearly that he will continue to be involved day-to-day, and to “guide the direction” of Cirrus Design, the company he and his brother Dale founded. In a management shift scheduled to become effective on February 1, current chief operating officer Brent Wouters (formerly chief financial officer) will become CEO, and Klapmeier will […]

With the demise of NextGen test platform DayJet, fractional operator NetJets has taken on the role. The pioneer of fractional ownership signed an agreement with the FAA this month to run test programs on what is being called the air traffic control system of the future. NetJets will equip part of its fleet of more […]

In case you were planning a meandering sightseeing flight anywhere near the D.C. area on January 20, you would do well to just forget about it. The FAA has established President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration day as a “National Special Security Event” and issued a flight advisory, available at faa.gov. In part, the advisory warns pilots […]

Unless you have a 406-MHz emergency locator transmitter (ELT), even your U.S.-registered airplane will be closed to Canadian airspace in approximately two years. Even flights that begin and end in the United States-but with a segment involving transition of Canadian airspace-will not be permitted, based on a decision made recently by Transport Canada that will […]

Build A Plane is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity that aims to promote aviation by allowing young people to help rebuild existing aircraft. The organization solicits donations of aircraft and then regifts them to schools across the country for students to build or refurbish real airplanes. Build A Plane operates in formal partnership with the […]

Brian Foley, president of Brian Foley Associates in Sparta, New Jersey, believes the current down cycle might be so severe, it could be over sooner than previous plunges. Part of his reasoning centers on how long it took before most recognized that the current hard times were upon us. In a true glass-half-full view, Foley […]