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This is year 9 for the wildly popular “Warbirds’ Tram Tour”. You can easily gauge public response by the long ticket lines that never end. Tour HQ is across from Fightertown and adjacent to Warbird Alley. Four majestic American flags flying 20 feet in the air mark the spot. The 30 minute tour weaves thru […]

Garmin® announces turbine engine monitoring and analysis with G600 TXi and G500 TXi System improves operational efficiency with enhanced insights into aircraft engine performance OLATHE, Kan. /June 26, 2019/Business Wire — Garmin International, Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), today announced expanded engine monitoring capability on the G600 TXi/G500 TXi and Engine Indication […]

Garmin® announces passing of Co-founder and Chairman Emeritus Gary Burrell. Innovator, entrepreneur and servant leader will be remembered for his legacy of growing Garmin from a start-up company to a global leader in GPS technology.   OLATHE, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Garmin International, Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN), today announced that Gary Burrell, aviation pioneer and […]

  June 11, 2019 - Lakeland, Florida: A celebration of life for the founder and former Executive Director of Sun 'n Fun Fly-In, Billy Henderson, will be held at Aerospace Discovery at the Florida Air Museum on June 23, 2019. Billy's contribution to aviation in Central Florida, as well as both nationally and internationally, paved […]

Two years after President Donald Trump first announced his intent to reverse Obama-era changes easing restrictions on travel to Cuba, a final rule effective June 5 closed the door for most of general aviation. The Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security published the final rule on June 5 implementing additional restrictions on travel and commerce […]

  WOMEN AVIATORS GATHER FOR EAA WOMENVENTURE AT EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2019 Activities begin on July 22, major highlights on July 24For the 12th straight year, the opportunity for women who love aviation to build camaraderie and open doors to mentorship and participation comes to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019, as EAA WomenVenture activities will take […]

Garmin announces EASA approval of the G500H TXi flight display for helicopters  June, 3 2019 – Garmin is pleased to announce it has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval for the G500H TXi, the next generation touchscreen flight display for helicopters. Built on the proven capabilities of the original G500H series, the G500H TXi […]