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Trade-A-Plane's good friend, Keat Pruszenkski with Michelin Aircraft Tire Company, led a course for the FAA on the importance of proper aircraft tire maintenance at Sun 'n Fun 2013. The course was streamed live and is available for viewing below along with a general course description. Aircraft Safety is a top priority, but there is [...]

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MSN 234 is an as-is, where-is aircraft. It does not include an engine, propeller, engine mount, pax or crew seats or an interior. The avionics package is composed primarily of core units but many are usable and all U/S avionics can be covered under the Honeywell warranty program. The nose gear is U/S due to [...]

A.E.R.O., Inc. is excited to announce that it’s expanding its AirBoss™ product line.  In addition to cylinders and starter adapters, AirBoss™ now offers alternator clutches.   The AirBoss™ product line is unique in that it allows A.E.R.O. to provide factory parts, new and remanufactured, at affordable prices.  With the starter adapters and clutches, there are [...]

Editor’s note: The FAA on March 22 is expected to release the list of towers that will be closing as a result of sequestration. Check back on AOPA.org, where we will post the list as soon as it is released. “It’s about safety and jobs,” reiterated Harrison Ford time and time again as he addressed [...]

Dick Rutan, a pilot, entrepreneur and adventurer who made history in December 1986, after completing a nine-day, nonstop and nonrefueled flight around the world that established a flight-endurance record, will be the keynote speaker during the official opening at the 56th annual Aircraft Electronics Association International Convention & Trade Show. In early 1981, Rutan founded Voyager [...]

An amendment put forth by two Republican senators could stave off the closings of 200 control towers at smaller airports around the U.S., including Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem. U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, and Sen. James Inofe, R-Okla., co-sponsored an amendment to a continuing resolution that seeks to restore about $50 million in funding [...]

FORT WORTH, TX – Heli-Expo 2013 – Aviation Search Group announced its first half forecast and search assignments appear to be in greater demand for the balance of 2013. “We are pleased to report key growth in comparison from this time last year” says Aviation Search Group Director of Sales Grayson Barrows.  “We are certainly [...]

A new range of light weight mobile power supplies has been launched by leading supplier, Start Pac. Developed in response to a need for a more compact, mobile power supply StartPac has released the Start Pac® Model 53300, a powerful 300 amp power supply that weighs only 18 kilos (40 lbs). The unit is designed [...]

SUN ’n FUN CAMPUS, LAKELAND, FL. – On Friday, February 1, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. a, Boeing 727-200F aircraft operated by FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) will complete its final flight as it lands at the Lakeland Linder Airport.  With the FedEx logo strikingly displayed on the airplane, it will taxi [...]

Women Can Fly, a series of three special Saturday events scheduled for June of 2013, will introduce aviation to more girls and women in Virginia.  While the number of women working in the aviation industry has steadily increased, they are still underrepresented in the workforce and the number of women pilots is only 6% of [...]

A parachute that softened the landing of an airplane that encountered mechanical problems saved the lives of the three men on board, an airport official said Wednesday. The single-engine Cirrus SR-20, which was traveling from Groton to Danbury, was two miles from the Danbury Municipal Airport on Tuesday night when the pilot alerted authorities he [...]

Published on Nov 12, 2012 SUN 'n FUN's mission is to preserve and enhance the future of flight through world-class events, inspiring and educating people of all ages. This is what we do and when you watch our new video you'll learn why we do it. Source: SUN 'n FUN

With more than 50,000 engines delivered and 380 million hours flown, the PT6 has a track record like few others. King Airs, Caravans, and a host of others (130 different aircraft, including helicopters) have been fitted with variations of this time-tested turbine, and Pratt & Whitney Canada has launched a yearlong celebration of the PT6 [...]

A British company has announced a breakthrough engine technology that could be used to power space planes. Developed by Reaction Engines Ltd. (REL), the new technology to be used in the Sabre (Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine) engine would enable aircraft to fly into orbit and back directly from a runway, and fly anywhere in the [...]

Interview with Earl Lawrence, FAA Manager, Small Aircraft Directorate, on an industry initiative to re-write Part 23 certification regulations to reduce the cost and improve the safety of general aviation aircraft. Source: AOPA http://www.trade-a-plane.com/company-search?id=53344

Order worth as much as $7.8 billion Thomas Flohr may deserve the hefty discounts he undoubtedly got from Bombardier Inc. for placing the biggest order in business aviation history, a firm 56-plane order worth $3.1 billion at list prices — before discounts. With options, the deal could reach $7.8 billion for 142 Global aircraft. Flohr [...]

Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp., won a U.S. Army contract to research and develop an Advanced Variable-Speed Power Turbine (AVSPOT) able to meet the range and lift requirements for current and future force rotorcraft. The goal of the AVSPOT program, an initiative of the U.S. Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate in [...]

Sandel Avionics Inc., a global leader in wire, terrain and obstacle avoidance, has received its AS9100, Rev C and ISO 9001:2008 certification from NSF International. The Quality Management System (QMS) for the Aerospace Industry standard (AS9100) is designed to meet stringent, complex and unique demands of the defense and commercial Aerospace industry. With nearly a [...]

In 1935, when Cosby Harrison crashed his airplane in stormy weather he could not have realized the lasting impact of his adventure. His slight misfortune would give rise to a shoestring operation that would become a great entrepreneurial success–and play a significant role in aviation history. (Excerpt from the history of Trade-A-Plane.) This week in [...]