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The Virginia Regional Festival of Flight, an annual Fly-In held at Suffolk Executive Airport each spring, will not be held this year so that exciting reorganizational plans can be initiated to improve and expand the event for 2016.   After 17 years of successfully sponsoring the Virginia Regional Festival of Flight, the Virginia Aviation Council […]

Lake Aero Styling & Repair “LASAR” “Serving your aviation needs since 1975” www.lasar.com November 26, 2014 Kyle Kennedy comes to us from Montana with his A&P and IA licenses and with much experience in maintaining small airplanes.   He has a background in piston and turbine aircraft, and he has worked on the King Air, Lear, […]

  OLATHE, KS. & ENGLEWOOD, COLO., OCTOBER 14, 2014 – Garmin International Inc. and Jeppesen, a part of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, today introduced the RNP AR NavData Service, a new tool for pilots utilizing Required Navigation Performance – Authorization Required (RNP AR) procedures. The new service automates time-consuming data validation processes that are required […]

St. Egidien, Germany on September 2, 2014 - Continental Motors Group, Ltd announced today that Aerodynamics Malaga S.L. (Aerodynamics), a leading Spanish flight training school, will retrofit sixteen aircraft with the state-of-the-art Continental Diesel jet fuel piston engine. Aerodynamics is an EASA ATO and Part 145 maintenance organization based in Malaga, Spain. They operate a fleet of […]

AeroShell Team Will Join All - Time Great Airshow Legends 21 August, 2014 The International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) Foundation announced today that it has inducted three new members into its Air Show Hall of Fame. Gene Soucy, Chuck Newcomb, and the AeroShell Aerobatic Team will be recognized at the ICAS Chairman's Banquet on […]

Ray Johnson of Buffalo is very proud of his meticulously restored 1943 Boeing Stearman, Model E75N1 (most commonly just referred to as a Stearman) and he now has another feather in his cap because he and his airplane were the cover photo on the First July Issue of the internationally known aviation marketing publication called […]

Friedrichshafen – The AERO is landing in China: The organizer of Airshow China, Zhuhai Airshow Co., Ltd., and Messe Friedrichshafen, organizer of the international aviation show AERO, intend to host a general aviation exhibition every two years in China under the name of “AERO ASIA”. The air show will be held for the first time from October 28 to […]

RHINEBECK, NY 8/14/14: With a goal of breaking ground in November, Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome volunteers are hustling to raise funds for a new $150,000 Visitor Center. Plans are now complete for the gift shop, model museum and modern restrooms in one building, and reviews are underway by the Red Hook Planning Board. The biggest challenge […]

Working 23 years at any one company is an accomplishment, but even more of an achievement when the company is nearly 25 years young. Tim Casey will retire from Garmin in August, at which point he will spend some well-deserved time with his wife of 45 years and have time to reflect on the amount […]

Houston, 25 July 2014 Visitors are invited to participate in a variety of exciting activities offered by the Shell Aviation team for this year’s Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh. Branding news, AeroShell booth, technical forums and a 30 year anniversary celebration for a team of talented and skilled aviators is among what is in […]

Aircraft Spruce & Specialty will begin distributing printed copies and CD versions of their new 2014-2015 catalog at EAA’s AirVenture 2014. Few people today begin a homebuilt or restoration project without an Aircraft Spruce catalog and most people who own a certified aircraft find it invaluable for routine maintenance, upgrades, and pilot supplies. There are […]

OLATHE, Kan. /July 23, 2014/Business Wire — Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today a new 7-inch G3X Touch display option for experimental amateur-built and light sport aircraft. The new high-resolution infrared touchscreen display compliments the existing 10.6-inch G3X Touch system, offering new panel […]

OLATHE, Kan. /July 22, 2014/Business Wire — Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today additional enhancements and new features for the GTN touchscreen avionics. New capabilities include Connext cockpit connectivity, which supports wireless flight plan transfer between the GTN 750/650 series navigators and Garmin […]

OLATHE, Kan. /July 17, 2014/Business Wire — Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced worldwide coverage of the Garmin Pilot application for iPad and iPhone, which provides flight planning capabilities, comprehensive weather information and full-featured navigation. Pilots also have access to expanded coverage of […]

Garmin is proud to celebrate today, the tenth anniversary of delivering the G1000 Integrated Flight Deck (IFD) to customers. The first announcement of the revolutionary G1000 IFD was in March 2003, when Cessna announced the selection of G1000 for the Citation Mustang, which was in development at the time. Additional announcements by a variety of […]

Mobile, AL June 16, 2014 – Continental Motors, Inc. (CMI) is holding a Career Fair June 21, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at their facility in the Brookley Complex, 2039 South Broad St. Mobile, AL 36615. HR Representatives and Hiring managers will be on site accepting resumes and conducting on-site screening. Continental Motors, formerly known as […]

CHESTER, CONNECTICUT, June 5, 2014 — Whelen Engineering Co. is pleased to announce the Parmetheus Plus™, an LED landing and taxi light 40% brighter than the Parmetheus™. New and improved optic technology now rivals the light output of HID (High Intensity Discharge) and surpasses all LED offerings on the market. The Parmetheus Plus is external […]

Piqua, Ohio, June 12, 2014 – Hartzell Propeller’s six-bladed structural composite propellers have been certified by the U.K.’s Maritime and Coast Guard Agency for Griffon Hoverworks BHT 130 passenger watercraft. Hartzell's props are the first certified structural composite hovercraft propellers. “A hovercraft air cushion vehicle is flown by a pilot instead of a sea captain […]

White Plains, NY — Thanks to the generosity of 165 golfers, their organizations and the many sponsors who donated auction items, the 26th Annual GWAO Tournament raised $90,000 which was shared between two charities — Corporate Angel Network (CAN) & Veterans Airlift Command (VAC). CAN arranges free air travel using the empty seats on corporate […]

The Port-A-Cool® 16” Vertical Tank evaporative cooler is a mobile, all-natural option for lowering temperatures by as much as 30° F in spaces where air conditioning is impractical. The Vertical Tank effectively cools worksites and outdoor spaces up to 900 square feet by using the natural process of evaporation. This unit is an improvement over […]