Aerospace Products International, Inc. (“API”) announced a new program to enhance spares availability for Beechcraft owners, operators, and maintenance providers. API, a leading provider of innovative distribution and supply chain services for the aviation industry, has purchased an inventory of Beechcraft Legacy spare parts to support all Beechcraft models, including the King Air, Baron, and […]
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will open Oct. 12 a new campus in Houston on Space Center Blvd. The site will offer undergraduate degrees in professional aeronautics and technical management and a graduate program in technical management.
Embry-Riddle offers more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business and Engineering and has […]
Money to burn? Forget Microsoft Flight Simulator. Clarks Precision Machine and Tool is planning to start selling its F-18E Micro Simulator to consumers and, presumably, GA pilots, for a cool $68,000 each. The company says it expects to sell the units to aviation enthusiasts for joy-riding in their home theaters. The simulator duplicates the Boeing/McDonald […]
Beechcraft has received certification for its new, heavier King Air 350 in the commuter category. The new plane has a max gross weight of 16,500 pounds.
“This certification represents the achievement of a significant milestone in developing and certifying the Beechcraft King Air 350ER which Raytheon unveiled at the Paris Air Show earlier this summer,” said […]
It’s the ultimate way to beat traffic jams. Just take off and fly over them. A new $19,800 product called the Flite Bike kit transforms a Honda Reflex scooter into a flying motorcycle. The kit includes a custom Flite Bike airframe, ram-air powered parachute canopy wing and a 65-hp Rotax 582 liqiuid-cooled 2-cycle aircraft engine […]
The Pentagon yesterday approved full-rate production of the V-22 Osprey, the prop airplane that takes off and lands like a helicopter.
The Marine Corps loves the Osprey, despite its deadly testing history that has killed 23 Marines since 2000. Why? The Osprey can operate in situations normally only possibly with a helicopter, but flies twice […]
It might happen…. Residents in Douglas County in California might decide via election what the aircraft weight limit should be at the Minden-Tahoe Airport. Normally such decisions are made by engineers. :)
The problem comes down to federal grants. Most airports are funded through federal grants and often as much as 95% of development costs come […]
The networks that link parts of the U.S. air traffic control system may be vulnerable to hackers, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The FAA hasn’t installed software security patches that have been around for years and has outdated and poorly enforced security policies that could “lead to disruption in aviation operations.” Further, the […]
The Williams Group International received a new toy last week from Raytheon (aka Beechcraft). A shiny new customized Beechcraft 1900D.
“We were delighted to be able to work with Williams in crafting UE-290 to meet his demanding specifications,” said Skip Gallagher, RAAS vice president of sales. “We have delivered five refurbished Beechcraft 1900D aircraft as executive […]
I read an article today at the Atlanta Journal Constitution about a local debate regarding their airport, PDK. It seems some residents are unhappy with the airport master plan. (Well actually it seems more like one unhappy resident.)
“If you look at the things they’re doing and not doing with the master plan it looks like […]
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