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A visual nuance that spells the difference between good and perfect

Airplane-brand-specific fly-in events can be fun and informative. If the folks at Just Aircraft are involved and if they show off their amazing SuperSTOL, a company fly-in takes on a new level of excitement. Those of you who have stopped by their airshow display to speak to the people from Just Aircraft know the Walhalla, […]

Newcastle, WA–ASA’s Pilot’s Manual Series is now available on iBooks®.

Mobile, AL, United States, June 24, 2014 – Continental Motors Group Ltd. announced today that its MRO subsidiary, Mattituck Services, Inc. (MSI) will add avionics and aircraft interior maintenance, repair and overhaul capabilities through an agreement to purchase Southern Avionics and Communications Incorporated, which is located in Mobile, Alabama.

Sacramento, CA June 25, 2014 – Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law Senate Bill 1072, which amends the California Recreational Use Statute (RUS) to include recreational aviation.

Portland, OR (June 12, 2014) — Lightspeed Aviation, a leading manufacturer of premium aviation headsets, has partnered with CloudAhoy on a new promotion that gives U.S. pilots a Standard annual subscription to the online flight tracking and debriefing service as their gift when they purchase any new Lightspeed headset between June 13 and August 17, 2014 and register it by August 31, 2014.

WICHITA, Kan., June 25, 2014 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced that it has received Federal Aviation Administration certification of the Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI) system for the high-performance Cessna TTx propeller aircraft.

Peter Bowers likes to revive and update 1930s vintage biplanes’€”first the Waco, now the Great Lakes

Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 Base Price: $245,000 Engine Make/Model: Lyc AEIO-360-B1G6 Horsepower @Altitude: 180 @ SL Horsepower On Takeoff: 180 TBO—hours: 2000 Fuel Type: 100LL Propeller: MT CS Landing Gear Type: Conv/Fxd Gross Weight (lbs.): 1800 Std. Empty Weight (lbs.): 1230 Useful Load—Std. (lbs.): 570 Usable Fuel—Std. (gal/lbs.): 27.4 Payload—Full Std. Fuel (lbs.): 406 Wingspan: 26 […]

The art of trying to get to the next air show