• 2003
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10
• 11
• 12
• 13
• 14
• 15
• 16
• 17
• 18
• 19
• 20
• 21
• 22
• 23
• 24
• 25
• 26
• 27
• 28
• 29
• 30
• 31

All News

May 22, 2012

Long Island, NY Engine Overhaul Shop To Close Its Doors

Mattituck Services’ History Goes Back To 1946

Teledyne Technologies, parent company of Continental Engines is closing its engine overhaul shop at Mattituck, Long Island. The slow recovery being experienced by general aviation has meant the shop’s workload has been cut in half in recent years.

Read More

Leaseback Of CTLS Powering Three Flight Schools

Retired UPS Executive Making Airplanes Available For Instruction

Flight schools are struggling across the USA to obtain financing to buy new aircraft to replace aging fleets of trainers. Yet Flight Design USA has found success with another method familiar to schools: the leaseback. Three aircraft are training students today in leased back CTLS Light-Sport Aircraft, but the financial arrangement is only part of the story.

Read More

Nonprofit Hopes To Bring Airshow To Vero Beach

VRB Last Hosted Airshow Over Ten Years Ago

Vero Beach Municipal Airport Director Eric Menger said plans to host an airshow at Vero Beach are underway with three local Exchange Club chapters interested in sponsoring the event. Vero Beach Air Show Inc. is a nonprofit organization that includes members of the Indian River, Vero Beach and Treasure Coast chapters of the Exchange Club.

Read More

AD: Cessna Model 210 Airplanes

AD NUMBER: 2012-10-04

PRODUCT: Certain Cessna Aircraft Company Models 210G, T210G, 210H, T210H, 210J, T210J, 210K, T210K, 210L, T210L, 210M, T210M, 210N, T210N, P210N, 210R, T210R, and P210R airplanes.  

Read More

FAA Proposes A Significant Rewrite Of Part 145

AEA Calls The Changes 'Potentially Damaging'

The FAA has put forth a  proposal to make wholesale changes to the avionics industry, and a major trade organization says those changes would have damaging and costly repercussions. The agency proposes to remove radio and instrument ratings and allow airframe-rated repair stations to work on radio and instrument components without qualifications or ratings.

Read More

Coalition Establishes Aviation Educator Hall Of Fame

Diverse Group Of Supporters Provides Credibility, Neutrality In The Selection Process

A group of more than 20 aviation organizations and individuals led by a three-member Board of Directors recently established the Aviation Educator Hall of Fame (AEHOF).

Read More

NATA's Byer Blasts 'Pop-Up' Presidential TFRs

Recent Last-Minute Trip To New York City Caused 'Chaos' In Surrounding Airspace

NATA's Vice President Eric Byer wrote on his blog "Inside Washington" on Monday that a last-minute Presidential visit to New York City the previous Monday "threw the aviation community into turmoil."

Read More

Douglas Gilliss Fatally Injured In L39 Accident

Aircraft Went Down On Departure Friday

Red Steel Jet Team pilot Douglas Gilliss was fatally injured Friday afternoon when the Aero Vodochody L39 he was flying to Van Nuys, CA went down on takeoff from Boulder City Airport in Nevada. Also fatally injured was a passenger aboard the aircraft, 65-year-old Richard A. Winslow of Palm Desert, CA.

Read More