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Catalina Airport Project Makes Progress; Gains Major Cash Donation
Airport in the Sky will add ACE Clearwater Airfield to its name after the company made a large donation. Work to restore the well-worn runway at Catalina Airport (KAVX), located on the island outside the Los Angeles metropolitan area, is well underway. More than 100 U.S. Marines and Navy sailors, who are working with the
Read MoreRadiant Technologies Introduces Universal Airspeed Indicator
Suited for the Experimental and LSA markets, this new ASI presents a multitude of useful information to pilots. Radiant Technology, a unit of Belite Enterprises, has introduced what the company calls the Universal Airspeed Indicator. Suited for Experimental, light-sport and ultralight aircraft, the instrument provides a number of useful cues to pilots and presents speed
Read MoreFlying’s 2019 Editors’ Choice Awards
In flying these four remarkable airplanes, we came away impressed by various attributes of each. They are unique; to say they serve vastly different audiences and markets is an understatement. There is also an innovative avionics product that made the list, surprising perhaps only because avionics is the hottest area of the industry right now
Read MoreIndustry Leaders Promote Alternative Jet Fuels
Presentations, workshops and demonstration flights bring light to the benefits of green fuels. As southern California was getting pummeled by heavy winter rains last week, leaders of business aviation alphabet groups, including GAMA, NBAA, NATA and IBAC, gathered at the Van Nuys Airport to promote the adoption of sustainable alternative jet fuels (SAJF). Presentations, workshops
Read MoreWhy Air France Really Stopped Flying the Concorde
Flight 4590 was the first and last SST accident. The creation and nearly 30-year operational life of the French/Anglo Concorde, the world’s first operational supersonic airliner, is a rich history of cross-border cooperation and innovation at a time long before the personal computer revolution or the first cell phone. In fact, the origins of the
Read MoreThe French leading independent MRO provider, Sabena technics, has been granted by the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) the Boeing 787 rating approval.
Sabena technics, which airframe services (Base & Line maintenance) are already being performed on a large range of aircraft, is entering a new phase of development and is extending the scope of its activities to overhauls and modification for Boeing 787 -8/9/10 aircraft. With this approval, the company is now able to deliver its quality,
Read MoreRolls-Royce Is Building the World’s Fastest Electric Airplane
If all goes according to plan, top speed is projected to be more than 300 mph. Rolls-Royce is leading a research project known as Accelerating the Electrification of Flight (ACCEL) to explore the use of a high-power electrical system in a demonstrator aircraft. The goal is to build and fly the world’s fastest electric-powered airplane.
Read MoreADS-B Rule Eliminates RVSM Approval Process
Aircraft operators no longer need specific RVSM authorization beginning on January 22. Aircraft equipped with ADS-B Out avionics that meet altitude keeping requirements will no longer need to obtain reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) authorizations thanks to a new FAA rule. Operators of ADS-B Out-equipped aircraft can begin RVSM operations without a separate authorization when
Read MoreSpaceShipTwo Readied for Space
Crew should experience near zero gravity conditions. The next test flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo from Mojave Space Port California could happen as soon as today or tomorrow according to a statement from the company. The VSS Unity is expected to carry its test-pilot crew to the beginnings of space. “Overall, the goal of this
Read MoreAvianca Brasil Files for Bankruptcy
Avianca Brasil, the country’s fourth-largest airline, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday after three lessors—BOC Aviation (Ireland), Infinity Transportation, and Aircastle subsidiary Constitution Aircraft Leasing—sued the carrier for return of close to 30 percent of its all-Airbus fleet of about 50 aircraft, just at the start of the holiday and southern hemisphere summer high season. Avianca
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