Rick Garcia, president of Gulf Coast Avionics Corp., has announced that both Gulf Coast Avionics and Pacific Coast Avionics have added the Flight Companion from
===> Posted on April 11th, 2012 by Janice Wood.
Posts Tagged ‘president’
Flight Companion from Matchbox added to line-up
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012Batton named president Virginia Aviation Council
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012Richmond, VA – The Virginia Aviation Council elected Ray Batton as their next President at their March 17 meeting. Batton flies a Turbo 182, is active in the EAA Young Eagles program and is President of a Fortune 500 company. He also seeks to open the world of aviation to adults who’ve thought about flight as an unattainable goal. “I have taken a large number of business people for rides,” says Batton. “They often think flying is too difficult or scary until you get them in the plane.”
===> Posted on April 3rd, 2012 by Ben Sclair.
See spectacular Sun `n Fun photos
Friday, March 30th, 2012
Scott Kelby, president of an association devoted to improving everyone’s photos, visited Sun `n Fun in Lakeland, Fla., Thursday and got some amazing shots. See them here (and click the pictures to enlarge). The National Association of Photoshop Professionals, run by himself and his wife Kalebra, is much like AOPA–a membership organization with magazines, a national convention, a spectacular Web site, training videos–and like AOPA, managed by a pilot (click “Kalebra” above).
Is There Room For A 240-HP Turbine?
Thursday, March 29th, 2012A Florida-based company called Diemech Turbine Solutions thinks so. Here at Sun ‘n Fun it’s showing a nice little 241-HP turbine that weighs about 125 pounds, less accessories. In this video, Diemech president Christian Skoppe told AVweb that it’s made an agreement with the Czech-based PBS to eventually certify the TP 100 engine, which will be available in both turboprop and turboshaft versions. The market thrust, says Skoppe, isn’t so much speed as it is fuel availability, a story we’re hearing more and more from the international market. With avgas under threat of extinction, more OEMs and buyers are looking toward heavy fuel solutions, either Jet A or low-sulphur diesel fuels. The TP 100 springs from a small turbojet engine PBS made for the drone market, but the company also has experience in the manufacture of APUs.
Making progress at PAMA
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012Our third edition of the PAMA Newsletter in General Aviation News reminds me of how fast our life goes by nowadays. When getting an A&P I never thought that writing articles for magazines and websites would be part of my daily routine.
I recall less than a year ago when I started as president of the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association, I was barraged with ideas and actions that needed attention. I am still sorting through some of them by priority. I am happy to report a couple of them are completed.
===> Posted on February 29th, 2012 by Dale Forton.
New president for Bremerton Pilots Association
Sunday, February 26th, 2012James D. (Jim) Posner has been elected president of the Bremerton Pilots Association in Washington state.
===> Posted on February 26th, 2012 by Janice Wood.
Podcast: This Year’s Collier Nominees
Friday, February 24th, 2012Every year since 1910, the National Aeronautics Association has awarded the Collier Trophy for the “greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America.” This year’s nominees were recently announced, and AVweb’s Mary Grady spoke with Jonathan Gaffney, the president of NAA, about the choices and the selection process.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.
FAA moves to kill LightSquared’s plans
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012The Hill is reporting that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has moved to reject LightSquared’s planned wireless network after the president’s top adviser on telecom issues said there is “no practical way” to prevent the network from disrupting GPS devices. Read the full report
===> Posted on February 15th, 2012 by Janice Wood.
AOPA sees déjà vu with user fees
Monday, February 13th, 2012Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association President Craig Fuller is expressing disappointment that as part of his $3.8 trillion fiscal year 2013 budget, the president has included a $100 per-flight fee to fund the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control services.
===> Posted on February 13th, 2012 by Janice Wood.
195 members of House tell president: No $100 fee
Sunday, March 4th, 2012WASHINGTON, D.C. — The president’s 2013 budget plan to charge $100 per flight to aircraft using controlled airspace was never expected to be adopted and it got another major setback when 195 bipartisan members of the House of Representatives sent Obama a letter opposing the fee.
===> Posted on March 4th, 2012 by Charles Spence.
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