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Mexico is also a factor in the latest news from Cessna. The company announced last week that it’s building a 62,000-square-foot plant in Chihuahua where wire harnesses and “small sheet metal parts” will be manufactured. The move eliminates 110 jobs in Wichita and Cessna wouldn’t tell the Wichita Business Journal how much the new facility […]

Bass, once a senior vice president at Sony Corp., is more recently the former head of Suntron, an electronics company. Bass moved Suntron’s manufacturing operations to Mexico where the company is now expanding, according to TCPalm.com. A New Piper news release, which saw limited distribution, said Bass has been hired to “lead New Piper Aircraft […]

When Jimmy Franklin and Bobby Younkin died in a crash during their Masters of Disaster air show on July 10, it was clear that the two not only had enjoyed working together, but their families also had been involved in the show and were close. That closeness was cemented last month when Kyle Franklin, Jimmy’s […]

With all signs pointing to the company achieving its goal of obtaining FAA certification by March 2006, Eclipse Aviation is also starting to put the finishing touches on its manufacturing logistics. Earlier this month, the company announced a training partnership with Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell (ENMU-Roswell) and Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute (TVI) designed to prepare […]

The FAA will hold a job fair Wednesday in Albuquerque to recruit new air traffic controllers… Symphony Aircraft Industries, of Quebec, announced last week a cash infusion of $3.3 million to fuel company growth. The company builds the certified two-place Symphony 160… Air Expo ’05 set for this weekend, Sept. 3 and 4, at NAS […]

Politicians Of The World United After the suicide of a pilot with an ultralight plunging onto the green between the Kanzleramt (office of the German Chancellor — like the White House) and the Reichstag (parlament of Germany), the government decided to close the airspace inside of the inner circle of the S-Bahn (railway for public […]

Submit a Photo |Rules | Tips | Questions Current POTW Winner | Past POTW Winners As usual, “Picture of the Week” went on hiatus during the hectic week of AirVenture Oshkosh – but this year, we received too many submissions that week to roll them all into the following week’s contest.  So, without further ado, […]

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in Twin & Turbine, Jan. 2005, and is reprinted here by permission. You know all those little cubbyholes at the pilot shop where you find Jeppesen aeronautical charts? Imagine a factory filled with thousands of them. Aisle after aisle of cubbies filled with charts stacked six feet high. You […]

You Won’t Like This, AOPA Says The spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is in play this week in Washington, and the policy-watchers at AOPA are raising a red flag — some senators are submitting amendments that would make GA pilots very unhappy. The worst one says anyone who negligently violates Washington’s […]

A three-day public hearing will start June 13 into the crash of a Pinnacle Airlines Regional Jet in Missouri last Oct. 14. The NTSB’s preliminary investigation indicated one or both of the plane’s engines ceased producing thrust while it cruised at its maximum altitude of 41,000 feet while on a repositioning flight… The show must […]