Aviation News

Six months after introducing the Perspective avionics package with integrated synthetic vision, Cirrus Design has added the Max Viz 600 infrared enhanced vision system to the package. The new system was announced at AOPA Expo in San Jose. The display is integrated into the 12-inch multi-function display and can be shown at full-screen size or […]

A dissident group of members of the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) will hold a meeting on Friday at AOPA Expo in a bid to force “sweeping changes” to the governance of the organization. The group, calling itself Take Back Our National Association of Flight Instructors Committee (TBO NAFI) claims in a news release […]

On the day before the start of AOPA Expo 2008 in San Jose, another manufacturer announced production curtailments. Mooney Airplane Company spokesman Dave Franson told AVweb that production is being scaled down to balance the current inventory of unsold airplanes. The company laid off 229 of its existing 320 employees, virtually all of them on […]

Avidyne says it now offers the most comprehensive onboard weather products package with the launch of the Entegra Wx Series. The company announced the further development in its weather products as AOPA Expo was getting under way in San Jose, Calif. The system will comprise “the newly-TSO’d MLX770 Two-way Datalink Transceiver and the MLB700 Broadcast […]

Any pilot who has been grounded by a surprise medical condition knows the FAA’s cure is sometimes worse than the disease. The complex and often ponderous special issuance process is frustrating and anything but fast. If you’re facing a medical issue requiring special issuance, you might be able to fast-track your application by attending AOPA […]

Aviation Research Group/U.S. Inc. (ARG/US) has acquired Avmosys, LLC and hired founders Scott Liston and Mike Midkiff to continue developing the business under ARG/US. Avmosys is developing aviation management systems.

Jason Liao Bombardier Aerospace has announced that Jason Liao is the new Business Aircraft Director of Sales for China. Liao has worked at Hawker Beechcraft, Boeing, Dee Howard Co. and Chengdu Aircraft Co. in a 26-year aviation career.

AOPA Expo is coming up next week, Nov. 6 to 8, in San Jose, Calif…. Bell Helicopter will lay off 500 workers, due to the loss of a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense for the development of the ARH-70A helicopter, the company said in a news release on Wednesday… Boeing and its striking […]

Randy Nelson, Hawker Beechcraft’s senior vice president of product development and engineering will retire Dec. 1. He will be replaced by Edward Petkus, the current vice president of new product development.

Benjamin Williams Nashville Jet Charter announced that Benjamin Williams is its new chief pilot. Williams is a retired Army colonel who flew various military helicopters and fixed wing aircraft in a 27-year career.