Aviation News

IAOPA Concerns On NPA for Crew Licensing An influential industry voice is expressing concern about some of the new proposed regulations for flight crew licensing (see last month’s report). IAOPA, the European branch of the Aircraft Owners and Pilot’s Association warns that although some of the suggestions make good sense, there are also truly “dreadful” […]

The FAA has extended the required repacking interval for certain types of parachutes from 120 days to 180 days… An FAA Airworthiness Directive requires owners of Diamond DA42 airplanes to replace certain bolts with wire-secured bolts to ensure they don’t get loose in the engine compartment… A flight student in California died on Saturday after […]

David Kucko has been promoted to general manager at Air 51. Air 51 is a new FBO in Lexington, Ky.

Bryan Byers Bryan Byers has been promoted to Aircraft Banking Officer at 1st Source Bank. He’s been at the bank since 2001.

Mark Gibson Mark Gibson has been named vice president of sales at Sun Aviation in Kansas City, Mo. He was formerly at the Aircraft Electronics Association for 17 years.

Mike Turner Mike Turner is the new Marketing and Corporate Communications Director at StandardAero. He was formerly Corporate Communications Manager.

A Grumman Goose operated by Pacific Coastal Airlines crashed west of Vancouver on Sunday killing seven of eight on board. The lone survivor, a passenger, was found by the Canadian Coast Guard on Thormandy Island … A Naples, Fla. helicopter pilot who allegedly flew passengers while drunk at the Suffolk, Va. Peanut Festival a year […]

Pilot Len Johnson flew coast to coast in a homebuilt biodiesel-powered Cozy MKIV to promote the development of 100LL alternatives … The longest fuel-cell-powered flight of a radio-controlled airplane has been achieved by students at the University of Michigan, with a flight of over 10 hours. The previous record was just over nine hours … […]

Robert Randall Robert Randall is Universal Avionics’ new marketing manager for the central region. He was most recently Executive Director of Sales and Marketing at Shadin Avionics.

Randy Groom Former Beechcraft President Randy Groom has formed his own aviation consulting company. He’s already been engaged by several aviation companies.