Aviation News

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.

Air show pilot Patty Wagstaff is scheduled to appear in court in Oshkosh Tuesday regarding charges stemming from an incident at EAA AirVenture July 31. In addition to the civil charges of drunk driving and refusal to provide a breath sample, Wagstaff has recently been criminally charged with resisting arrest … The Vancouver International Airport […]

Two single-engine Cessnas collided in midair above Colorado on Wednesday, both landed safely and nobody was hurt… The NTSB has published an update on the South Carolina Lear jet crash that killed four and injured two last month… Charley Fox, a legendary WWII fighter pilot from Canada who flew a Spitfire in Europe, died last […]

Jeremy Cunningham Jeremy Cunningham is the new Northeast Regional Sales Manager for Avidyne. He’s a former U.S. Navy aviation electronics technician and was most recently director of business development for AeroSolutions Group, Inc.

Ed Chevrestt BBA Aviation has named Ed Chevrestt as Vice President and General Manager for Executive Beechcraft. Chevrestt was formerly general manager of American Airlines’ maintenance base at Kansas City International Airport.

An apparently drunk passenger who told an airline flight attendant he had a bomb was overpowered by fellow passengers on a flight in Russia on Wednesday; the A320 crew flew on to their intended destination… The first-ever civilian-owned Harrier made its airshow debut in Virginia last weekend… The Rocket Racing League got the official OK […]

Shadin Avionics has announced that David Olson has been named Interim CEO of the company following the resignation of Allan Kramer Oct. 8. Olson has extensive management experience in the aerospace and defense industry in the U.S. and internationally.

Jennifer Mitchell Jennifer Mitchell, a Long Beach, Calif. imaging business owner, recently featured in a Mooney Airplane Corp. advertisement, has joined the company as a sales representative. Mitchell uses her Mooney Ovation 2GX to fly all over California on business.