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Director of Lockheed Martin Flight Services, Jim Derr, spoke with AVweb Thursday to discuss new tools rolled out this week to aid pilots in their flight planning and flight plan filing through AFSS.com. The web portal offers pilots the ability to create profiles based on the aircraft they fly, routes of flight and frequent destinations. […]

AVweb publisher Tom Bliss Thursday gathered representatives from major engine and avionics manufacturers, mod-shops and more to discuss a plan to modernize the general aviation fleet and offer like-new aircraft at lower-than-new cost. Bliss’ concept would seek to create standardized programs for updating popular existing airframes with new engines, avionics, interiors and paint. The end […]

Despite the economy, specialty aircraft continue to enjoy strong sales and a Canadian company is celebrating the FAA certification of its “next generation” line of bush planes. Found Aviation has a Bigfoot model on display at AOPA Summit. It’s the conventional-gear version of the Expedition introduced a few years ago and spokesman Drew Hamblin said […]

An Idaho company says it has come up with a way to allow virtually any aircraft to benefit from winglets without affecting the certified load limits of its wings. Tamarack Aerospace President Nick Guida said the patented “active winglets” the company has developed will allow the installation of winglets on hundreds of aircraft types whose […]

There is a trend in education that Think Global Flight hopes to reverse, using aviation as the messenger. The organization intends to launch a circumnavigation flight in a Cirrus SR20 G3 in September of 2013 in a bid to encourage students all over the world to take the “STEM” subjects in school and keep science […]

Glen Golden Glen Golden is the new VP of sales for Superior Air Parts. He most recently owned Enhanced Aircraft Systems and is the former president of Engine Components Inc. (ECi).

A wide range of aviation companies will be represented in AVweb‘s launch of its Three Rs Affordable Aircraft Initiative to boost the refurbishing and remanufacturing sector of the industry. “We expect about 15 participants for [today’s] round table discussion [at AOPA Summit] in Palm Springs,” said AVweb Publisher Tom Bliss. The discussion will be held […]

New aircraft sales continue to be on the soft side, but some specialty refurbishing and modification companies can’t keep up. “I can’t build them fast enough,” said Todd Peterson, owner of Peterson’s Performance Plus, creator of the King Katmai modification of the Cessna 182. On setup day Wednesday at AOPA Summit in Palm Springs he […]

The idea of creating a business jet that outperforms the competition is standard fare, but actually pulling that off while selling the jet for less is a head turner; enter Nextant Aerospace. Since October 2011, Nextant has been delivering the world’s only FAA-certified remanufactured business jet, the 400XT. The company is currently working to improve […]

Aymee Sutterby Brace Aymee Sutterby Brace is the new events and facilities sales manager at Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In, Inc. She previously worked in the catering and event planning business, most recently at The Knot, a Tampa wedding planning company.