Aviation News

Henry Schachar has been promoted from President to Executive Vice Chairman of Marquis Jets. Ken Austin will take over as President. (Austin was formerly Executive Vice President.) Both have been with the company since 2001, and Schachar is co-founder.

Lancair’s Evolution turboprop kit prototype is on a tour of California and Arizona with stops in Hayward, Santa Monica, Copperstate Fly-In and San Diego. Demo flights will be available at all locations… Michael Moore’s latest movie Capitalism: A Love Story devotes a significant amount of time, including an interview with Flight 1549 Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, […]

Jason Miller Jason Miller has been appointed general manager of StandardAero’s Houston Intercontinental Airport facility. Miller has been acting GM of the facility since April.

Kenneth Weaver Kenneth Weaver has been named the vice president of marketing for Remos Aircraft. He has more than 18 years of related experience with a variety of companies.

Tann Chesley Tann Chesley is the new vice president of Skytech Inc. He is working out of the company’s new FBO at Carroll County Regional Airport in Westminster, Md.

Don Antonucci has been named chairman of the board of directors of Metron Aviation, which specializes in air traffic management. He retired in 2006 as president of Lockheed Martin.

The NTSB says the uncommanded pitch-up that occurred in July 2008 aboard an MD-81 carrying then-Senator Barack Obama was the result of an inadvertent partial inflation of the evacuation slide and subsequent binding of the elevator control cables… Thieves in Sweden used a helicopter as their getaway vehicle after robbing a cash depot in Stockholm. […]

The NTSB on Wednesday released its docket of documents related to the fatal crash of a firefighting helicopter in California in August 2008… A story in Air & Space Smithsonian laments the impending loss of Langley wind tunnel, as advocates rally to prevent its destruction… Friends of aerobatic pilot Vicki Cruse, who died recently in […]

Mark Woods Mark Woods has joined Great Lakes Diamond Aircraft Sales in charge of sales for Illinois, northern Indiana and Michigan. He previously worked for another Diamond dealer.

Barry Knutilla Barry Knuttila is now Senior Vice President of Marketing and Technology for King Schools. He’s been with King for seven years, where he’s been responsible the technology organization and development of software, technical support and other IT-related functions to support the self-study, computer and online curricula.