Aviation News

June Mason June Mason is the new quality assurance manager for the Alloy Products Group at Wall Colmonoy. She has extensive experience in the aerospace side of the industry.

Joe Russell Joe Russell is president of Jet Source in Carlsbad, Calif. He joined the company as controller last September and is now in charge of overall strategic planning, fiscal management, business development and day-to-day activities.

FAA is reviewing an AOPA suggestion to lessen the impact of the Cessna rudder AD… Bob Hoover and Wayne Handley share their insights on surviving close calls in aviation in a new “Close Calls” DVD; click here to watch the trailer… Bell’s 429 light-twin helicopter is now certified in U.S. and Canada… The Arlington Fly-In […]

Pilot Mike Goulian, who flies airshows and competes in Red Bull air races, is the winner of this year’s Bill Barber Award for Showmanship, which will be awarded at EAA AirVenture… The Air Race Classic has posted the top 10 competitors from this year’s women-only cross-country race, which wrapped up last weekend… Flying to Mexico? […]

Mike Payne Mike Payne has joined Wilson Aircraft of Aurora, Ontario as vice president of aircraft sales. Payne has 30 years of experience in aircraft sales in Canada and was most recently the Canadian rep for Embraer Executive Aircraft.

Millie Becker Millie Becker is the new vice president for business development at First Aviation Services at Teterboro Airport. She was formerly a marketing executive at Landmark Aviation.

PDFPlates.com is working to make FAA approach plates downloadable to your Kindle at no charge. If you’d like to be a beta tester, contact them… An Australian helicopter pilot dragged his passenger to shore and buried him neck-deep in sand to protect him from hypothermia Sunday night after they crashed in remote crocodile-infested mudflats. Rescuers […]

L-3 Avionic Systems has sued Cirrus Design, seeking $18 million because Cirrus canceled its plan to buy avionics for its jet from L-3 and switched to Garmin instead… Owners of certain Bonanzas and Barons affected by a circuit-breaker airworthiness directive with an Aug. 6 deadline now have an extension, but must follow strict procedures, as […]

Steve Aliment Steve Aliment is Bombardier’s new regional vice president of sales for Europe. Aliment previously spent 25 years at Boeing.

The Paris Air Show opens today under the shadow of the crash of Air France 447 and an economic slowdown that is keeping some companies, including Cessna and Gulfstream, from attending. Still, more than 2,000 vendors are there and 300,000 people are expected to attend… The Canadian Forces Snowbirds air demonstration team has been grounded […]