Aviation News

Ian Bentley Ian Bentley, who’s been at Cirrus Aircraft since 1997, has been named Vice President and Managing Director of International Sales. Bentley has held various senior roles at Cirrus and been involved in many of its key development initiatives, including the Perspective avionics suite and flight into known icing capability.

Aviation radio problems that have persisted in the Bahamas since a 2006 hurricane are finally solved, AOPA said this week… TCM has expanded its recall of certain piston cylinders to include an additional 300 cylinders manufactured since August 2006, go to TCMlink.com for info… Canada is celebrating its Centennial of Flight all this year; click […]

Cara Tweyman has joined Precision Aero, of Mississauga, Ontario, in a newly-created sales and marketing position. Tweyman has 16 years of experience in the aircraft parts business.

Edward Petkus Edward Petkus is Hawker Beechcraft’s new vice president of product development and engineering. He’s been the acting VP since December.

Citing two engine thrust rollback events on Boeing 777s powered by Rolls-Royce engines, the NTSB issued an urgent safety recommendation on Wednesday calling for the redesign of a Rolls- Royce engine component… Mitre has received an FAA aviation research award for its Universal Access Transceiver digital radio system… A proposed airworthiness directive for certain Piper […]

NationAir Aviation Insurance has appointed three sales executives: Alison Hunter will cover the Great Lakes region, Brian Lauer is taking over the Southeast, and Jamie Zigler will look after Missouri and surrounding states.

Jorgensen Air Service has opened a full-service FBO at Olympia Regional Airport in Washington. In addition to fuel service, the company operates a fixed wing and helicopter flight training center.

Air Graphics LLC broke ground on a new 18,000 sq. ft. facility at Middleton (Morey) Airport in Middleton, Wisc. in December. The company makes vinyl appliques and paint masks for aircraft finishing.

PremiAir, a British executive helicopter charter and management company, has become a member-operator of AAG Global, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s new network of executive helicopter operators. PremiAir is the largest S76 operator in the U.K.

Andrew Broom Andrew Broom is AOPA’s new vice president of communications. He was most recently the director of communications and public affairs for Hawker Beechcraft.