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“The aviation industry is pulling out of its slide,” WAI President Peggy Chabrian said at the conference. “Manufacturing is up, people are being hired again, and [this] conference is one place where that hiring happens.” Attendance was just over 2,800, with visitors from as far away as Hungary, Tanzania and Nigeria. Featured speakers included NTSB […]

With Cool Half-Million In Free Training The 16th Annual International Women in Aviation International Conference wrapped up Saturday night in Dallas, Texas, with an awards dinner that handed out $517,000 in scholarships to 55 people. “Several scholarships were given by those who have won scholarships in the past,” Amy Laboda, editor of WAI’s Aviation for […]

Meanwhile, the developer of a condominium tower in the works for St. Petersburg, Fla., agreed last week to reduce the building’s height by 54 feet to accommodate air traffic in and out of Albert Whitted Airport. “We want to be a good member of the community,” developer Jerry T. Shaw told the St. Petersburg Times. […]

The developer says the airport operators agreed to shorten the runway by 1,000 feet in return for an access road through the development property. The FAA OK’d the buildings based on that agreement. Bartmess says the operators were “blackmailed” into the agreement to gain access, and the terms are not safe or sensible. “This should […]

Reno Strip Seeks Relief Spanish Springs Airport is a small field just north of Reno, Nev., with a single dirt runway, home to 13 single-engine aircraft. New houses have been creeping closer and closer to the airport, but the latest development has airport manager Max Bartmess fuming. “This is really a dire public safety issue,” […]

Lawyers for the family of a 20-year-old pilot who died in a California accident in May 2004 also are preparing to file a wrongful-death suit against the FAA, according to CDAPress.com. Two pilots in a Piper Seminole were killed when they hit a mountain while flying IFR near Julian, Calif. The accident aircraft was the […]

NTSB Found Pilot At Fault The FAA last Wednesday awarded a $9.5 million settlement to the families of four people who died when a Piper Cherokee crashed in Florida in December 2001, according to News4Jax.com. The pilot had made two missed approaches while trying to land in heavy fog at Jacksonville International Airport. The NTSB […]

Construction of the Javelin jet demonstrator prototype is undergoing final assembly and it will be ready for its first flight soon, Aviation Technology Group (ATG) said Monday. In the last couple of weeks, the main landing gear and the rudder pedals were installed. Wing flaps and ailerons are awaiting final installation. Technicians have completed bench […]

And First For Thielert Engines When the TT62 Alekto from High Performance Aircraft made its first flight last month, in Liechtenstein, it was also the first flight for Thielert’s new Centurion 4.0 V8 diesel FADEC engines. “For both companies, it represents another important milestone in the introduction of the state-of-the-art technology into general aviation,” Thielert […]

Aera Corp. also says that three-day orbital vacations should be available within a few years. By the time they get there, Bigelow Aerospace, of North Las Vegas, Nev., may well be ready with orbiting hotels where those passengers can stay. Bigelow expects to launch its Genesis Pathfinder spacecraft early next year, Space.com reported on Tuesday. […]