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Lockheed Flight Plans Added To Garmin Pilot

Garmin is bringing enhanced flight plan filing capabilities to Garmin Pilot, which now incorporates the option to file flight plans directly with Lockheed Martin Flight Services. This results in increased flexibility and instantaneous flight plan delivery when filing flight plans within Garmin Pilot for iOS and Android customers. Additionally, an updated Android user interface leverages […]

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AIA, NAR Recognized For Achievements In Aerospace Education

The National Coalition for Aviation and Space Education (NCASE) announced today that it has selected the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) as the recipients of the Dr. Mervin K. Strickler Aerospace Education Award, in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the field of aerospace education. The awards presentation event […]

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Turbomeca Wins EASA Certification For Bell 505

Bordes, France – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, and Turbomeca (Safran, Euronext Paris : SAF), are delighted to announce that Turbomeca has received EASA engine type certification for its Arrius 2R engine, that powers the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X. The Bell 505 redefines the short light single (SLS) class, placing safety, […]

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Concentric Aviation Opens At Love Field

Brian Hoffman, former General Manager of Business Jet Access in Dallas, has launched a new business venture serving the business aviation community. Concentric Aviation, LLC is a cutting-edge provider of aircraft acquisition, aircraft consulting, aircraft sales, and technical consulting services. The new venture was formally launched at the 2015 NBAA Convention. “I launched this venture […]

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CAHF Names Four Inductees For 2016

Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF) will induct four new members, and recognize a Belt of Orion recipient, at its 43rd annual gala dinner and ceremony, to be held Thursday June 9, 2016, at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, at Rockcliffe Airport in Ottawa. The new members are: Frederick James Carmichael: northern Canada aviation […]

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Piper Aircraft To Be Featured On Discovery Channel

Piper Aircraft has announced an airdate for its segment on The Discovery Channel’s “How It’s Made” documentary television series featuring the aircraft company. The production is scheduled to air Thursday, December 17 at 9:00 pm EST on Discovery’s Science Channel. Filming of “How It’s Made” began at Piper Aircraft’s factory and supporting departments the end […]

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Just Aircraft Builds Offshore Dealer Network

Walhalla, SC – Having received authorization from England’s Civil Aviation Authority to market SuperSTOL kits in the UK, Just Aircraft has taken the first step in establishing a global dealer network. They are seeking additional dealers in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. Most countries will require local approval by aviation authorities, but having been […]

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ForeFlight Introduces Logbook App

ForeFlight, creator of the award-winning and most widely used flight planning and electronic flight bag app for Apple iPad and iPhone, announced today the availability of ForeFlight Logbook. Logbook is seamlessly integrated into the ForeFlight app, making it easy for pilots to manually and automatically log flights, track hours, review currency, record certificates and ratings, […]

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Flying Eyes Launches Kickstarter Project

Flying Eyes Sunglasses of Austin, Texas has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $50,000 for its new line of products. Flying Eyes began when Dean Siracusa, a private pilot, could no longer stand the headaches he would get from wearing regular sunglasses under his aviator headset. After successfully developing and producing the original Flying Eyes […]

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Cutter Aviation Purchases Atlantic’s Phoenix FBO

PHOENIX, Arizona. – Cutter Aviation finalized the purchase of Atlantic’s FBO at Phoenix, Deer Valley (Arizona) Airport December 8th, 2015. During the consolidation, Cutter will operate from both facilities (Cutter and former Atlantic) as the premier provider of FBO services at Deer Valley Airport. The acquisition of the Atlantic facility builds Cutter’s current operational presence […]

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