Press Releases

Rolls-Royce is the first partner on the runway with Purdue Research Foundation in the recently established Purdue Research Park Aerospace District in West Lafayette, officials announced Sept. 23. Pending board approvals, Purdue Research Foundation, which owns and manages the Purdue Research Park network, will construct a 40,000-square-foot facility in the new aerospace district to house […]

Hopscotch Air, the transformative air taxi service that delivers private aviation at affordable prices, is teaming up with celebrity foodie blogger, YouTube star and TV personality Daym Drops to combine great flying with great eating as part of a new “Fly2Eat” series. Daym Drops, who has more than 500,000 YouTube subscribers and has amassed over […]

Terri Watson has been named as executive director of LightHawk beginning September 8, 2015. She recently attended the LightHawk Fly-In in Driggs, Idaho and met with supporters, volunteer pilots, conservation partners, as well as LightHawk’s board of directors and staff. Terri Watson has a long history with LightHawk beginning as a volunteer pilot in 1997, […]

Conroe TX, September 21, 2015: The “Spring Break Fly-in” is back, with a new focus: Millennials, the future of aviation, to make Flying cool again. MODAERO is the result of the realization that the next generation of aviators are not looking for their fathers’ fly-in. They’re connected through technology; they are unconstrained by geography; they […]

MILLINGTON, TN: CTI Aviation Services began performance this week of a multi-million dollar military into-plane fueling contract at the Millington Regional Jetport (KNQA). The fledgling FBO opened just a few weeks ago and is the newest addition to the Memphis and Millington aviation community’s wide array of services. CTI Aviation Services offers a full range […]

The sixty-year tradition of the Whirly-Girls Scholarship Fund to promote women in the rotorcraft industry has reached a new milestone. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) has, for the first time, sponsored two scholarships for Whirly-Girls members. ERAU is offering a Commercial Helicopter Pilot Ground School course, which is an advanced 15-week online instructor-facilitated course that will […]

L-3 Aviation Products (L-3 AP) introduces its next-generation Electronic Standby Instrument (ESI), the GENESIS(TM) ESI-500. The standby unit is designed specifically for Class I, II and III Part 23 aircraft and Part 27 helicopters. It features a three-inch display that incorporates synthethic vision (SynVis), obstacles, terrain alerting and navigation. L-3’s ESI-500 is compatible with existing […]

Greenville, Illinois – Powered parachutes became a recognized category of aircraft by the FAA in 2004. Since that time, no writer or publisher has taken on the task of writing a complete textbook that covers all aspects of powered parachute flight. That changed recently with the introduction of Roy’s Powered Parachute Book. Roy Beisswenger, author […]

FltPlan has launched its newest service, RAFT, a sophisticated proprietary interface that works closely with the FAA’s Traffic Management system to alert users of any current or upcoming ATC delays or ground stop programs. FltPlan’s RAFT, which stands for Reactive Advanced Filing Technology, “reacts” to notices from the FAA regarding possible ATC delays an at […]

PilotAptitudeTest.com, providers of the market-leading online preparation software, created by pilots and suitable for any pilot aptitude test worldwide, have announced a breakthrough milestone with over 40,000 psychomotor and psychometric activities being completed by over 2,000 candidates in under 12 months. Live statistics track the usage of the software online, with activity usage over the […]