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Sailplane pilot Pat Valdata has won the Donald Justice Prize for poetry in 2015. Her winning manuscript, titled Where No Man Can Touch, consists of poems in the voices of women aviation pioneers, chiefly women who achieved firsts in the field of aviation. They range from the first woman to pilot a hot air balloon […]
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd appoints Pilatus Centre Southern Africa (PTY) Ltd as its authorised PC-6 Sales and Service Centre for sub-Saharan Africa. The new PC-6 distributor will be responsible for all future sales and maintenance activities of the legendary Pilatus Porter PC-6 within its territory. Pilatus Centre Southern Africa is a long-standing, independent partner of Pilatus […]
Six Experimental Aircraft Association members have been voted to represent EAA’s 190,000 members as a part of the organization’s 33-person board of directors. The election was held during the annual EAA membership meeting on July 22, part of the annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. A new addition to the EAA board is […]
Chicago, IL (August 4, 2015) – More than fifteen hundred aviation and aerospace professionals will gather August 12 – 14, 2015 for the 39th Annual National Convention and Career Exposition at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. The convention, presented annually by the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP), will feature 20 speakers including […]
Kelly O’Brien just opened a JetBrokers office in Tampa, Florida. Kelly is a true aviation enthusiast. She has flown a variety of aircraft during her aviation career, and holds an Airline Transport Pilots certificate, with Hawker Type Ratings (Hawker 400/800/800XP), as well as being a Certified Flight Instructor Instrument (CFII.) She also holds a Rotary-Wing […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce is partnering with the Aerospace States Association to host the first-ever National Aerospace Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Exposition on October 26-28, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. The Expo will bring foreign investors together with U.S. companies, economic development organizations, state officials, and service providers to showcase the investment opportunities in […]
After a successful launch of the inaugural Calvin L. Carrithers Aviation scholarship program in 2014, Globalair.com announced during Oshkosh AirVenture 2015 it will continue offering its blog writing scholarship to students enrolled in any accredited University Aviation Program for the 2015-2016 school year. Four students will be accepted into the program that entails writing weekly […]
Public media and press actually report a growing number of incidents with batteries onboard aircraft in cargo and cabin area. According to the FAA, 152 incidents with batteries since 1991 have evolvedi. Serious safety hazards caused by batteries as part of Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) in cockpit, cabin and cargo areas, lead to high awareness […]
ALEXANDRIA, VA — July 29, 2015 — The National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) has launched a UAV safety campaign to raise awareness and prevent accidents between UAV operators and low-altitude manned aircraft. The first public outreach tool in the safety campaign is a UAV “safety stuffer” designed for aerial applicators to share with farmers and […]
MINERAL WELLS, TX (July 29, 2015) – Cool City Avionics, a manufacturer of low cost, professional-grade autopilots and stability augmentation systems, wishes to express its strong support for helicopter industry-proposed changes to FAA certification requirements for single-engine IFR. In June 2015, an Association and Industry White Paper was prepared, in cooperation with the Helicopter Association […]
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