Press Releases

SALZBURG, Austria – The third race of this year’s air racing World Championship will be staged in Rovinj, Croatia. The stop in Rovinj will replace Sochi, Russia, which unfortunately cannot be conducted due to financial and organizational challenges. “It would have been great to host the first Red Bull Air Race in Russia this year, […]

FRASCA International, Inc, Urbana, IL has contracted with HNZ Group Inc. Montreal, Canada for the supply of an AS350 Level 7 Flight Training Device. The FTD will be convertible between three different configurations of the aircraft including the AS350B2 analog instrument panel, the AS350B2 VEMD instrument panel and the AS350B3e VEMD instrument panel. This will […]

Precise Flight, Inc., an Oregon based supplier of advanced technology to the aviation industry, has announced it has become the lead distributor of the Rigid Industries line of LED lights for aircraft. The firm’s landing and taxi lights are currently being used in experimental aircraft and those operated by local government agencies. “Basically, Rigid makes […]

Advantage Aviation Technologies (AAT), aerospace leader in solutions based manufacturing and repair services, announces that Dennis Moore will oversee AAT’s business and production operations. Moore joins AAT following a successful career in operations direction with over 25 years of executive operations experience, inducing leadership roles at successful and high profile manufacturing organizations including Rubbermaid and […]

Progressive Aerodyne, manufacturer of the Searey amphibious Light Sport Aircraft, has partnered with National Aircraft Finance Company (NAFCO) to offer financing on new factory-built Searey Sport and Searey Elite S-LSA airplanes. NAFCO will finance up to 85% LTV for up to 20 years for qualified applicants. “We are very excited about the partnership with NAFCO. […]

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics today announced that the company’s MD302 Standby Attitude Module (SAM(R)) is being offered as the digital standby display in the Bell Helicopter 407GX, Enstrom Helicopter 480B-G, and the MD Helicopters MD900 Explorer. “SAM was a reliable and robust solution for our standby instrument need. The clean design and the ability to […]

PORTLAND, OREGON, Feb. 23, 2015 – SkyWard and Robotic Skies today announced a partnership that teams the aviation expertise of each company to provide safety, compliance, and maintenance solutions to the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) community. Through SkyWard’s digital system of record and Robotic Skies’ global maintenance network UAS operators can easily track and manage […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Phoenix Heliparts (PHP) is pleased to announce its partnership with True Blue Power(R), a division of Mid-Continent Instrument Co. Inc., to pursue a series of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 27 Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for the installation of the True Blue Power TB17 Advanced Lithium-ion Battery into many of the airframes […]

Kansas State University Salina has reached a national milestone in the unmanned aircraft systems industry, becoming the first entity in the country to receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, for statewide access during flight operations. The university has received three Certificates of Authorization that will allow its unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, […]

Real-time aircraft tracking company spidertracks have deployed into Greece securing a deal with the largest general aviation fleet operator, Superior Air. Securing an operator in Greece is a first for spidertracks and brings the total number of countries with Spiders to 99. General Manager of Superior Air, Konstantinos Sofianos says his company selected spidertracks because […]