Press Releases

Sudbury, MA – July 1, 2014 – SocialFlight, the FREE web and mobile app that maps all General Aviation events, has added points-of-interest to its growing list of features, expanding beyond aviation events to become a resource for all aviation destinations, including the ubiquitous “$100 hamburger”. The new release; SocialFlight 4, allows users to view […]

DENVER, July 2, 2014 -Today the National Association of Flight Instructors and MyGoFlight announced that NAFI has become a sponsor of the iPad Takes Flight! EFB Challenge Edition. – A seminar/contest series designed to advance the use of iPads and other tablet devices in-flight by pilots. This seminar series builds on the iPad Takes Flight! […]

Walhalla, SC – Just Aircraft will sponsor Just Plane Fun Days on August 29 through August 31 (Labor Day weekend) at Brass Town Airport, near Brass Town, North Carolina. Open to anyone and free of charge, the event appeals largely to people who own one of the Just Aircraft models. It is expected that Highlanders […]

EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (June 27, 2014) — NASA will bring a Martin/General Dynamics WB-57F high-altitude aircraft to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014, the first appearance by a WB-57F at AirVenture, which is July 28-Aug. 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. Based at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, […]

GREENSBORO, N.C. — June 27, 2014 — Honda Aircraft Company announced today that the first production HondaJet achieved its initial flight, marking another milestone toward aircraft certification and entry into service in 2015. The event took place at the company’s First production HondaJet inflight. world headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. “With this first flight, the […]

Mexico, MO – Zenith Aircraft will host its 23rd Annual Hangar Day Fly-In and Open House on Saturday, September 20th. The event will run from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and is expected to attract hundreds of builders who have completed, are building, or expect to purchase an all metal Zenith Aircraft kit. Activities actually […]

Portland, OR (June 26, 2014) — Lightspeed Aviation announces the long-awaited launch of Zulu PFX, its new top-of-the-line ANR aviation headset. The headset was first revealed at Oshkosh in 2013, and has continued in development since. “We promised that we would take the time to develop something very special before we released it for sale, […]

Sacramento, Calif. — On June 25, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 1072, which amends the California Recreational Use Statute (RUS) to include recreational aviation. Since the RUS now protects landowners from liability arising from recreational use of their property, airstrip owners will likely be more receptive to transient pilots. It is […]

COLUMBIA, SC JUNE 25, 2014 – On June 6, South Carolina’s legislature voted to amend the State Recreational Use Statue (RUS) to include aviation activities. Governor Nikki Haley signed the law that will now provide SC landowners a level of liability protection when allowing pilots to fly aircraft onto their property. Kathleen Hegenberger, RAF South […]

WICHITA, Kan., June 25, 2014 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced that it has received Federal Aviation Administration certification of the Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI) system for the high-performance Cessna TTx propeller aircraft. The FIKI system extends the TTx’s mission capabilities and enables […]