Press Releases

SPRING, Texas, June 28, 2023 – Building on over four decades of excellence in aviation, Helicopter Services Inc. (HSI) of Spring, Texas, has announced aircraft completion services are now available on its GSA/General Services Administration contract, in addition to maintenance, airframe improvements, systems and avionic installs and upgrades. This effort improves access for many agencies […]

Columbia, Missouri. Airline Maintenance Service, Inc. better known as “AMS” has announced today the recent expansion of services to the Columbia Missouri Regional Airport. With facilities located directly adjacent to the air carrier ramp AMS expects to be staffed extended hours a full seven days a week. Services will focus on line maintenance for the […]

DENTON— June 12, 2023—US Aviation Academy entered into a new agreement with Southwest Airlines® that includes training potential First Officer candidates for the airline’s Destination 225° Cadet Pathway, which is in addition to the current training it offers for the program’s Employee Pathway. The Destination 225° program provides pathways to becoming a competitively qualified candidate […]

HOUSTON – May 17, 2023 – More than 70 flight simulation developers will be exhibiting at FlightSimExpo 2023, scheduled for June 23-25 in Houston. In addition to 130,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space spread across two hangars, the show will feature product announcements and community-inspired educational seminars throughout the three-day event and fly-in. FlightSimExpo 2023 […]

Wichita, Kan. (May 16, 2023) True Blue Power today announced the company’s Gen5 TB40 (40 amp-hour) Lithium-ion Battery now has FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for installation on all models of the PC-12. The STC, developed by Finnoff Aviation Products, LLC, has modifications for every model of the Pilatus PC-12. This includes early PC-12s through the current PC-12NGX, with […]

Austin, TX; May 15, 2023 – US Aviation Academy’s second FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) training location has launched at San Marcos Regional Airport, just a few miles south of Austin. This FAA Part 147 approved aircraft mechanic school will host its first class in June 2023. US Aviation Academy is the only aircraft mechanics […]

FlightInsight has been selected to provide ground school training to Private, Instrument, and Commercial flight students in the Gateway Technical College Aeronautics program. Ground training will be incorporated into Gateway’s Part 141 program beginning in Autumn 2023. The online training courses will be incorporated into the students’ programs at Gateway’s Horizon Center for Transportation Technology […]

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — DBT Aero today announced the dismissal of aviation inventor John W. McGinnis for violations of the Company’s policies following a lengthy internal investigation. Filling the seat previously occupied by Mr. McGinnis, Tom Hatfield, currently a Senior Satellite & Cyber Systems Engineer at the Aerospace Corporation and formerly an Intelligence Community (IC) […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (April 24, 2023) — Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics, a technology company and world leader in the design and manufacture of aerospace products, today introduced an all-digital version of the company’s popular 2-inch standby package. The new, digital standby family features the company’s Flex® Attitude Indicator, Flex® Counter Drum Encoding Altimeter, and Flex® Airspeed Indicator. All three instruments are supported by an Approved Model List […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (April 24, 2023) True Blue Power, the first company in the world to engineer and certify lithium-ion batteries for aviation, introduced two new, main ship batteries at the Aircraft Electronics Association International Convention and Trade Show in Orlando, Florida this week. The certified TB14 (13 amp-hour) and TB28–12V (26 amp-hour) lithium-ion batteries are specifically designed for smaller, fixed-wing, Part […]