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Gulf Coast Avionics of Lakeland, Fla. has announced a marketing and sales partnership with Platinum Aviation in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach.
Under the agreement, Gulf Coast Avionics will be the exclusive supplier of Avionics Sales, Service & Installation and Pilot Supply Products to Platinum Aviation. Gulf Coast Avionics will work with Platinum Aviation [...]
Fly Low, Face Fines
Pilots could face stiff fines - up to six figures - for violating new overflight regulations that place the National Airspace System on a slippery slope, AOPA ha reported.
The FAA has ceded to another federal agency-the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-authority to enforce what amount to new airspace restrictions.
This precedent-setting regulation took effect Feb. [...]
FAA Wants Collision Warnings Updated
The FAA last month ordered airlines and business aircraft operators to accelerate fixes to collision-warning systems on roughly 9,000 planes.
The agency said it was citing concerns that the devices could malfunction.
The FAA issued a final mandatory rule giving U.S. airlines three years to install software changes to the devices, manufactured by a unit [...]
Smart Phone App Is Free
Do you have a smart phone?
If you do, here's a free download just for pilots that is said to be amazingly fast and full of information.
It's called FreeFlight and is brought to you by Seattle Avionics, maker of the Voyager Flight Software System for Windows.
"All-new FreeFlight is a completely fresh take on how [...]
Whirly-Girls Dole Out Scholarships
Whirly-Girls International presented their 2012 scholarships to nine women at the annual Whirly-Girls Scholarship Banquet held at Heli-Expo in Dallas last month.
Together, the scholarships are worth more than $50,000 of helicopter flight and ground training.
Some scholarships were donated by training facilities and helicopter manufacturers, while $12,000 in cash gifts to the scholarship fund [...]
Obama Wants You To Pay $100 Per Flight
The White House budget released Feb. 13 would impose a $100-per-flight fee on turbine and jet powered aircraft for air traffic services, the Obama administration announced in releasing its proposed budget.
Specifically, page 30 of the budget states: " ... the Administration proposes to create a $100 per flight fee, payable to the Federal Aviation Administration, [...]
Drones Okay In New FAA Bill
President Obama signed the long-overdue FAA funding bill 14 Feb., which includes important provisions on the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace system.
The last time Congress passed an FAA bill was in 2003, when UAS were just starting to show their value and viability in military operations in Iraq and [...]
Don Goodin Obituary
Don Goodin, 76, who flew with the civilian aerobatic team called Thunder Delfins, has passed away at his 32 1/2 acre home in rural Nelsonville, Ky., his family said.
Mr. Goodin was a retired USAF lieutenant colonel who flew in Vietnam and Korea. He was the founder of the Missing Man Foundation and had recently moved [...]
Mooney Having Money Problems
Last month we featured the "new" Cessna C-172 Skyhawk, which sells for more than $300,000.
Compare that to a new Mooney Ovation, which cost almost $700,000 each, depending on the panel. Problem is, no one has ordered one since early in 2010.
In fact, Mooney Aircraft Co. built exactly zero aircraft in 2011.
There are only nine [...]
Another Reno Lawsuit
Another family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Reno Air Racing Association as a result of the crash last September that killed 11, the pilot and 10 spectators.
The family of a Washington state man who was killed in September's crash at the races is the latest to file suit.
It's the latest in [...]
