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June 17, 2016

Piper M600 Receives Type Certification

Company's New Flagship Aircraft Ready For Deliveries

The FAA has certified the Piper M600, the company's new flagship. Piper Aircraft, Inc. and the FAA made the announcement Friday at the company's headquarters in Vero Beach, Florida.

Will Show Off The Interior Of The New Turboprop Single

Among all the homebuilts, experimental airplanes and sport planes at AirVenture Oshkosh this year will be something at the other end of the single-engine spectrum. Textron has announced that it plans to bring the cabin mockup of its new clean-sheet SETP high-performance single-engine turboprop airplane to Wisconsin this summer, according to a report from King Air Nation online.

First Contract For Dispatchers Follows Five-Year Effort

Following a tentative agreement on May 6, 2016, Teamster flight dispatchers at NetJets have voted unanimously to ratify their first-ever contract. The vote was 38 to 0 in favor of accepting the agreement.

Covers More Than 70 Part 23 Turbine Aircraft

NextGen avionics leader FreeFlight Systems has announced that engineering and certification company CMD Flight Solutions has expanded its AML STC to include Part 23 turbine aircraft. This allows for the installation of a FreeFlight 1203C SBAS/GNSS sensor paired with Rockwell Collins' TDR94/94D transponders for ADS-B compliance.

Aircraft Tours Nepal While Demonstrating Superior Performance Around Mount Everest

A Bell 412EPI recently completed a demonstration tour throughout Nepal. The helicopter demonstrated landing and take offs from 15,200 ft., ground effect hover at nearly 18,000 ft. density altitude and then flew up to 20,000 ft. pressure altitude near Mount Everest. Bell Helicopter pilots also demonstrated the performance of Bell 412EPI in the Annapurna Ranges around Jomsom Airfield in Western Nepal.

An Amazing Opportunity For Colorado’s STEM Educators…

In this video you’ll hear about a program that is designed to inspire teachers to inspire their students by sharing with them the excitement of flying in a 1942 Boeing PT-17 Stearman trainer plane. Hetty Carlson, of the Teacher Flight Program, explains how they use aviation as a tool to motivate and encourage students.