The UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of Transport Robert Goodwill MP has issued a formal response to that government's report on challenges facing GA in the UK.
Left Indonesian Students Stranded When School Suddenly Closed Its Doors
A group of two dozen Indonesian flight school students who had signed up for training at Accessible Aviation International and California Flight Center found themselves in the middle of what looks like a scam when the offices of the school were suddenly vacated.
S-Tec and Chelton Combine Into One Pivotal Avionics Company
While at the Aircraft Electronics Association’s (AEA) 2014 Southern Regional convention, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell visited the display of a new company named, Genesys…or is it really a new company? Jim asked Mike Demeter, the Eastern Regional Sales Manager for Genesys Aerosystems to explain the genesis of the company. Demeter explains that most people are aware of companies like Sierra Flight Systems, Chelton and S-TEC, and Genesys Aerosystems is a combination of these and other companies. He explains that much of their product line has been around for a long while
An Airplane Makes A Terrible Classroom
The Second Dimension... Part 1
Up until recently, flight simulators for universities and small-to-medium sized flight schools fell into one of two extreme categories, one being simulators that were far too expensive for the average private flight school to afford and the other being simulators that were well suited only for more advanced instrument training. Primary skills training such as flight maneuvers, visual navigation, communications, etc. was confined to the real airplane.
Fly-ins Are As Old As Aviation Itself And Everybody Loves Them… Well, Maybe Not Everybody In Oklahoma
Judy Birchler founded the LadiesLoveTaildraggers organization so that she and like-minded women could get together and enjoy their passion for “real” airplanes. Like all aviation minded organizations, fly-ins are a fun way to get together, and you would think any airport would welcome a group like this. Apparently, you would be wrong if you are planning to fly to Oklahoma’s Lake Murray State Park Airport.
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