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All News

August 01, 2011

Redbird Flight Simulations Now Corporate Member Of The IMC Club

Sponsoring The 'I aM Current' Initiative

The IMC Club International said Thursday that Redbird Flight Simulations ... manufacturer of flight training devices ... has become a corporate member of the IMC Club and sponsor of the IMC Club’s upcoming IMC (“I aM Current”) initiative. The” I aM Current “(IMC) program consists of one challenging approach with emergency practice per month in a Redbird FMX AATD, ensuring IFR currency and increased proficiency for participants.

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Seneca College In Toronto Orders Four Cessna Skyhawks For Training

Aircraft Modified With CRM Training Seat Scheduled For Delivery Next Year

Cessna announced at the EAA's AirVenture 2011 that it has signed a contract with Seneca College in Toronto for four 172 Skyhawk aircraft modified with Cessna's Crew/Cockpit Resource Management (CRM) training seat. The four Skyhawks will join the Seneca School of Aviation and Flight Technology fleet of 14 aircraft that includes eight earlier model 172s.

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New 4 Stroke Axial Engine Introduction

Small, Lightweight Mills For Ultralight, Experimental, And UAV Applications

New Zealand-based Duke Engines LTD has introduced the world's only commercial 4-stroke axial piston spark ignited engine, and was showing it  last week at Oshkosh. The engine is lightweight, small, valveless, vibration-free, has very high power density, and runs on most fuels, including kerosene/jet fuel.

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Swift Enterprises Announces Testing Agreement With Electroair

100LL Alternative To Be Tested With Direct Fire Ignition System

Swift Enterprises and Electroair are pleased to announce the signing of a Testing Agreement. For the last five years, Swift Enterprises has been developing 100SF, a high-octane unleaded replacement for 100LL aviation gasoline that meets Grade UL102 of the newly-published ASTM D7719 Standard Specification for High-Octane Unleaded Test Fuel.

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Lucasfilm’s Red Tails To Premier On January 20, 2012

Twentieth Century Fox To Release Epic Action Story Inspired By The Heroic Tuskegee Airmen

A film described by its producers as "A high-flying action epic inspired by the heroic exploits of the first all African-American aerial combat unit" ... the Lucasfilm production of "Red Tails" will launch on January 20, 2012, released by Twentieth Century Fox.

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Two Fatally Injured In Wright 'B' Flyer Replica Accident

Veteran Pilots Aboard The Historic Replica Were Volunteers For The Organization

Two veteran pilots were fatally injured Saturday when the replica Wright "B" Flyer they were aboard went down during a test flight. One of them was a former president of the Wright "B" Flyer non-profit organization which had built the aircraft.

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Alaska Accident Fatally Injures Four

One Airplane Lands Safely, But Badly Damaged

A mid-air collision has resulted the fatal injury or four people in Alaska, as two floatplanes reportedly collided at 1414 local time about 90 miles northeast of Anchorage near Amber Lake in the Trapper Creek area.

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Redbird's Skyport Will Employ A Piper Seminole

Aircraft Sold At AirVenture, To Be Delivered Next Spring

A new Piper Aircraft twin-engine Seminole will join Redbird Flight Simulations' innovative and multi-faceted aviation research and development laboratory beginning in the first quarter of 2012. Delivery of the training aircraft is set to occur next spring. Cutter Piper Sales sold the airplane to Redbird Skyport of San Marcos, Texas, where the airplane will be based at Oshkosh during AirVenture 2011.

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