Aviation's Greatest Living Legend Talks About His Aerobatic Beginnings

ANN is pleased to offer you yet another snippet from the public conversations that took place with Bob Hoover at Airventure 2011... where he was honored for a lifetime of aviation excellence. In this program, Bob talks about his beginnings in aerobatic flight. Ask any pilot who he thinks is the best he (or she) ever saw and depending on how long they've been in the business, the answers might surprise you... BUT, for anyone who had the grand opportunity to see much of the Golden Age of GA, its hard to forget the grace and professionalism exhi

Klyde Reveals Some Sad Realities Regarding Working In Aviation...

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Texan Kirby Chambliss Said, "I Was Starting To Forget What That Podium Champagne Smells Like"

Ever since his third-place finish in New York City in 2010, American Kirby Chambliss has been looking for a return to the Red Bull Air Race podium – and on Sunday in Spielberg, Austria he got it.

In-Service Aircraft Paint Shop Expected To Create 100 Jobs

Need new livery for your Gulfstream bizjet? If you do, you're in luck. The company has opened a paint facility in Savannah specifically for in-service aircraft. The state-of-the art building is expected to create 100 new jobs; approximately 80 of which have already been filled. Paint technicians will induct the facility’s first customer aircraft next week. 

Ariel Pollard Is Part Of A Flying Family

Most college freshman can't even take a car on campus. But Ariel Pollard didn't have to be concerned about getting a campus parking pass when she arrived for the start of classes at Oklahoma University. She'd flown her Cessna 172 to school instead.

Says It Is The Least Expensive Path To Fulfill FAA Requirement

Lots of people want to use UAVs for commercial purposes, and the FAA has been handing out section 333 exemptions at a brisk pace over the past few months.

Flew As Simulated Adversaries At Edwards AFB

Draken International recently supported operational testing of the F-35 at Edwards Air Force Base by flying the company's A-4K fighter jets as simulated adversaries. The large force training exercise was initiated by the 323rd Test and Evaluation Squadron and supported by the Joint Strike Fighter Operational Test Team from Aug. 17-28.

Play Stopped While Police Investigated The Incident

The score was 5-4 in a tennis match Thursday night between Flavia Pennetta, the number 26 tennis player in the world, and Monica Niculescu, when an uninvited guest dropped into Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Celebrates Entrepreneurial Culture Which Allowed Growth During Turbulent Time For The Industry

AAR has reached a significant milestone – 60 years in the aviation industry. In 1955, AAR’s founder Ira A. Eichner incorporated his start-up aircraft radio and equipment supply business in downtown Chicago. What began as a one-man operation is now an industry-leading provider of aviation services to commercial airlines, OEMs and governments around the world.

Hold For Release Used by ATC to delay an aircraft for traffic management reasons; i.e., weather, traffic volume, etc. Hold for release instructions (including departure delay information) are used to inform a pilot or a controller (either directly or through an authorized relay) that an IFR departure clearance is not valid until a release time or additional instructions have been received.

Aero Linx: Piper Apache Club In 1978 a group of Piper Apache owners from the USA and Canada gathered in Hazleton, PA and formed the "Flying Apache Association". The Association produced a monthly newsletter and had an annual fly-in in various locations in the United States and the Bahama Islands. The Piper Apache was primarily owned by individuals that were long time owners and some flight schools for multi-trainers. As time went on many of the owners moved on to larger twins and a lot of the planes were sold to individuals that were only interested in building multi time to get an airline job. There was still a group of dedicated Apache Lovers out there that kept in touch and we did our best in helping them with needed pa

"To deal with the escalating passenger traffic, airports need to implement swifter and more efficient methods of passenger screening. One solution could be to supply passengers with alternate venues and automated tools to prescreen them before they arrive at the airport." Source: Frost & Sullivan Aerospace & Defense Senior Industry Analyst John Hernandez commenting on a report in which they state that automation and pre-processing are reducing the physical interaction with travelers during airport passenger screening. They suggest that this is the first step toward a future in which the passenger screening process will become unintrusive.