June, September Dates Available For Booking

Doc’s Friends, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit that owns and manages the historic B-29 Superfortress “Doc” has released the dates when the aircraft will be available for ride experiences in Wichita during the weekends of June 28-29 and September 12-13.

Prysm Capital Leads Investment, Managing Partner Joins BOD

Electra announced it has secured $115 million in Series B funding to begin the pre-production and certification phase of its EL9, the first aircraft to be able to take off and land within 150 feet compared to similarly sized airplanes requiring 10 times that distance for those phases of flight.

Flight Training Certs Earn Credit Hours Toward Degree

Epic Flight Academy and Seminole State College of Florida (SSC) have signed an agreement that enables pilots trained at Epic to transfer certifications as college credit hours toward a degree at SSC. A maximum number of 27 credits can be applied toward an Associate degree.

A Trend Simmers as Another Firm Brings Aerostructures Into the Family

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada scooped up every share of Fleet Canada, building up the classic marque with a 500,000-square-foot facility in Southern Ontario. De Havilland Aircraft of Canada gets an increase in its production capacity for aircraft parts and aerostructures, which will soon allow them to bring a host of processes in-house. Before the acquisition, De Havilland had to contract out metal-to-metal bonding and advanced composites for its larger aircraft, but now it’s all in the family. It’s not too surprising, given the long arc of aviation history - Boeing insiders have whispered about how badly they’d like to take their once split-off aerostru