Continental Motors Extends TBOs up to 400 Hours
hours on Gold Standard Factory produced engines. The majority of engine models manufactured after February 2012 will see TBOs increase by 200 hours with frequent flyers receiving up to 400 hours. In...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Blue Angels Performances Cancelled for 2013
SAN DIEGO CA - The Navy has cancelled the remaining 2013 performances of its Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. The squadron will continue to train to maintain flying proficiency until...
View ArticleAirbus Breaks Ground in Mobile for A320 Assembly Line -Video
MOBILE Brookley Aeroplex AL-Airbus manufacturing in the US advanced closer to reality on April 8 in Mobile, Alabama, as construction of the company's A320 Family Assembly Line officially began. Soon...
View ArticleAIRBUS Looking for a Facilities Manager
Airbus Americas today posted its fourth job opening for its Mobile,Alabama Assembly Line. The company is looking for a Facilities Manager. The person chosen for this role will be responsible for the...
View Article4th Annual National Safety Stand Down JFX
This year thousands of pilots across the country will come together as a Safety Community to participate in a dynamic, interactive program devoted to Local Safety Issues, Loss of Control, and the...
View Article2013 Enterprise Aviation Expo
The Enterprise Aviation Expo will be highlighting Warbirds from the Southeast as well as diverse aircraft from the Wiregrass. During this event fans will learn about the Enterprise Municipal Airport,...
View ArticleNASA's 12th Annual Student Rocket Launch
TONEY AL - The NASA Student Launch Projects (SLP) challenges middle school, high school, and college students in designing, building, and launching a reusable rocket to 1 mile above ground level with...
View ArticleSE 99 International Women Pilots Meet in Historic Mobile
MOBILE AL- Last week members from eight states of the Southeast Section of the Ninety Nines International Organization of Women Pilots landed in historic Mobile Alabama for their Spring meeting....
View Article2013 Vaiden Fly In Best Yet
MARION AL- Responding to the first great flying weather weekend of the spring, pilots and aviation enthusiasts from Alabama and neighboring states made the Fifth Annual Vaiden Field Fly-in at Marion,...
View ArticleALPA Warns of Potential for Extensive Disruptions to Airline Operations Due...
WASHINGTON-The Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA) released the following statement today in response to comments made by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood that furloughing front-line...
View ArticleEnterprise Aviation Expo Draws Thousands
ENTERPRISE AL - According to reports Warbirds, helicopters, jet powered flight and beautifully detailed radio controlled models dominated the skies over the Enterprise Aviation Expo Saturday. A CAVU...
View ArticleBirmingham Student Earns EAA/DAHER-SOCATA Scholarship
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH,WI- Recipients will work overseas at DAHER-SOCATA facility in France- Kalena Glover of Prescott, Ariz., and William McAleer of Birmingham, Alabama, will receive the work...
View ArticleContinuation of Controller Furloughs
NATCA- Current furloughs of air traffic controllers may be due to unique and unusual circumstances but after a single day of delays throughout the aviation system, it's clear they should be halted...
View Article4th National Safety Stand Down Held at Sanders Aviation JFX
JASPER AL- This year sixty area pilots came together as a Safety Community to participate in a dynamic, interactive program devoted to Local Safety Issues, Loss of Control, and the number one aviation...
View ArticleDoolittle Raiders 71st Reunion and Public Farewell
FT WALTON FL- Staff Sergeant David Thatcher, Lt. Colonel Ed Saylor, Colonel Richard E. Cole, Doolittle's Co-Pilot- three surviving Doolittle Raiders- pose for a documentary shoot next to the B-25...
View ArticleState Resolution Recognizes Wetumpka Airport Historical Listing
ELMORE Co AL- Attended by over 40 local pilots and supporters of the airport, the Elmore County Aviation Alliance held it's annual meeting at the Wetumpka Municipal Airport last Saturday. ECAA member...
View Article20th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race
HUNTSVILLE AL- The 20th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race ® will be held this Friday and Saturday, starting at 7:30am in Huntsville, Alabama, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Students are required to...
View Article2013 Wetumpka Spring Fly In
ELMORE AL- EAA 822 Spring Fly In is this Saturday at the Historic Wetumpka Airport starting at 9:00 am. Perhaps the most fun and attended Young Eagle event in the state, kids from 8 to 17 years of age...
View ArticleRalph Hood to Spread Word About Aviation History
The Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame has engaged the nationally renowned aviation speaker, humorist and writer, Ralph Hood, CSP, as part of a statewide effort to raise awareness of Tennessee's...
View ArticleThe Zulu Flight Training Model Video
SPANISH FORT AL -Technology and innovation combine at Fairhope's Zulu Flight Training. Their business model, first class and edgy, is located as a retail storefront in a high-end Spanish Fort, Eastern...
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