by The Raviator Presented by AKG Headsets All of us lose some hearing as we age, but for every non-pilot reporting hearing loss at age 50, there are five pilots…
Category: Dec 2014/Jan 2015
Industry Encouraged By Next Step In Collaborative Process For 100 Low-Lead Fuel Replacement
FAA selects four fuels for initial testing. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The aviation industry is encouraged with the announcement made September 8, 2014 by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which has…
NationAir Aviation Insurance Offers Complimentary Contract Review For Commercial Clients
WEST CHICAGO, ILL. – NationAir Aviation Insurance now offers complimentary contract review to all commercial clients to help them reduce risk and save money. No other aviation specialty broker offers…
Stay Current On Technological Advances or Fall Behind
by Tom Biller These are exciting times in the world of aviation! Never have we seen so much innovation and promise of technology impacting its future. Buzz words like NextGen,…
Nextant 400XTi Named One of Five “Best Light Jets” by Barron’s
CLEVELAND, OHIO – Nextant Aerospace (“Nextant”), maker of the Nextant 400XTi – the world’s only remanufactured business jet, has announced that the Nextant 400XTi has been included in Barron’s Finest…
Backup Door Opening Systems For Your Hangar Door In Case of Power Outage
Before you place an order for a hydraulic or bifold door, have you given any thought to how you would get that big, heavy door open in case of a…
Fargo Jet Center Expands To Eden Prairie
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – Exclusive Aerospace LLC, an affiliate of Fargo Jet Center (FJC), Fargo, N.D., has purchased the assets of Premier Jet Center at Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM) in…
Transport Canada Awards STC To Tanis
BLAINE, MINN. – Tanis Aircraft Products has received formal acceptance by Transport Canada for its Supplemental Type Certificate on both the four and six cylinder Continental, Lycoming, and Franklin engines….
Tanis Aircraft Products Partners With Bruce’s Custom Covers For AOG Protection
GLENWOOD, MINN. – Tanis Aircraft Products has entered into a business partnership with Bruce’s Custom Covers to fabricate Tanis brand of insulated aircraft covers for protection of aircraft in harsh…
Meet Greg Reigel President, Minnesota Aviation Trades Association
GREG REIGEL of Reigel Law Firm, Ltd/Aero Legal Services of Hopkins, Minnesota, is serving his second term as president of the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association (MATA). He is an attorney…
Flying Single Pilot – What can we learn from fun and games?
by Rachel Obermoller Aviation Representative, MnDOT Aeronautics I asked a few fellow pilots over the last couple weeks if they had any good single pilot flying stories to tell –…
The Promise of Unmanned Aerial Systems (plus updates)
by Richard Braunig AvRep, MnDOT Aeronautics UAS, UAV, Drones: it seems everywhere you turn you hear about some new application for these vehicles and how the FAA is stifling this…
Second Generation Gyroplanes In The Midwest
A Personal Historical Narrative by Chris Laskey Back in the very early 1970s, I became acquainted with a group of folks belonging to an organization known as “PRA Chapter 18,”…
New Jet Air Hangar Spells Economic Development For Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WIS. – Jet Air-Signature Select held a grand opening October 21, 2014, for its new 36,000 square foot hangar at Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay. “We…
Annual Airport Engineer’s Workshop
The 2015 Wisconsin Bureau of Aeronautics Airport Engineer’s Workshop will be held Tuesday, February 17th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Madison. This day-long workshop brings airport engineering consultants together…