DULUTH, MINN. – In a special ceremony on May 6, 2015, at McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee, Cirrus Aircraft Co-Founder and CEO Dale Klapmeier joined Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam…
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Bemidji Aviation Services Chief Pilot Receives National Award For Excellence
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has announced the recipients of its Industry Excellence Awards given annually to individuals, offices, and organizations that have helped improve the…
MATA President Meets With Minnesota Congressional Delegates
The president of the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association (MATA), Greg Reigel, recently spent time meeting with staff members from the offices of all Minnesota Congressional delegates to thank them for…
Wipaire Announces Return of A&P Internship Program
SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINN. – Wipaire, Inc. has announced the return of the Gateway to Success internship program for students pursuing an airframe and powerplant maintenance certificate. The program is…
Wipaire Receives EASA Validation For Wipline 13000 Floats On Viking Series 400 Twin Otter
SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINN. – Wipaire, Inc.’s EASA Supplemental Type Certificate No. 10015832 has received an updated validation from the European Aviation Safety Agency. The new validation adds the Viking…
Eclipse & Kestrel Form ONE Aviation
SUPERIOR, WIS. – ONE Aviation Corporation has been formed to design, develop, and manufacture a family of aircraft, starting with the Eclipse 550 twin-engine light jet, which is currently in…
The HondaJet Receives Provisional Type Certification From FAA
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Honda Aircraft Company announced March 27, 2015 that the HondaJet has received provisional type certification (PTC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This achievement indicates the FAA’s…
Piper Aircraft Launches Three New M-Class Products: The M600, M500 & M350
VERO BEACH, FLA. – At a historical product unveiling on April 13, 2015, Piper Aircraft announced three new aircraft as part of their esteemed M-Class line of single-engine, pressurized, cabin-class…
Piper’s Diesel Archer DX Receives FAA Validation
VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft announced April 21, 2015, that its team member, Technify Motors GmbH, a German-based member of the Continental Motors Group, has received validation approval from…
EPS Diesel Making Steady Progress Toward Certification
NEW RICHMOND, WIS. – Since introducing the first modern aircraft diesel engine developed from a “clean sheet” design at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2014, Engineered Propulsion Systems (EPS) has completed…
Wisconsin Homeschoolers Win Build-A-Plane Design Contest
WASHINGTON, DC – The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and Build A Plane have announced that the CHEF Homeschoolers in Cuba City, Wisconsin, have won the third Aviation Design Challenge…
Tiffany Brown Named Acting Director of Aviation At KDOT
Tiffany Brown of the Kansas Department of Transportation has been named acting Director of Aviation by Kansas Transportation Secretary Mike King. Brown, who joined KDOT in February 2013 as the…
26th Annual Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame
BLOOMINGTON, MINN. – The Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame inducted the following persons, April 25, 2015, at ceremonies held at the Ramada Mall of America Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota: the…
Pennsylvania Congressman Receives AOPA Hartranft Award
FREDERICK, MD – U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) was recently presented with the 2014 Joseph B. Hartranft Jr. Award – one of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) highest…
Newly Appointed Director At Milwaukee Mitchell & Timmerman Airports Returns To Dayton
MILWAUKEE, WIS. – Terrence G. Slaybaugh, who was hired in February 2015 as Director of General Mitchell International and Lawrence J. Timmerman Airports, has resigned to return to his former…