Aviation

Villanova d’Albenga October 24, 2016 Piaggio Aerospace, a leading aircraft manufacturer active both in the Business and Defense & Security sectors, announces today its participation to NBAA-Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (BACE) 2016, the world’s largest Business Aviation event. The company will showcase the Avanti EVO, the third generation of the P.180 Avanti.  The P.180 […]

September 1, 2016     Source: Flying http://www.flyingmag.com/airbus-perlan-2-standing-by-for-record-flight-attempt?src=SOC&dom=fb Project begun in the late 1990s will seek to fly a glider higher than ever before. The Perlan team plans to reach at least 90,000 feet in the Perlan 2 research glider. Before aviator and businessman-explorer Steve Fossett died in 2007, the Perlan I stratospheric glider’s record flight above […]

Piper Aircraft launched early 2014 a diesel version of the Archer at the Aero Friedrichshafen in Germany which is powered by a Continental / Centurion 2.0S JET-A compression-ignition engine. Since receiving it’s EASA STC in Europe several aircraft have been delivered to various flight schools in Europe. more:  archer-dx-report NeBeSci inc. / Manila / SMS […]

Villanova d’Albenga August 30, 2016 Less than one year after aircraft production was moved from the Genoa site, last Thursday the first Piaggio Aerospace airplane produced in the new Villanova d’Albenga plant took off from the adjacent runway of the international airport Clemente Panero. The aircraft, an Avanti EVO due to be delivered in September, […]

by Julie Boatman Filucci / Flying  August 12, 2016 Aircraft and avionics manufacturers and industry experts are trying to identify the best ways to trickle down Fourth Generation airliner advances in automation to appropriate levels for GA flying. Modern commercial aviation marvels us daily with its enviable safety record. Pioneers such as Donald Douglas, William […]

AMC Aviation, LLC, a subsidiary of Legacy Warbirds, LLC in Raleigh, NC, has been named by RUAG Aviation, a Swiss-based OEM and multi-brand system supporter, as an official Authorized Service Center and North America Dornier 228 reseller. AMC Aviation will provide essential services in the introduction of the new-production model Dornier 228 aircraft in the […]

August 3 2016 Aurigny has placed a firm order with manufacturer RUAG for a second Dornier 228 aircraft. Aurigny took delivery of its first new Dornier, registered as G-OAUR, ahead of schedule in December 2015, and it has been used commercially since late January. The second aircraft will be delivered to Aurigny in the third […]

Boeing says 30K new pilots needed every year to keep up with travel growth Have you ever dreamed of flying a $350 million plane through beautiful open skies? Well, throw on your captain’s hat, because the airline industry is looking for pilots…a lot of them. On July 22, Boeing (BA) released its pilot and technician […]

Source: http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/tip-week/constant-speed-prop-basics?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&src=SOC&utm_campaign=utm_content=581490aa89b983  00076d806d&utm medium=&utm source=  By Stephen Pope July 2, 2014 Pilot Proficiency Tips for getting the most out of your constant speed propeller. Chances are you’ve come across descriptions of how constant-speed propellers work, oh, about a thousand times since your piloting days began. Instead of rehashing how they operate, let’s talk about tips […]

Source: http://atwonline.com/aircraft-engines/turkish-chamber-orders-new-328s?NL=ATW-04 Jul 11,2016 Istanbul Chamber of Commerce has signed a letter of intent (LOI) at the Farnborough Airshow to buy 10 TRJ328s, the updated, re-engined version of the former Dornier 328 regional jet that Turkey intends to use as the basis of a commercial aircraft industry. When it announced the program at last year’s […]