Latitude Aviation, a Part 61 flight school at Coeur d’Alene Airport in Idaho, has added a DCX Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD) with ProMotion and a Cessna 170 tailwheel airplane. The DCX will be used for primary and advanced instruction. It features 33 included airplanes and configurable controls for single and multi engine airplanes. A full-featured Garmin […]
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Continental Motors to purchase Danbury Aerospace assets, including ECi
Continental Motors Group has inked a deal with Danbury Aerospace to purchase essentially all of the assets associated with its operating divisions, including Engine Components International, Inc., Precision Machined Parts, Inc., Airmotive Engineering Corporation, Aircooled Motors, Sterling Machinery and Process, and EC Services, located at its site in San Antonio, Texas, as well as the Titan […]
Precision Aerospace expands again
GROVE, Okla. — Precision Aerospace has begun an expansion of its manufacturing facility. This marks the 10th expansion at this location, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this past year, according to company officials. The new facility will be fully operational by February 2016. It is designed in a modular fashion to allow for “fast track” future expansions as the […]
Continental diesel fleet tops 4.5 million flight hours
Continental Motors Group is celebrating a milestone: The logging of more than 4.5 million flight hours by close to 4,500 Continental diesel engines delivered since start of series production in 2002. Company officials also note that over the last 52 weeks, the CD-135 had only 3.31 inflight shut downs per 100,000 flight hours. “The fuel-efficient, reliable, and environmentally friendly […]
Landmark Aviation begins operations at ANC
Landmark Aviation has officially begun operations at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) in Alaska through an equity purchase of Era Group’s subsidiary, Era FBO. The former Million Air branded facility has been rebranded to Landmark Aviation. With 26,400 square feet, the location has the largest heated hangar at ANC, as well as pilot and […]
AirMap to graphically aid RPA operators
AirMap is a free, comprehensive digital map that allows remotely pilot aircraft (RPA) operators to visualize the airspace around them, including areas where they may not be permitted to fly. AirMap integrates multiple sources of data and gives RPA operators an easy-to-use, yet detailed, solution providing a single view of the restricted areas around an area of […]
Superior debuts Gemini 100 diesel
Superior Air Parts introduced the Gemini Diesel engine on opening day of SUN ‘n FUN. Using technology acquired from Power Plant Developments late last year, the 100-horsepower engine already has 10 years and 10,000 flight hours of development, according to Tim Archer, Superior Aviation Group CEO. He added that because of its uniflow design featuring two-opposing-pistons-per-cylinder, […]
Courtesy Aircraft creates non-warbird sellers program
Long known as a warbird and classic aircraft broker, Courtesy Aircraft has added a second product line for anyone wanting to advertise the sale of their own aircraft. “We often get calls from individuals asking us to list their aircraft and we end up turning them down simply because our knowledge of that type of aircraft […]
Continental sponsors 39th Air Race Classic terminus
H.L. “Sonny” Callahan Airport (KCQF), 99s Emerald Angels of the Gulf Coast Chapter, and Continental Motors Group will welcome the all-women Air Race Classic to Fairhope, Alabama, June 24-27, for the annual transcontinental race. There are 54 teams with 118 female pilots registered to compete for this year’s championship. The H.L. “Sonny” Callahan Airport will be the final stop and finishing […]