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Pratt & Whitney Business announces plans for $255M investment in Oklahoma City sustainment center

Pratt & Whitney announced its plans to invest $255 million through 2028 in a world-class sustainment facility in Oklahoma City, Okla. The new 845,000-square-foot facility will act as a hub for depot operations for all Pratt & Whitney military engines, including those for the F-35, C-17, F-22, F-15, F-16, B-52, and E-3 AWACS. Pratt & Whitney Oklahoma City site is part of...

Airmate and Dynon partner to offer affordable VFR/IFR aviation data for SkyView users

Airmate and Dynon Avionics announced a new partnership that enables US-based SkyView pilots to access Airmate's comprehensive and updated Aviation Data. Additionally, using Airmate's free EFB app, it is possible for training purposes to load SID, STAR, RNAV approaches and export, via Wi-Fi, a flight plan including all approach waypoints to SkyView’s flight plan. Airmat...

Wayman Aviation Academy first step for its fleet modernization - delivery of Tecnam P2006T

Wayman Aviation Academy took delivery of its first Tecnam P2006T for fleet modernization program. Wayman Aviation Academy chose this modern twin engine to improve the MEP training and updating their twin fleet with the most efficient and versatile aircraft of its category for Multi – IFR training.The P2006T has been chosen after a careful evaluation to increase multi-engine ai...

Sikorsky celebrates 100 years of innovation

One hundred years ago, immigrant and aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky founded Sikorsky Aero Engineering Company on a chicken farm near Roosevelt Field, on Long Island New York. With a small team of engineers, many of whom who were also immigrants who fled the Russian Revolution, Igor established his new company and started work on development of a new fixed-wing aircraft, the S-29A. Although the...

First aviation firm to achieve carbon neutrality across global network - Signature Aviation

Signature Aviation has achieved carbon neutrality for 2022 across its global network of more than 200 FBO locations. Company commits to maintaining carbon neutral operations for every year going forward. Signature has accomplished this milestone by first reducing its own emissions through electrification of vehicles, energy efficiency and on-site solar power across its faciliti...

Universal Hydrogen successfully completes first flight of hydrogen regional airliner

Universal Hydrogen flew a 40-passenger regional airliner using hydrogen fuel cell propulsion. The airplane, nicknamed Lightning McClean, took off at 8:41am PST from Grant County International Airport (KMWH) and flew for 15 minutes, reaching an altitude of 3,500 MSL. The flight, conducted under an FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate, was the first in a two-year flight test campaign expe...

ST Engineering opens new aircraft maintenance hangar in Pensacola

A significant milestone in continued ST Engineering growth and expansion in Pensacola with the official inauguration of a new aircraft maintenance hangar at the Pensacola International Airport. The new facility is the second of four hangars at an airframe MRO complex being developed by ST Engineering. The new 177,000 sq. ft hangar features two bays capable of accommodating wide...

Aviation careers - Clay Lacy Aviation commits over $500,000 in pilot and mechanic scholarships

Clay Lacy Aviation is commited to the future of aviation by funding scholarships in diverse areas within the industry and geographic regions. The 55-year-old private aviation company has raised its commitment to over $500,000 in scholarships and support to the next generation of aviation professionals. Clay Lacy Aviation has pledged $281,000 to students through new scholarships...

Jetoptera high speed VTOL wind tunnel tests yield exciting results

Jetoptera is getting exciting results in the wind tunnel! In support of our USAF sponsored Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer program, Jetoptera worked with AeroTEC and Scaled Composites to design and build an engineering test article model specifically for wind tunnel testing. Jetoptera sub-contracted the University of Washington and the Kirsten Wind Tunnel team to carry out these t...

Joby Aviation begins testing at World largest wind tunnel facility

Joby Aviation is beginning testing at the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex , world largest wind tunnel facility, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California Silicon Valley. The NFAC, managed by the U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex, contains the two largest operational wind tunnels in the world. Data from propeller testing in the N...

What role can private aviation play in the sustainability discussion?

Aviation, as a whole, is at a defining moment in the sustainability discussion. Activism toward the industry’s carbon footprint is aggressive and generating media attention, especially on the private aviation front, while manufacturers are making their best efforts to build more fuel-efficient aircraft and a whole segment of green air transportation is arising from the horizon – the ai...

Special Missions Beechcraft King Air 260 chosen as new U.S. Navy METS

Textron Aviation has been awarded the Multi-Engine Training System contract by Naval Air Systems Command. The contract award is for up to 64 King Air 260 aircraft, which will be known as the T-54A. The initial Lot I award will procure 10 new Beechcraft King Air 260 commercial aircraft and associated support. Lot II and Lot III, if the options are exercised, would each procure up to 27 ai...