Elliott Aviation Delivers First King Air B200 Autoland Retrofit Milan, Illinois-based Elliott Aviation announced this week it has delivered the first Beechcraft King Air B200 to be retrofitted with Garmin’s Autoland system. The King Air is equipped with Garmin’s G1000 NXi avionics suite, which interfaces with the award-winning Autoland[…] Read this article
Walmart-Google Linkup Adds Drone Delivery To 60,000 Households Last month, a supermarket news report detailed a recent partnership between Walmart and Google-owned drone delivery firm Wing centered on the Dallas area, adding drone delivery capability to some 60,000 households. A Wing Supercenter in Frisco, Texas, could be followed[…] Read this article
Signature Flight Support Acquires Historic Meridian FBOs FBO network Signature Flight Support, with more than 200 locations in 27 countries worldwide, announced this week it has completed its acquisition of Meridian’s two facilities at Teterboro Airport (KTEB) nearby New York City in New Jersey and Hayward Airport[…] Read this article
GAMA Announces 2024 Executive Committee Assignments The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has announced its executive committee lineup for 2024. Leading the team as chair will be Chuck Wiplinger, president and CEO of float manufacturer Wipaire. Wiplinger previously served as the GAMA vice chair and also[…] Read this article
Short Final: Identity Crisis I owned my little two-seat Grumman AA1-B for 22 years and loved it. But after getting my instrument rating, I realized it just wasn’t practical for IFR travel. So I eventually sold the Grumman to a friend (who formed a[…] Read this article
