Press Releases

Flying clubs who enrolled as part of Sporty's Flying Club Rebate Program have now received their first quarterly checks. Rebates for clubs enrolled in this brand-new program totaled over $1000.

Managing Risk: Best Practices for Pilots uses actual aircraft accident examples, statistics, aviation safety studies, and the authors' more than 60 years of combined experience as pilots and flight safety educators to document and describe the 10 most significant accident threat categories, and shed light on the applicable human-factor issues that make pilots vulnerable to them.

FreeFlight Systems announced today FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) and Approved Model List (AML) approval for the RANGR FDL-978-XVR ADS-B In/Out Universal Access Transceiver (UAT).

Aircrew Training Systems ("ATS"), a division of Environmental Tectonics Corporation (OTC Pink: ETCC) ("ETC" or the "Company"), announced today the signing of a contract with the United Arab Emirates Air Force ("UAEAF") for the procurement of its state-of-the-art Pilot Selection System ("PSS"). The PSS will help the UAEAF to select the most qualified pilot candidates to continue on to flight training school, and will be installed at Khalifa bin Zayed Air College in Al Ain, UAE next spring.

Air Guide Publications, Inc. the creator of flight guide publications, and seller of subscriptions for iEFB, Solo and eKneeBoard (Enhanced Airport Information) appears to be no longer operating as an ongoing business. AnywhereEducation has stepped up to take care of all of the iEFB and Solo users. Starting today, AnywhereEducation will support you and we will continue your subscription.

The umbrella organization for all public benefit flying groups, the Air Care Alliance, will hold its annual public benefit flying conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 25 and 26, 2014.

A bipartisan group of 38 Senators today urged the Department of Transportation to ensure U.S. airline jobs are protected, and U.S. law and aviation trade agreements are not violated, when considering Norwegian Air International's application for a foreign air carrier permit.

Norwegian Air continues to expand internationally and is currently recruiting pilots for its crew base at New York's JFK airport. The company is recruiting captains and first officers to operate the state-of-the art Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The low-cost airline offers non-stop flights from several U.S. cities to Europe and believes that Americans deserve inexpensive airfares on international flights.

GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, today announced a purchase-and-leaseback agreement with TUI Travel for two new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners.

FltPlan, the largest flight planning service in North America, now offers Velocity Weather by Baron^(TM).The enhanced features include United States and Canadian radar, visible and Infrared (IR) Satellite, Surface Analysis and Echo Tops.FltPlan's new weather data can be accessed on all devices including desktops, laptops, tablets and phones as well as the FltPlan Go apps.