Amelia Rose Earhart brought her single-engine Pilatus PC-12 NG aircraft into Honolulu Airport a few minutes after noon following a four-hour, 50-minute flight from Christmas Island.
EAA Pilot Services, presented by Signature Flight Support, will be located in the Federal Pavilion. DTC DUAT will be the official weather provider. The daily weather briefing will be provided by the National Weather Service.
The museum received $1 million in late June to begin design and development work on a 60,000-square-foot building that will be called Aviation Hall; a $5 million grant must be matched by other donations to fund construction.
The dedicated classrooms are part of a Cabin Communications Lab where Satcom Direct provides training in conjunction with FlightSafety International. The new training labs will be celebrated at a grand opening July 15.
Jack Pelton: “We have worked hard to reach this milestone, but it is only a first step. We must continue to work together to evaluate and introduce fuel that meets the highest safety and performance standards . . .
Colonel Brian Tachias, head of the U.S. Army’s Project Management Fixed Wing office in Huntsville, Ala., presented the award for 20,000 accident-free flight hours in support of the Night Eagle program.
HI Corporation (IHI: previously named Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries), Snecma and Techspace Aero (Safran), and MTU Aero Engines AG are participants in the GE9X engine program.
