Press Releases

Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. has been a leading distributor of homebuilt and certified aircraft parts and materials since 1965.  The company is also a distributor for Light Sport Aircraft products. Products available include DVDs, books, eBooks, avionic items, instruments, along with the entire SkySports line which Aircraft Spruce acquired in 2009. SkySports produces its own line of single and dual fuel systems and fuel probes, and also carries a complete line of products such as instruments, radios, GPS, strobes, Comtronics helmet/intercom systems, Winter instruments, and hardware for the ultralight market. 

Warner Robins, GA – A total of 1,525 people from 29 U.S. states registered for the Museum of Aviation Foundation Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K Run/Walk on January 14, 2012 – a new record for the races held each year on Robins Air Force Base. The temperature at the 8:00 am start of the Marathon and Half Marathon races was 27 degrees but the sky was clear and many runners ended up shedding layers, gloves and hats as the morning warmed up.

EULESS, TX – Aero Dynamix announces the delivery of certified NVG cockpit upgrades for two Bell 412 helicopters owned and operated by the Toll Remote Logistics, Helicopter Division. Eagle Helicopters was contracted to provide comprehensive upgrades for the B412s and subcontracted NVG modifications and upgrades to Aero Dynamix.

This LSA Marketing Update announces the opening of space requests for LSA Malls at Sun ‘n
Fun and AirVenture 2012.
This message will be brief. By now, many recipients know the drill for LSA Mall participation.
We will review the rules and requirements below but urge you to act soon to get the space of
your choice. Every LSA Mall has filled every available space.

Warner Robins, GA -- The Museum of Aviation will be featured on Georgia Public Television’s show “Georgia Traveler” on Friday, January 13 at 8:00 pm. Host David Zelski will take viewers on a tour of the Museum and some of its many education programs. The Museum segment will be a part of the show which will also look at other interesting people and places in Georgia. An encore presentation of the show will air again on Saturday, January 14 at 6:30 pm.

            Warner Robins, GA -- The Sixteenth Annual Museum of Aviation Foundation Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K Run/Walk will be held at the Museum of Aviation on Saturday, January 14, 2012. The event, put on by the Museum of Aviation Foundation and the Robins Pacers Running/Walking Club, is one of the largest marathon races held in Middle Georgia and is part of the 2012 Run & See Georgia Grand Prix Series. Proceeds from the growing annual event benefit the Museum of Aviation, one of the largest education-focused aviation museums in the country.

Warner Robins, GA--The Museum of Aviation NASA Regional Educator Resource Center (RERC) will hold the 2nd Annual Georgia NASA STEM DAY Conference featuring Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) workshops for K-12th grade in-service and pre-service teachers on Saturday, January 28. The workshops will be held from 9 am - 4 pm in the Century of Flight Hangar.

Aircraft Spruce is now stocking a rain repellent, Rain B Gon which will dramatically improve your wet weather flying, riding or driving visibility, whether in rain, sleet or snow. Rain B Gon rain repellent is a hydrophobic coating technology that forms a chemical bond and causes the raindrops to bead up and blow away from the windshield.

Open to Vendors and Associates of the Light-Sport Aircraft Industry.

January 22 - 23, 2012 *

http://www.aviatorshotline.com/bahamas

Aviators Hot Line is hosting the 2nd Annual Sport Pilot Fly-in to the Bahamas.  Participants will receive a commemorative t-shirt personalized with their N-number and aircraft manufacturer’s emblem.

For those who are attending Sebring, there will be a noon briefing on January 22, at the Alan Jay Hangar on field at the Sport Aviation Expo.