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I had an amazing experience today with our pilot, Ramona Cox. She is an excellent ambassador for women in flight!” “Being a pilot for this ‘Fly it Forward’ event was more fun that I could have ever imagined,” said Cox. “I flew mothers, daughters and military women, and watching their faces transform from anxious anticipation to sheer glee was amazing. I can’t wait for next year and would recommend the experience to all female pilots that have it in their hearts to act as role models for future generations.” Women of Aviation Worldwide Week (WOAW) is an
international event that creates an opportunity to impact females on a very large scale. In “Fly It Forward” events around the world in 2015, volunteer pilots introduced 7,343 girls and women to flight in a small aircraft, a 28% increase over the 2014 final tally for free flights. Since 2010, the events have flown 21,656 free “first” flights worldwide.
JET AVIATION ORDERS A LEKTRO FOR ITS NEW MACAU OPERATION
LEKTRO and long-time customer, Jet Aviation, kicked off ABACE 2015 by finalizing a deal on a new LEKTRO model AP8850SDA. This unit is slated to go to Jet Aviation’s new Macau operation. LEKTRO pioneered the towbarless market when it
developed the world’s first towbarless tug back in 1967. Combining its towbarless design with state-of-the-art battery power has resulted in the safest, most efficient and most environmentally friendly tow tractor the aviation industry has ever seen. Jet Aviation’s new AP8850SDA (certified to handle up to the EMB-195/Lineage) is popular in FBO operations because of its wide versatility. It is small enough to handle even the small Lears and Citations, yet large and robust enough to handle the entire range of mid-sized business aircraft such as Dassault Falcon Jets, Bombardier Globals, Challengers, and the entire Gulfstream fleet (including the new G650). This year LEKTRO is celebrating its 70th year in
business under second generation, single-family ownership and continues to build on its strong reputation supplying safe and reliable equipment to FBOs, corporate flight departments, airlines and military operations. “Our products are in almost every country in the world today,” states LEKTRO’s executive vice president, Jesse Long. “It is a testament to LEKTRO’s unrivaled commitment to quality and unsurpassed level of customer support.”
F-35 LIGHTNING II FIGHTER JET TO MAKE FIRST OSH- KOSH APPEARANCE AT EAA AIRVENTURE 2015
The Lockheed Martin F-35 “Lightning II,” the fifth- generation fighter that will be used by multiple U.S. service branches, will make its initial appearance at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in this summer. It also marks the first civilian U.S. air show appearance by this unique jet. The 63rd annual edition of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s fly-in convention is scheduled for July 20-26
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at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The F-35 is designed as a versatile, high-performance
multirole fighter that combines stealth, sensor fusion, and unprecedented situational awareness. The aircraft can handle a variety of missions with advanced integrated avionics and aerodynamic performance. Along with replacing U.S. Air Force fighters such as the F-16 and A-10, the F-35 is also projected as a successor to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps F/A-18s, the Marines AV-8B Harriers, and the Harrier GR.7s and Sea Harriers flown by United Kingdom military forces. “EAA AirVenture attendees have often seen the latest
military aircraft make appearances at Oshkosh over the past 30 years, a list that has included such cutting-edge aircraft as the F-117 Stealth fighter and the F-22 Raptor,” says Rick Larsen, EAA’s vice president of communities and member services, who coordinates AirVenture features and attractions. “The addition of the F-35 as a highlight further fortifies AirVenture as an unmatched event to see a group of aircraft in one place that you can see nowhere else in the world.” The airplane, an F-35A model, is based with the U.S. Air
Force’s 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. It is scheduled to arrive midway through AirVenture week and remain on display throughout the remainder of the fly- in. Exact arrival and departure times will be announced as they are finalized. The F-35 joins the list of current military aircraft scheduled for EAA AirVenture 2015 that already includes the B-52 Stratofortress and F-22 Raptor. The F-35 program began as the Joint Strike Fighter
program in 1997, an initiative designed to replace the aging fighter aircraft fleet in the U.S. military. Along with cutting- edge technology, the airplane was conceived as a resource for multiple military branches, which would reduce logistics expense for multiple aircraft types. In 2001, Lockheed Martin was selected as the winning concept designer and it teamed with Northrup Grumman and BAE Systems to develop the prototype aircraft. The “Lightning II” nickname was given to the F-35 in honor of the legendary P-38 fighter of the World War II era. The first F-35 made its initial flight in 2006, with the first production model flying in 2011. Deliveries of the aircraft began later that year.
BOEING NAMES ROLLS-ROYCE AS A ‘SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR’
Rolls-Royce announces it has been recognized as a Supplier of the Year by The Boeing Company, one of 14 companies and one university honored for distinguished performance in working with Boeing. In January, Rolls-Royce was notified that it was one of 548 companies to receive the Boeing Performance Excellence Award. Achieving the Supplier of the Year designation further acknowledges superb performance and labels this class of winners as best of the best. According to Boeing, the award in the Pathfinder
category was based on Rolls-Royce continuously delivering unmatched support to programs across Boeing, and for
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