PlaneSmart! Aviation, Dallas, TX and CIRRUS Design announced today the completion of a previously announced multi-million dollar deal to replace its current fleet of CIRRUS SR22-G2s with all new Turbo CIRRUS SR22-G3s.  The transaction enables PlaneSmart! to offer the best transportation package on the market to its clients. 

After extensive research Cessna has set a life limit of 22,500 flying hours for the Cessna 441 Conquest II.  A Supplemental Inspection Document has recommended a life limit for the aircraft and several aircraft have already been grounded.

As simple as it may sound – the fact that Capt. Shawn McCaughey seat belt came undone while the team was practicing for an air show at Malmstrom Air Force Base near Great Falls, Montana is the most likely cause of the May 18^th fatal crash.

São José dos Campos – The Embraer Phenom 100 very light jet completed its maiden flight on July 26th with Capt. Antonio Bragança Silva at the controls.

A horrified crowd of air show spectators watched as veteran air show performer Jim LeRoy failed to pull out of a dive in time – his aerobatic aircraft pancaked into the ground and burst into flames. Pilot Jim LeRoy of Billings, Montana, died on the way to the hospital after his S2S Bulldog biplane crashed at the end of a runway at Dayton International Airport in Ohio.

The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration starts today at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.  For fifty-five years this usually sleepy Wisconsin airport comes alive for one week in July with over 10,000 aircraft and 60,000 visitors.  If you’ve never attended you’re missing the greatest aviation experience known.