Kirby Harrison is a freelance writer for The Weekly of Business Aviation, Business & Commercial Aviation and others in the Informa publishing chain. Harrison joined the Navy in 1962 and spent 20 years in the service, virtually all of it as a photojournalist, traveling from small islands in the South Pacific to Vietnam to the bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon. When Harrison retired from the Navy, he went back to college and graduated in 1971 from Syracuse University with a Bachelor's Degree in Photojournalism. Along the way, he spent two years as a news photographer at the Daily Press & Times Herald in Newport News, Virginia, and three years working for Studio Sebe in Nice, France as a photographer. More recently, before retiring, he worked nearly 20 years for Naval Aviation News.
Inmarsat, a leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, has signed a strategic agreement with Rockwell Collins for the worldwide distribution of its next-generation SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) flight deck connectivity technology.
In step with a string of industry closings, and after 70 years in business, Associated Air Center said last month that it will cease operations and close its VIP completion facility on leased property at Dallas Love Field at the end of this year.
In contrast to recent completion refurbishment and MRO facility closings (most recently Associated Air Center), King Aerospace is preparing to expand its role in the VIP market.
