As laser attacks on aircraft are doubling each year worldwide, with helicopter and civilian pilots at a higher risk, Elliot Scientific is introducing Sperian’s Laser-Gard aviator eyewear to offer more protection. Although high-quality sunglasses provide UV and glare protection, Sperian has combined narrow band notch laser dyes to produce safety eyewear designed specifically for personnel […]
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Donatelli joins Yingling Aviation
Yingling Aviation has named long-time Cessna Aircraft Co. executive John Donatelli to the position of Regional Sales Manager at the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport-based firm. With more than 30 years in aviation, including the last 28 with Cessna, Donatelli brings an extremely broad background in customer training, fleet contract management, customer relations, deliveries and sales to […]
Evolution Software Version 2.3.1 launched
Aspen Avionics has received FAA TSO and STC approval of Version 2.3.1 Evolution Software for Aspen’s flight display product lines. This latest software release adds many features and refinements to both Evolution Primary and Multi-function Flight Displays, and expands the number of supported third party interfaces with the new ACU2 analog converter option, according to company […]
Monterey Jet Center to host kick-off to Auto Week
Monterey Jet Center at California’s Monterey Peninsula Airport (MRY) will once again play host to Gordon McCall’s Motorworks Revival, the private kick-off party for Monterey Auto Week beginning Aug. 17. This is the 12th year that McCall has held the exclusive event at the Monterey Jet Center facility. Hosted by McCall Events, Inc., a marketing […]
L-3 sells 15,000th Collision Avoidance System
L-3 Avionics Systems has hit a milestone, with sales of its collision avoidance systems surpassing 15,000 units. The SkyWatch collision avoidance system was the first active traffic detection system certified for general aviation and is used in light aircraft, helicopters and business jets. Midland Instruments, an L-3 Avionics Systems dealer since September 2008, purchased the […]
‘Ultimate Performance Package’ approved
BLR Aerospace has earned FAA certification for its new Ultimate Performance Package (UPP) for the King Air 200GT twin turboprop aircraft. The Ultimate Performance Package was developed in partnership with Hawker Beechcraft Corp. and includes the BLR Winglet System, Hartzell’s latest 4-blade composite propeller, and the Raisbeck Ram Air Recovery System. Each individual system has […]
Rocky Mountain Airshow slated
The 32nd Annual Rocky Mountain Airshow takes off the weekend of Aug. 26-28. The show, at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (BJC) in Broomfield, Colo., will be comprised of aerobatics, afterburners and pyrotechnics, including an appearance by the B2 Stealth Bomber. The show also will feature a “Walk Through Time” in the air and on the […]
Winner Aviation named 208 conversion center
Winner Aviation in Vienna, Ohio, has signed an agreement with Aero Twin of Anchorage to become the world’s first authorized conversion center for Aero Twin’s modification STC that converts Cessna 208 aircraft to Honeywell powered TPE-331 engines at either 850 or 950 shaft horsepower. Known as the 850 Caravan, or 950 Grand Caravan, the firewall […]
Taste of Flight Gala slated
The 5th annual Taste of Flight Gala at Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, Calif., is slated for Oct. 22. Guest of honor will be Louis Zamperini: Olympic Hero, WWII B-24 Bombardier, B-24 crash survivor, and POWm who despite all this went on to build a successful life in postwar America. Zamperini went from […]