Cold temperatures increase the internal resistance, which decreases a battery’s capacity and slows its ability to accept charge current. For years, operators in cold climates have made it a practice to endure the inconvenience of removing batteries from aircraft, transporting and storing them in a heated environment, then reinstalling prior to departure. Some also use external […]
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Bush Flying DVD released
Supersonic Productions has unveiled the first in its Excellent Aviator series of shows on DVD, “Bush Flying.” The original footage was filmed in Alaska, and features renowned bush pilots Bob and Bobby Breeden, Vern Kingsford, and others, who share what it’s like to make a living flying among the boulders and mountains, sandbars and fjords that […]
Shell Aviation redesigns lubricants packaging
Shell Aviation revealed new product packaging for piston engine oils at this year’s Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh. ”The reason for the change of the packaging is simple – we’ve listened to customers and they told us that they wanted our products to stand out and be easy to identify,” said Amjad Shahabuddin, Global Marketing […]
Tool backpack debuts
Ergodyne has expanded its Arsenal Tool Storage Collection with the new Arsenal 5843 Tool Backpack. Featuring a two-compartment design, the Arsenal 5843 is certified for hoisting up to 50 pounds, allowing for hands-free climbing and easy mobility of tools and equipment around the jobsite. With two main compartments housing 26 interior pockets, 11 PALS webbing loops, and […]
Butler Watch Company offers personalized watch engraving
Butler Watch Company now offers personalized engraving available with the purchase of a Butler watch. Butler Watch Company will personalize a customer’s watch by engraving the watch caseback with a unique name or phrase. The service is available to customers who purchase both a watch product and the enhanced custom engraving option, available on the Butler […]
Latest edition of World Directory of Light Aviation now available
Now available is the 268-page World Directory of Light Aviation 2014/2015 (WDLA), which includes images, descriptions and technical data on more than 1,000 aircraft, including ultralights, microlights, LSA, gyrocopter, certified aircraft, kitplanes, trikes, ultralight and certified gliders and motor-gliders, instruments, engines, propellers, accessories, and more. It also includes addresses of manufacturers, importers, associations, schools and much more. The WDLA […]
Ohio professor releases book on record-breaking flight across state
Pilot Gordon (Joe) Murray, Ph.D., an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) at Kent State University in Ohio has published “Lost in Oscar Hotel: There is Something in the Air,” chronicling the peculiar world record-setting journey he and physician Ron Siwik made in two 1946 Piper J3 Cub airplanes last spring. […]
FreeFlight Systems ADS-B Receiver receives FAA TSO approval
The FAA has granted FreeFlight Systems Technical Service Order (TSO) approval for the company’s RANGR FDL- 978-RX ADS-B receiver with optional built-in WAAS GPS. The system provides an affordable and flexible way to add ADS-B In traffic and weather capabilities to aircraft with certified 1090ES or UAT ADS-B Out transmitters, according to company officials. The RANGR FDL-978-RX receives […]
DAC gets PMA and STC approval on three products
AUSTIN, Texas — DAC International has received Parts Manufacturer Approval and Supplemental Type Certificate Approval on its Digital to Analog Converter and Airborne Data Link Processor, and Type Certificate approval of its ARINC-to-NMEA 183 converter. The Digital to Analog Converter, approved to design assurance level A, is the link between a system that provides pitch, roll, heading and […]