In 1985, as Ronald Reagan began his second term as president and pop stars recorded “We are the World” for famine relief, two young engineers went to work in a basement to solve a problem: Conversations in a small airplane cockpit are uncomfortable at best, impossible at worst. Eric Persson (Mr. P) and Mark Scheuer […]
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Have lunch with the Tuskegee Airmen
Fantasy of Flight is expanding the first of its three-part Living History Series Symposiums by adding a luncheon with the Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen symposium, called “They Dared to Fly,” takes place Thursday, Feb. 18 through Saturday, Feb. 20, and features several open-forum/question-and-answer sessions with three Tuskegee Airmen — Dr. Roscoe Brown, Lt. Col. […]
SuperFlite Practice Kits now available
Superflite Practice Kits are now available from Wicks Aircraft for learning how to work with Superflite finishing materials or for making small repairs to a fabric-covered aircraft. Any homebuilder or antique restorer with a project requiring fabric covering will find the step-by-step instructions easy to follow for practice or patching small areas, according to Wicks […]
Western Aircraft name Piaggio Avanti service center
Western Aircraft of Greenwich AeroGroup has been selected by Piaggio Aero to become an Avanti Authorized Service Center. Piaggio Avanti aircraft owners and operators will now have an additional service facility in the western United States to assist them with maintenance, modifications, avionics and interior refurbishments. Located in Boise Idaho, the company is also an […]
Emergency Location Safety feature introduced by Latitude Technologies
Latitude Technologies Corp. of Victoria, B.C., has added a configurable “G” switch accelerometer to the UDG100 and S100/S200 SkyNode product lines. The configurable 6 axis accelerometer will have basic factory settings mirroring the common aircraft emergency locator transmitter but can be customized to user defined settings, according to company officials. “This new safety feature is […]
Colorado jetCenter joins Avfuel network
Colorado jetCenter at Colorado Springs Airport (COS) in Colorado (COS) has joined the Avfuel-branded network of FBO dealers. As an Avfuel-branded FBO, Colorado jetCenter now supplies Avfuel aviation fuel and related services to the Rocky Mountain area. The FBO serves both domestic and international customers with a variety of conveniences, including on-site US Customs. Ground […]
Free weight increase kit included with Raisbeck Crown Wing Lockers
Raisbeck Engineering’s increased gross weight kit to 10,560 lbs. (ramp weight) and 10,500 lbs. (takeoff weight) are now included at no charge with the purchase of its Crown Wing Locker System. Deliveries are set to begin in April for the package, which is available for all 1,470 C90s and 347 E90s. The $49,949 package price […]
Aspen Avionics president launches Blog
Aspen Avionics President and CEO John Uczekaj has launched a blog to record his own experience as an Aspen customer, having recently installed a three-display Evolution Flight Display System in his plane, a 2002 Diamond DA40. “I know that many aircraft owners are wary of the cost and time involved in a panel upgrade, so […]
Embry-Riddle offers Certificate of Management in Aviation Safety
The Professional Programs Office of the College of Aviation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will host three five-day classroom courses in May at the university’s Daytona Beach campus that will cover the latest topics in safety, security, human factors, and accident investigation. Participants may elect to take a course independently or complete all three courses to […]