Windsock Productions LLC has produced a 15-minute DVD on safe hand propping. Created by veteran flight instructors John Pipkin and Kim Bevier, the DVD is designed to teach the critical risk factors associated with hand propping an aircraft and time-tested procedures for keeping you — and everyone else — safe during the process. Price $19.50. […]
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Two Belite versions in development
Belite Aircraft is developing two variants of its FAR Part 103 compliant, ready-to-fly airplane. To meet the demand for an affordable, straight-forward, and lightweight version, Belite is offering the Model 254 in a Ready To Fly (RTF) configuration for $29,995. The “premium” version of the aircraft, which incorporates approximately 50 additional features and makes extensive […]
Latitude Technologies’ dealer network grows
Rotorcraft Support Inc. has joined Latitude Technologies’ network of qualified aeronautical dealers and installers. RSI, which is based in Southern California, will become a sales and installation facility for the Latitude family of products, which includes the SkyNode S200 Iridium Voice/Data/Messaging/AFF Transceiver, the SkyNode S100 Messaging/Data/AFF Transceiver, various text messaging and dialing units, as well […]
Aviation entrepreneur pens guide to ‘exceptional living’
Sharp Details President and CEO Jim Garland has authored “The Practical Guide to Exceptional Living,” a book designed to share some of the ideas and concepts that Garland used to start and grow Sharp Details, an aircraft detailing firm, from scratch to a business with annual sales of nearly $4 million and more than 50 […]
Celebrate Christmas with a P-51 Mustang
If you can’t find a P-51 under your tree – or one with a big red bow tied around it in your hangar – the next best thing is Sporty’s 2009 Christmas Ornament featuring this historic warbird. “What pilot doesn’t love the Mustang?” asked Sporty’s Vice President John Zimmerman. “It’s an iconic American airplane that […]
Early morning flight added to Dawn Patrol
Visitors looking for the true meaning of the words “Dawn Patrol” will get that opportunity Sept. 26 from 7:30 a.m.–9 a.m., as pilots participating in the 2009 World War I Dawn Patrol Rendezvous at the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, perform a special Saturday morning flight. This early morning flight, which […]
Lightweight seat for Caravans available
Yingling Aviation, which has installed more than 100 OASIS interiors in the Cessna Model 208 Caravan, has developed a new versatile lightweight seat (VLS) for the popular single-engine turboprop. Designed to provide Caravan owners with an option that is lighter and with more comfort, the VLS can be incorporated into the OASIS package or ordered […]
Parade of Planes heads to HWD
The Parade of Planes–West, a new aircraft sales expo, will be held in California at the Hayward Executive Airport (HWD) hosted by Volo Aviation, Oct. 15-17. Aircraft companies scheduled to exhibit include: Cirrus Aircraft, CubCrafters, Diamond Aircraft, Extra Aircraft, Flight Design, Hawker Beechcraft, Aviat Aircraft, Lancair, Mooney, Piper Aircraft, Remos, and Waco Classic. Also on […]
WSI Fusion 2.2 launches
WSI Corp. has released WSI Fusion 2.2, an upgrade to its WSI Fusion application, an online service providing information on changing flight, airport and airspace conditions. New feature added includes tracking of global lightning information, tropical pseudo-radar imagery and projected aircraft positioning. The new release helps operators identify areas of convection that may cause en […]