United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS) has designed and fabricated an extended instrument panel for the Bell 407. The panel can be built to any customer’s specifications, according to company officials. URS will cut, paint and silk screen the panel so it goes out as a finished product. The only thing left to the customer is installation […]
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Flight School Cooperation Program launched
Training Crue Graphics Inc., a global provider of aviation training products, has launched a cooperation program with various flight schools to produce customized cockpit training posters for pilots-in-training, in addition to large format versions for reference purposes to be used by the training facilities. Customer-specific Computer-Based Training (CBT) applications also will become available once the […]
Pro-Star named Pilatus PC-12 service center
Pilatus Aircraft has appointed Pro-Star Aviation of Londonderry, N.H., a sales representative and service center for its PC-12NG. The company will be responsible for New Hampshire, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts and Michigan. For more information: ProStarAviation.com or Pilatus-Aircraft.com.
Penn State Hershey Medical Center adds AWOS
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (8PS5) recently completed the installation of a Belfort DigiWx II AWOS system at the Penn State Hershey Life Lion hangar on the campus of the medical center. The Belfort DigiWx II is an automated weather system that reports FAA-certified altimeter and FAA-certified visibility with advisory winds, temperature, humidity […]
Enterprise opens at Branson Airport
Missouri’s Branson Airport, the first privately financed and operated commercial service airport in the U.S., has tapped Enterprise Rent-A-Car as the exclusive rental car provider to serve the new airport when it opens in May 2009. Enterprise’s service counter will be inside the airport terminal. Branson Gray Line will be the exclusive provider for all […]
STC for Clifford Development’s Citation 550 mod
The FAA has issued a final STC certificate to Clifford Development, which covers modification of the 550 and S550 Cessna Citation Series aircraft using Williams International FJ44-3A engines. This is the first STC issued to cover both Cessna Citation aircraft. It was issued with no operational limitations or restrictions. Certification flight tests document significant speed, […]
American Aviation completes third King Air flight deck retrofit
American Aviation of Brooksville, Florida, has completed its third Alliant Integrated Flight Deck retrofit in a Beechcraft King Air 200. “Updating the timeless King Air with the Alliant system takes one of the best airplanes ever made and makes it better,” said John Petrick, president of American Aviation. “After initial certification of the system, American […]
WAAS GPS Landing System certified
CMC Electronics‘ IntegriFlight CMA-5024 GPS receiver was certified recently by the FAA and Transport Canada to TSO-C145b Beta-3 and TSO-146 Delta-4. The C145 Beta-3 is the most stringent category for Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) navigation receivers and the C146 Delta-4 category allows these receivers to provide precision approach guidance signals to the autopilot and […]
Get high definition radar
Weather Underground, an online weather service, now has free high definition radar maps available on its flagship website WunderGround.com. The data originates from Terminal Doppler Weather Radar systems that the FAA has in place for 45 airports across the U.S. to enable air traffic control to help airplanes come and go safely. This high-resolution data […]