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Coming mid-November 2005, Zaon Flight Systems, designer and manufacturer of the TrafficScope line of portable collision avionics, will release two new models. TrafficScope XRX is a stand-alone portable device to sense aircraft direction from within the cockpit. XRX displays “3-D View” quadrant bearing information, as well as relative altitude and range, all from inside the […]

The Hawker 800 has up to 2,800 statute miles range and a maximum cruise speed of 478 miles per hour. The jet can seat up to eight passengers, has a stand-up cabin and enclosed aft lavatory. The in-flight entertainment system includes a CD and DVD/VCR player. Mayo Aviation, at Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colo., has […]

Buck Rogers owned one and so did James Bond. The amazing rocketbelt — a rocket-powered flying backpack — was a science fiction gadget that actually became reality, built and flown for the U.S. Army in the early 1960s. The device eventually became a lucrative entertainment attraction, appearing in the James Bond movie “Thunderball,” and at […]

ZD Publishing, Inc. has introduced its latest pilot-friendly manual titled “GPS Operations on the Garmin G1000.” The manual covers all navigation options, such as Flight Plans, DME Arcs, Procedure Turns, Holding, OBS Mode, RAIM Prediction, Measuring Distances, Vertical Navigation, User Waypoints and GPS, VOR and ILS Approaches. ZD Publishing has been publishing “Pilot-friendly” GPS manuals […]

Unison Industries has signed a long-term agreement with Lycoming to provide complete piston ignition systems for Lycoming engines. “This agreement strengthens the close relationship Unison and Lycoming share,” said Zou Abdelnour, ignition product line manager. “For years Unison has worked with Lycoming on the development of new products and the continuous improvement of existing products.”

King Schools now offers a two-hour high-altitude endorsement training course online. The course covers all the FAA ground training requirements in 61.31(g)(1), including high-altitude aerodynamics, high-altitude meteorology, respiration and hypoxia, using supplemental oxygen, pressurization, and FAA oxygen requirements. Upon completion, the pilot prints out a personalized training certificate for the FAA and a cockpit reference […]

The Russians who brought the Sigma Aircraft over from Samara to AirVenture 2005 were not prepared for the enthusiastic response they received. While a Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) application has not yet been completed for the Sigma, Sportsplanes.com has signed an agreement to represent the marketing, sales and service interests of the Sigma in North […]

Once a year, Aircraft Spruce & Specialty holds a Super Sale and Fly-In at its international headquarters on the west coast. This year, it’s slated for Oct. 1. It is a day for special pricing on a wide range of the most popular products in the Aircraft Spruce catalog. Many aviation enthusiasts have also come […]

Planepix.com now has available the first in a limited series of prints signed by still-living World War II aces. The first in the Aces Collection features Col. Robert J. Goebel. The print, personally signed by Goebel, features a wartime portrait of then Lt. Goebel and a magnificent air-to-air color photograph of a restored P-51D, painted […]