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Get weight and balance-and more-on your cell phone

By General Aviation News Staff · August 19, 2005 ·

Smartsoft has released a new version of Flight WTK 2.1, its weight and balance software for mobile phones. Flight WTK enables pilots to perform weight and balance on their cell phones in as little as 40 seconds. Flight WTK, which uses the mobile phone as a computing device, also gives pilots the ability to download […]

Proxy Aviation Systems debuts SkyWatcher UAV

By General Aviation News Staff · August 19, 2005 ·

Proxy Aviation Systems, Inc., a company dedicated to developing autonomous, unmanned aircraft systems, has unveiled SkyWatcher, a long endurance, low and medium altitude, multi-payload unmanned aircraft system. SkyWatcher is designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The system consists of four main components: autonomous air vehicles; a primary mission-management ground control station; mobile ground control […]

DARCorporation unveils new website and online store

By General Aviation News Staff · August 19, 2005 ·

DarCorporation, which has provided airplane design software, books and engineering consulting services since 1991, has a new website and online store at DARCorp.com. To celebrate, the company has discounted its best-selling Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary 50% off retail with every book purchase (one per customer please, quantities are limited).

New Ready Ratchet stores sockets in handle

By General Aviation News Staff · August 19, 2005 ·

Ready Products introduces the new Ready Ratchet, which stores sockets in a snap-in locking socket tray in the handle. Manufactured from composite materials with a contoured handle, the Ready Ratchet exceeds national specifications for torque, making it ideal for aircraft maintenance applications. A quick release cap keeps the sockets secure when not in use. The […]

All Weather launches AWOS Net

By General Aviation News Staff · August 19, 2005 ·

All Weather, Inc. has launched AWOS Net, an aviation weather web server to provide fully integrated, remote displays of FAA certified weather data over a vast array of network environments, including the Internet. All AWOS Net data elements are fully FAA certified, including wind speed and direction, visibility, temperature/dew point, humidity, cloud height, and pressure. […]

Chelton EFIS chosen for Paris Jet

By General Aviation News Staff · August 19, 2005 ·

When Your Aircraft Source decided to launch a refurbishment program using the MS-760 Paris Jet, they decided that the appropriate upgrade for the panel would be a Chelton EFIS. Paris Jet production, located at Calhoun Airport near Atlanta, has remanufactured 20 copies of the rugged, aerobatic, four-place light twin. Their first issue was introduced at […]

King Practical Risk Management courses expand

By General Aviation News Staff · August 19, 2005 ·

Statistics from insurance company Avemco show the King Practical Risk Management courses reduce the losses of Avemco’s insured pilots, says Jim Lauerman, Avemco’s chief underwriting officer and executive vice president. “After two full years of monitoring the results, the numbers have become statistically significant,” he said. “This is a real win-win situation. Our customers are […]

New laser probe cuts scanning time

By General Aviation News Staff · August 19, 2005 ·

Laser Design has introduced what company executives say is the industry’s fastest laser scanning probe on an articulated arm, providing a 33% to 50% reduction in scanning time on any complex part. The new SLP-330 Scanning Laser Probe is designed for use with the Romer CimCore Infinite, 3000i, and Stinger II Portable CMM Articulating Arms, […]

PrivateSky Aviation Services earns STC for Gulfstream Class A TAWS

By General Aviation News Staff · August 19, 2005 ·

PrivateSky Aviation Services, Inc., in Fort Myers, Fla., has earned FAA approval for the Gulfstream G1159, G1159A and G1159B to install a newly engineered Class A TAWS with multifunction display and radar control panel. PrivateSky, located at South West Florida International Airport (RSW), is the world’s largest independently owned FAA certified service center specializing in […]

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