The AT300 Hazard Awareness Display, providing affordable terrain and moving map multifunction display capability to general aviation aircraft owners, has entered full rate production and is being shipped to Aspen Avionics dealers. The AT300 provides full-color moving map multifunction display (MFD) technology in a standard 3-inch instrument format. Designed to replace a legacy VSI, it […]
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ExxonMobil introduces oil for breaking in piston engines
ExxonMobil Aviation Lubricants has introduced Exxon Aviation Oil 20W-50, a non-dispersant lubricant for the break-in of new or newly overhauled aircraft piston engines. The multi-grade oil can be used year-round, in high- and low-temperature climates. “Aviation engine builders and overhaul companies recommend or require a non-dispersant oil for break-in during an engine’s first hours of […]
Power C.A.T. for your taildragger
How do you pull your taildragger out of the hangar? If you’re looking for a way to move your pride and joy that doesn’t involve an extension cord or a show of muscle, check with the folks at Old World Craftsman in Caledonia, Minnesota. The company makes a cordless tug powered by a variable-speed cordless […]
Tempest debuts spin-on oil filter
Aero Accessories, manufacturers of the Tempest brand of dry air pumps, pneumatic components and fuel pumps, has launched a new line of aviation spin-on oil filters. Branded the Tempest Original Aviation Spin-on Oil Filter, it debuts an improved version of an oil filter design. The full size filter design incorporates several features, including thickest can […]
‘Success on the Step’ chronicles the history of Kenmore Air
“Success on the Step” tells the history of Kenmore Air, started in 1946 by a pilot and two mechanics who wanted to “be our own bosses and be involved in aviation.” It was a one-plane operation based at Kenmore Air Harbor, basically a mud bog near Seattle. None of them had ever heard of a […]
Anywhere Map adds airport directory
Control Vision Corp., makers of the Anywhere Map, Anywhere WX, and Pocket Plates suite of portable multi-function display systems, has added a new airport directory service. New in version 1.7 of Anywhere Map, the directory includes extensive airport data, facilities information, attractions, FBOs, services, ground transportation and lodging information for thousands of airports in the […]
From farm boy to bomber pilot
During World War II, bomber pilots called the easier missions “milk runs,” but did you know there were also ice cream missions? That’s one of the side notes in “Pilot from the Prairie,” the memoirs of Edgar J. Allen. Allen, who now lives in Burien, Washington, flew 30 missions as a B-24 pilot. The book […]
Enco launches 2005 catalog
Enco has released its 2005 Master Catalog, containing more than 3,000 new products among the book’s 40,000-item selection of metalworking machinery, tools and shop supplies. Call 800-873-3626 to get a copy of the catalog.
A tribute to wartime flyers
Although a work of fiction, “A Common Glory” is based on fact and makes good use of historic photographs, as it weaves a charming but sometimes tragic Southern love story during World War II. George Westcott is a Royal Air Force pilot instructor, training RAF cadets at the U.S. Army Air Corps’ Cochran Field in […]