A national type club, the Sonex Builders & Pilots Foundation, has been established for the Sonex line of aircraft. In alignment with NTSB recommendations for the improvement of Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft safety, the Sonex Builders & Pilots Foundation was founded as a type club to promote safety and education in building and operating Sonex aircraft, according […]
Synthetic Vision app released
Just released is Xavion, a Synthetic Vision app created by Austin Meyer, founder of Laminar Research and creator of the flight simulator X-Plane. The iPad-based cockpit EFIS provides any pilot in any airplane with synthetic vision, company officials said. Xavion is an app that runs on an iPhone-4, iPhone-5, iPadMini, or iPad to display a […]
Avidyne autopilot approved for Bonanzas
Avidyne Corporation has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the FAA for the installation of its DFC90 Digital Autopilot in Beechcraft Bonanza series aircraft when interfaced with the Evolution Pro Primary Flight Display (EFD1000 PFD) from Aspen Avionics. Avidyne previously certified the DFC90 with the Entegra PFD in the Cirrus SR20 and SR22 and […]
Eclipse taps Crownair as service center
Eclipse Aerospace has named Crownair Aviation in San Diego an authorized Gold Service Center for both the Eclipse 500 and Eclipse 550 jets. Under this agreement, Crownair Aviation will provide maintenance, inspections, parts and warranty support, as well as AOG services for Eclipse Jet aircraft. One of the features of the Eclipse Jet is the […]
FreeFlight Systems to provide upgraded avionics for aircraft in Capstone Project
FreeFlight Systems has been selected by the FAA to provide upgraded ADS-B avionics for as many as 600 aircraft that were instrumental in the development of ADS-B in the Capstone Program. The FAA chose FreeFlight Systems for the ADS-B upgrade program after an industry-wide, open competitive bidding process. The program fulfills an FAA commitment to […]
Reno-Stead Airport invests in new GA building
Reno-Stead Airport (RTS) in northern Nevada, recently broke ground on a $6 million, 12,000-square-foot replacement for its former general aviation building. The new facility is slated for completion by the end of the year. “Economic development is our buzzword,” said Tom Hall, president of the Reno-Stead Airport Association. “But we needed to replace the old […]
Winners of Build A Plane contest named
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and Build A Plane have named teams from Canby High School in Canby, Minnesota, and Saline High School in Saline, Michigan, as the winners of its nationwide Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) aviation design challenge competition. Each winning team — consisting of four students, along […]
Aviation auction slated
RR Auction has slated a Space and Aviation Autograph and Artifact Auction featuring more than 850 museum quality artifacts from the Golden Age of aviation and space flight from May 16 to May 23. This historic sale includes selections of space and aviation related autographs, covers, photos, patches, hardware, correspondence, reports, and many types of […]
EAA Chapter 640 donates funds for new scholarship
EAA Chapter 640 in Wausau, Wis., has donated $10,000 to the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame to establish a new scholarship fund for aviation/aerospace students from Wisconsin. The largest gift WAHF has received by an individual or organization, the fund will be established at the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin, Wausau, to endow a […]