Power Flow Systems has received another STC for the Tuned Exhaust products it is retrofitting into a growing number of single engine aircraft. The latest approval is for the Beechcraft 23 Series, which includes the 19A, 23, A23-19, B19, B23, C23 and M19A. The installations can be made with the Lycoming 0-320 and 0-360 engines. […]
ECi offers free service publication notifications
Engine Components, Inc. (ECi) now offers new and updated Service Publications, including Service Instructions, Bulletins and Alerts, as a free service to aircraft owners who subscribe online. The new service is an e-mail distribution known as the Service Publication eList. Individuals interested in joining the elist can sign up to receive the free email by […]
Brakes get FAA nod
Aviation Products Systems, Inc. has received FAA-PMA approval for 31 new AVPRO “BlackSteel” Brake Discs. The new FAA approvals are for popular models like the Cessna 300 and 400 series, Piper Cheyenne, Twin Commander 500 and 600 series, Mitsubishi MU2 series, Air Tractor, Aerostar, Raytheon Beech King Air Series and 18 series, and deHavilland DH6. […]
NEW FORMATA WINNER
I really like the format of the latest General Aviation News and hope that it will continue. 1. The pink pages are no longer all pink. The black print on the pink pages was difficult to read. The black on white is a big improvement. 2. The pink pages are located at the back of […]
FAA EFFICIENCY?
To Charles Spence: I’m sure your Capital Comments column (Fair is fair? FAA, airlines continue blitz for user fees, Nov. 17 issue) went to press before the story by AOPA came out in its internet newsletter on Nov. 24. You know the one where it was pointed out that the FAA had almost $5 billion […]
HOW TO PROTECTYOUR AIRPORT
Have anyone of you any concerns about the Yakima Airport in Washington State and the big new office development along the departure end of the flight path? I think the airport manager is more interested in getting revenue for renting the airport property than in what the sound of airplanes will do when the offices […]
All in the family
There are those who say naming your airplane after your spouse or girlfriend is a good way to make points with her. If that is so, then putting your spouse’s picture on the aircraft is the ultimate sign of devotion. Mike Kelly of Spruce Creek, Fla., saw it that way, so when he and Diane, […]
Foods pilots should avoid
What do beer, beans, cabbage and carbonated beverages have to do with aviation? These are foods that the 1944 edition of the Pilots Information File suggested pilots avoid because of the excess gas they produce in the body and the expansion of the gas at altitude.
Christmas day tornado rips through Embry-Riddle
Recovery efforts are still ongoing following a Christmas day tornado that caused extensive damage to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach, Fla., campus. There is substantial damage to several buildings on the campus, including Spruance Hall, which houses administrative offices, and the Student Center. The university’s maintenance hangar was destroyed when the tornado cut a 100-foot-wide […]