PS Engineering, Inc. introduces the PMA8000-SR audio selector panel. The PMA8000-SR includes all of the current audio panel functions, plus functions such as split mode, a dedicated cellular telephone interface, a six-place high-fidelity stereo intercom with dual independent music inputs, a marker beacon receiver, and a built-in Sirius satellite receiver. Sirius offers more than 120 […]
Premier Air Center receives STC for Falcon 20 Universal EFI-890R flat panel
Premier Air Center has received an STC to install the Universal Avionics EFI-890R Flat Panel for all models of Dassault Falcon 20 Aircraft. The new Falcon 20 STC is certified under FAA Part 25 for approach and landing. The Universal EFI-890R Electronic Flight Instrument modernizes the Falcon 20 flight deck by offering advanced, large-format 8.9-inch […]
Silver giants? Only seven Zeppelins were actually silver
By PETER M. BOWERS. Lyrical writers who comment lovingly on the glories of the era of the big rigid airships – Zeppelins, to give the name of the German originator to all of them – frequently call them “Silver Giants” or something similar. Whatever the noun, the adjective “silver” always seems to get in there. […]
What’s wrong with GA
The letter to the editor in the March 2005 edition of The Southern Aviator (The two don’t add up) in which Bill Howard objects to Joel Elman’s article in a previous edition and calls it “irresponsible” was, to me, indicative of what is wrong with general aviation today.Yes, there are high fuel prices, insurance, tie-down/hangar […]
‘An American Trilogy’
I enjoyed your article in the March issue (To save the South). In 1972, my friend and mentor, the late songwriter Mickey Newbury, recorded a song that he called “An American Trilogy.” He had taken a few lines from “Dixie,” “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” and an old Stephen Foster song “All My Trials” […]
Great BBQ and Garth Brooks
I believe the best BBQ in the South is a place called Swadley’s Bar-B-Que in Bethany, Okla. Swadley’s is a mile or two south of Wiley Post (PWA) Airport in Bethany. Wiley Post is 6 nm north of Will Rogers World Airport and offers the best alternative services for GA pilots in the OKC metro. […]
An impossible task
Name the best BBQ in the country (The Best of the South, Our readers weigh in on the best eating, including the best BBQ, March issue)? C’mon gang, that is an impossible task. I know, every, and I mean every, establishment and person in the world has to have one superlative claim to fame. But […]
Texas-sized celebration set for May
The Southwest Regional EAA Fly-In, known as the Texas Fly-In, is more than just an air show. Organizers are billing it as a “Texas-sized celebration of an American privilege: The freedom to build your very own airplane.” A wide variety of airplanes will be on display — and flying — during the event, slated for […]
Bizjets forecast to double at Easton Airport
By 2023, business jet operations at Easton Airport (ESN) in Maryland will nearly double what they are today, according to a forecast released recently by Delta Airport Consultants. Annual business operations are projected to go from today’s 8,600 to 16,800 over the next 20 years. The number of business jets based at Easton will nearly […]