DMA Aero has introduced the PAMB10/11 Precision Pressure Standard offering both Pitot Static and direct pressure/vacuum measurements throughout the atmospheric pressure range. With an accuracy of less than 2 feet at sea level, the instrument is considered a portable NIST traceable transfer standard that can be used to calibrate or validate Air Data Test Sets […]
JeppCatalog app released
Jeppesen has introduced a new mobile app, JeppCatalog, which gives access to Jeppesen’s aviation retail catalog content. Featuring the same detailed information about Jeppesen’s aviation products and services contained in the printed annual catalog version, the JeppCatalog app also includes video content and links to follow for expanded product information, company officials said. Interactive links […]
TSO approval for Universal Avionics
The FAA has granted Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval for Universal Avionics’ third generation Airborne Datalink System, UniLink UL-800/801 Communications Management Unit (CMU). Delivery of UL-800/801 units has begun, company officials report. UniLink UL-800/801 Airborne Datalink features: Controller Pilot Data Link Communications Capability (CPDLC) Multiple Media Routing Auto Position Reporting Hi-Res Weather Graphics Loadable Custom […]
Insurance company offers discounts for safety
Aggressive Aviation Insurance is offering premium discounts totaling up to 15% for owners of small general aviation aircraft that fly with proven safety equipment. “Aggressive Aviation Insurance goes beyond the usual thinking of aviation underwriters. We believe that the aircraft owners who invest in certain proven safety equipment deserve credit, much like automobile insurers provide,” […]
Sheltair to expand at FLL
Sheltair, Florida’s largest, privately-owned group of FBOs, has broken ground on its Phase I expansion plans at the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (FLL) with the construction of a new $13.6 million facility. Phase I of the master-planned, three-phase development project will open in early 2013 and include 134,806 square feet of hangar and office space […]
Warbirds keep flying high
The world’s only flyable Boeing B-29 Superfortress, “FIFI,” and other Warbirds have triumphed in a battle against a proposed amendment that would have grounded many of these aircraft. On Friday, April 27, the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) announced in a prepared statement that Congressman Michael R. Turner (R-Ohio) withdrew a proposed amendment known as Title […]
Lawmkers request fuel fraud repeal
U.S. Representatives Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and John Barrow (D-Ga.) recently put together a letter to Representative Dave Camp (R-Mich.), chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, requesting his support in repealing a provision known as “fuel fraud” that is part of the final highway reauthorization bill. The letter was signed by 32 members of […]
Tora! Tora! Tora! at Oshkosh
The “Tora! Tora! Tora!” aerial re-enactment of the events of Dec. 7, 1941 — one of the most dazzling warbird airshow performances flying today — will be part of the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh afternoon warbird shows for the first time this summer. The 60th annual EAA AirVenture fly-in convention will take place July 23-29 at […]
Solar sculpture lands at TIA
The “Spirit of Southern Arizona,” a solar sculpture that commemorates Arizona’s aviation past and pays tribute to its future, has been unveiled at Tucson International Airport (TIA). The 18-foot-high commemoration of Arizona’s Centennial includes six circular medallions around the base, representing southern Arizona’s past and present through images such as Tucson’s first airplane flight in […]