Panel Planner software is free from Aircraft Spruce for those placing avionics or instrument orders. The software gives you the power to design and build instrument panels in record time, company officials said. Simply drag full-color instruments, avionics, and cockpit controls into place on an aircraft panel template or photograph. Panel Planner tracks total cost, […]
Emergency Power Supply earns TSO
Mid-Continent’s lithium battery, the MD835 Emergency Power Supply, recently received TSO certification from the FAA. Rigorous RTCA DO-160 environmental testing and DO-311 testing for Rechargeable Lithium Systems was conducted to receive TSO approval, company officials said. “The MD835 features Lithium Nanophosphate technology, something never-before used in an emergency power supply. We are excited to bring […]
Flight for the Human Spirit set to takeoff Thursday
The Flight for the Human Spirit, which has been on a “Weather Hold” status for the past three days, has been cleared for takeoff from Salina Municipal Airport (SLN) in Kansas Thursday morning. According to Mission Control, the winds have been too prohibitive for the Remos Light Sport Aircraft to fly safely. A storm watch […]
Wright Flyer model lands at National Aerospace Library
The National Aerospace Library has just taken delivery of a model of the Wright Flyer. The 1/20th scale model was built in 2003 by David Baxter as part of the centenary celebrations of the Wright Brothers historic flight. The model is an accurate depiction of the aircraft with which Orville Wright made the first manned […]
Cessna adds Midwest Mobile Service Unit
Cessna Aircraft Co. has added a sixth Citation Mobile Service Unit to its ServiceDirect system to augment support to the Cessna Citation business jet fleet. The new MSU is based at McKinley Air Inc., at the Akron-Canton Airport (CAK). Customers may schedule the MSU through the New York Citation Service Center. Mobile Service Units are […]
Remos Road and Runway Rally set to depart
This weekend, four intrepid travelers will set off from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) headquarters in Frederick, Md., for the Sun ’N Fun Fly-in and Expo in Lakeland, Fla., in two of the smallest vehicles to take wheel and wing on America’s byways and skyways. It’s AOPA’s Road and Runway Rally, with the […]
Pilots on antidepressants
Here’s an interesting wrap-up of all the news coverage of the recent FAA decision to allow pilots who use certain antidepressants to continue flying:
Flight for the Human Spirit on weather hold
The takeoff of The Flight for the Human Spirit is on a “weather hold” status until at least Thursday morning, according to Mission Control for the flight. “We’ve looked at the weather from every angle,” said pilot Michael Combs, “but you don’t have to look very far to know that it is too windy to […]
Bidders ‘dividing the spoils’ of Epic Air
Executives at China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co. find themselves “dividing the spoils” of Epic Air with pilots who were assembling kit-built aircraft at the Bend company’s plant when it went bankrupt last year. According to a report in The Oregonian, U.S. bankruptcy Judge Randall Dunn put the odd bedfellows together Friday when he ruled […]