Moline, Ill.-based Elliott Aviation has been named a Cessna Certified Non Destructive Testing (NDT) facility, helping owners of Cessna airframes reduce downtime during routine inspections by providing eddy current (ET), ultra sound (UT), liquid penetrate (PT) and magnetic particle (MT) NDT component testing. Elliott Aviation is also a Hawker Beechcraft NDT-certified facility, and has invested […]
Guardian Mobility debuts Gryphon
Guardian Mobility has unveiled Guardian Gryphon, which combines aircraft tracking and messaging to automate and streamline routine operations, and to improve data in operational systems. The product is built with an open platform that will be used to deliver other applications, by Guardian and third-party developers, according to company officials. Guardian Gryphon is a stand-alone […]
Legends of Aerospace Tour launches
The “Legends of Aerospace” Tour will launch next month to bolster troop morale. Organized by the Morale Entertainment Foundation, Inc., the tour will bring famous aviators and astronauts to visit with members of the military stationed in Europe and Southwest Asia. Confirmed participants include Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan, the first and last men on […]
Weather Camera Network created
Weather cameras help pilots by making visible current weather conditions on the ground and in the sky. That’s why Airport View is expanding its network of weather cameras by incorporating existing cameras on the web. Airport View started the weather camera network by installing high-resolution cameras at airports in Colorado. These cameras quickly became popular […]
Ameritech Aerospace Protectant debuts
Ameritech Industries, Inc. has introduced its new product, Ameritech Aerospace Protectant, specifically for the aviation market. A powerful UV screening surface treatment, it was developed for aerospace and aviation applications. It offers 100% prevention of UV-caused slow-fade, company officials said, adding the product has been proven to increase the longevity of wing and propeller de-icers, […]
Two Wright ‘B’ Flyers to commemorate 100th anniversary of first military flight
Dayton’s aviation heritage will take center stage in Texas March 2 when two Wright “B” Flyer lookalike aircraft take part in a celebration at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. The two airplanes were being prepared to begin their journey Feb. 23 – by road, loaded on tractor-trailers. Thirteen Wright “B” Flyer Inc. volunteers will […]
Airplanes don’t kill people, people do
In his blog at the Huffington Post, Jeff Schweitzer notes that “At the very moment crazed kamikaze pilot Joseph Stack plowed his airplane into an IRS building in Austin, Texas, propaganda machinery in suspended animation instantly sprang back to life to lament the danger of small airplanes. Hysterical comparisons to 9/11 were immediately bandied about […]
Use it or lose it
Duncan Aviation has sent out an advisory, warning those who aren’t flying as much to take extra precautions to protect their engines. The company specifically notes that low-utilization operators who want to keep their Honeywell engines off the DEL (Damaged Engine List) should spool their engines once a month with N1 rotation and make a […]
GMU plans ‘community aviation destination’
Watch planes and helicopters take off and land, while having a fantastic meal or playing at a free aviation park. That is what the Greenville Downtown Airport Commission would like to provide as a new amenity at GMU, South Carolina’s busiest GA airport. “You can always find people watching our airport activity at one of […]