Certification testing will begin by year-end on demonstrator engines for GE Aviation’s new H80 turboprop engine. Derived from the Walter M601 engine series, the H80 engine will produce up to 800 shaft horsepower (shp) to power utility, agriculture and business and general aviation aircraft. “GE Aviation has made significant progress on the H80 engine, moving […]
Jeppesen receives FAA nod for RNP procedures
Jeppesen has been granted a certification by the FAA to design, flight validate and maintain public Required Navigation Performance (RNP) Special Aircrew and Aircraft Authorization Required (SAAAR) procedures in the United States. Jeppesen first applied to be part of this program in mid-2007, and to achieve the authorization, proved to FAA officials its expertise in […]
Sky-Tec debuts new Continental starter
Sky-Tec has unveiled its newest Continental engine starters — the ST5 Series. The new Continental ST5 series starters are the result of a clean slate engineering approach to addressing customers’ specific needs for a powerful, lightweight starter that is safe for use on all TCM starter adapters, according to company officials. “Customers with big bore […]
AirGator debuts NAVPad5X and 7X
AirGator has introduced the NAVPad 5X (pictured left) and 7X, which utilize the newest high performance, low power consumption Intel ATOM processor at speeds up to 1.3GHz — up to three times faster than the previous generation of NAVPads — with 5-8 hour battery life and lower power consumption. These compact units come in the standard […]
The Grimes Flying Lab
There are certain businesses that are synonymous with particular towns: Cessna in Wichita; Lockheed in Sunnyvale; and Grimes Manufacturing Co. in Urbana, Ohio. The icon of Grimes, now part of Honeywell, is the Flying Lab, a specially modified twin Beech. Owned by the Grimes Flying Lab Foundation, the highly modified red, white and blue Beech C45H […]
MKC nears completion of $70 million improvement project
In August 1927, just months after his heroic solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, Charles Lindbergh landed on a dusty strip of land along a bend in the Missouri River, dedicating one of the nation’s great inner city airports and officially launching Kansas City’s aviation industry into the national spotlight. That airfield, now known as […]
PrayerFlight slates next effort
The next national PrayerFlight will be held over Thanksgiving weekend. PrayerFlight coordinates GA pilots and aircraft owners with volunteers who pray over cities and states. The organization’s board hopes to complete two national PrayerFlight events each year, with the primary focus being the National Day of Prayer in May. For the effort this month, organization […]
Continental kicks off sale
Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) has kicked off a limited time special offer on engines purchased during the week of the 2009 AOPA Aviation Summit in Tampa, Florida. The summit begins Nov. 5 and closes Nov. 7. While the order period is brief, anyone in the market for a factory-new or factory-rebuilt TCM engine can take […]
GAMA 2010 leader revealed
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The board of directors of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has elected Robert Wilson, president of Honeywell Business and General Aviation, as GAMA’s chairman for 2010. Wilson previously served as GAMA’s vice chairman and chairman of GAMA’s Technical Policy Committee. John Rosanvallon, president and CEO of Dassault Falcon Jet, was voted […]