The Lightsaver, which is now available at Aircraft Spruce, extends landing and taxi light life by allowing the filament to draw the rated current even at turn on with no change in typical light output performance. The filament life increases up to 10 times due to reducing the stress induced by inrush current, according to […]
To fly with Wilbur Wright
General Aviation News reader Ken Rapier, who runs the Tuskegee Airmen Young Eagles program in Chicago, sent a link to a fascinating film clip from Austrian archives. It shows Wilbur Wright demonstrating a Wright brothers aeroplane in Italy in 1909. The Wrights went to Europe because there was little interest in their invention in the […]
General Aviation Awards winners named
In each of the past 45 years, the General Aviation Awards program and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have recognized a small group of aviation professionals in the fields of flight instruction, aviation maintenance, avionics, and safety for their contributions to aviation, education, and flight safety. This year’s winners were announced on March 12. The […]
Air Zoo to offer flights this summer
This summer, the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Mich., will offer flights -courtesy of Waldo Wright’s Flying Service – in a rare 1929 New Standard D-25 biplane and a PT-17 Boeing Stearman (pictured). Advance gift certificates for these flights, which will be flown from June 11 through Sept. 8, are now available for purchase. The New […]
Pillar Point Electronics acquires Pillar Point Avionics
Pillar Point Electronics (PPE) of Sarasota, Florida, has acquired the assets of Pillar Point Avionics (PPAv), and is now offering PPAv’s low fuel sensing products for sale to builders of experimental aircraft and to other customers needing liquid level detection solutions. Planemakers, a composite aircraft completion assistance center owned by Chris Dougherty and John Januszewski, […]
TCP Fuel Treatment now at Aircraft Spruce
Get the lead out with Alcor’s TCP Fuel Treatment, which is now available for purchase from Aircraft Spruce. When added to the fuel tank of the aircraft, TCP acts as a lead scavenger, reducing spark plug fouling and other harmful effects of 100LL, according to company officials, who add TCP has been found to be […]
Freeflight unveils RAD-40
FreeFlight Systems has introduced a new radar altimeter display, the RAD-40. The panel-mount digital display provides a pilot with a precise readout of the aircraft’s height above ground level on an LED readout. The new display includes a pilot-selectable Decision Height (DH) and five additional trip points (from 100-1,000 feet), all with discrete outputs designed […]
Supplemental lift offered
CitationShares recently unveiled a new program called Supplemental Lift that will be offered to corporations and their flight departments seeking to reduce costs and overhead. Corporations can have access to CitationShares’ fleet of Cessna Citation aircraft to supplement their in-house flight capabilities. Supplemental Lift does not require a company to purchase jet shares or make […]
TSA appoints liaison to GA
The Transportation Security Administration has responded to calls from aviation advocacy groups to listen to industry input and has established a “stakeholder liaison position” dedicated to addressing concerns about recent security measures. Several recent TSA initiatives, including the Large Aircraft Security Program, a security directive that would require additional screenings for general aviation pilots at […]