OSHKOSH — BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co KG, the Austrian company that produces the Rotax engine, signed a long-term contract at last week’s AirVenture with TL elektronic of the Czech Republic to supply its glass cockpit Engine Monitoring System for the new Rotax 912 iS engine. The monitoring system will be distributed via the Rotax Aircraft […]
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Jeppesen teams with Garmin to offer data for G1000
Jeppesen and Garmin now offer Jeppesen’s NavData navigation information and charting services in several bundle service options for G1000 avionics systems. Jeppesen and Garmin customers are now able to choose between bundle options that include Jeppesen NavData, Jeppesen eCharts (JeppView for Multi-Function Display) and/or Garmin FliteCharts. The new agreement supports four data bundle options and […]
Groen Brothers Aviation to establish aviation industrial park in China
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Groen Brothers Aviation has reached an agreement to help establish a new Aviation Industrial Park in Wuhai, China. The company will form the GBAC Joint Venture Co., which will serve as the anchor tenant of the Aviation Industrial Park. It also plans to build a series of aircraft manufacturing facilities […]
Quest unveils new interiors for Kodiak
Quest Aircraft Co. unveiled new interiors — Tundra and Timberline — for the Kodiak at last week’s AirVenture. The interiors will be available on 2013 models. Development work has also progressed on the Summit executive interior, which will be available in mid-2013, company officials said. “We have replaced the current Kydex panels with composite panels, […]
Piper launches Seneca V demo tour
Last week’s AirVenture was the launch site for a multi-state demonstration tour for the Piper Seneca V, a twin-engine turbocharged aircraft. After displaying the new Seneca V at the show, the plane headed out on a six-state tour of the Midwest and Far West United States involving Piper’s aircraft dealer organization with stops at the […]
Union fights to block Hawker Beechcraft sale
The Associated Press is reporting that the union representating the machinists at Hawker Beechcraft is trying to block the proposed sale of the bankrupt aircraft manufacturer to a Chinese company, contending it would give China access to technology it doesn’t yet possess and would saddle American taxpayers with paying the Wichita-based company’s underfunded pension obligations. […]
PAMA Scholarships
By DALE FORTON. Last year the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association’s chapters gave out more than $80,000 in scholarships. These are available to new students looking to get into aviation maintenance as a career and also to existing aviation maintenance professionals looking to advance their careers. The scholarships are available through many of our chapters. You […]
‘Aviation Week’ proclaimed in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker proclaimed July 23 to 29 “Aviation Week” in the state, noting the value of aviation in providing safe, efficient transportation for businesses in the state, and the important role all aviation, including business aviation, plays in Wisconsin’s economy. According to a report at NBAA.org, Walker noted that aviation and airports generate […]
Women in Aviation to reprise ‘Daughter Day’ at next year’s conference
Women in Aviation, International will repeat “Take Your Daughter to the Conference Day” at its 2013 International Women in Aviation Conference, scheduled for Nashville on March 14-16. The first “Daughter Day” took place in Dallas at the 2012 conference where the daughters, nieces, granddaughters and friends of WAI members participated, along with local Dallas area […]