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The National Business Aviation Association convention, one of the industry’s largest, has been relocated to Orlando. The show, originally slated for New Orleans, also has been moved up a week. It will be held Nov. 9-11.

The FAA wants to spend $289,000 to study pilot satisfaction with its aeromedical certification services. Critics claim the study is a waste of money, noting that those funds would be better spent on manpower to take care of the backlog in Oklahoma City. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must approve the […]

The Seawind 300C, an amphibious four-place airplane, will be powered by the Continental IO-550N 310-hp engine. FADEC (Fully Automated Digital Electronic Control) will be offered as an option. Seawind officials also tapped Sagem to supply a glass cockpit for the airplane, which is expected to obtain certification in both Canada and the U.S. by January. […]

Jack Real, aviation pioneer and confidante of Howard Hughes, died Sept. 6 in Los Angeles from heart failure. He was 90. Real, who earned a mechanical engineering degree from Michigan College of Mining and Technology, began his aviation career in 1939 at the Lockheed Aircraft Co., where he worked on several designs, including the Lodestar […]

Avidyne Corp. has taken the lead in the glass cockpit market for GA. Based on aircraft shipment data from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association from the first quarter of 2003 through the first quarter of 2005, Avidyne tops the list of integrated flight display suppliers for new GA aircraft with 37.3%. In second is Rockwell […]

WSI Corp. has added integrated FAA Flight Plan Submission capability to its Pilotbrief Pro product line. Using a WSI system, pilots can plot a flight route, evaluate the impact of weather on their flight and, with one click, file their flight plans for approval with the FAA.

Most people know Gen. Chuck Yeager as the man who first broke the sound barrier, but did you know he was also a movie pilot? Yeager flew one of the F-86 Sabre jets seen in the 1950 epic “Jet Pilot,” staring John Wayne. Produced by Howard Hughes, the film was shot over three years, from […]

Seattle Avionics has launched its new GlassView Moving Map/EFB software, the latest tool for the company’s Voyager Flight Software System. GlassView adapts to pilots’ needs during all phases of flight. Besides showing basic GPS information, the moving map automatically displays the nearest airport, navaid and airspace information as the airplane’s position changes.

Have you ever seen a Harlow PJC-2? If you have, count yourself lucky. The low-wing single-engine design came about in 1940 as a class project. PJC stands for Pasadena Junior College in Southern California. The numeral two identifies the aircraft as the second design instructor Max Harlow had his students build. The airplane bears a […]