Avidyne has released a new version of its free IFD-Series FMS/GPS/NAV/COM iPad application. The updated app provides interactive, free-play demonstration capability for the new IFD440, as well as adding new IFD540 functionality that is representative of Avidyne’s soon-to-be-certified Release 10.1 software.Release 10.1 is Avidyne’s latest software upgrade for IFD540-Series FMS/GPS/NAV/COMs. R10.1 is also the baseline software […]
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Wounded Marine earns private pilot license
When a door rigged with explosives in Iraq cost Sgt. Adam Kisielewski his left arm at the shoulder and his right leg below the knee, becoming a pilot wasn’t even a dream. It was Aug. 21, 2005, and for Adam, each minute was a time for survival, not dreams. He struggled to make it back from […]
Video: RPA test flights survey shoreline
PORT MANSFIELD, Texas – Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi conducted test flights this week (June 1-5) from a Port Mansfield airport through the university’s Lone Star Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center that included an early morning launch in the dark and shoreline flights that matched on-the-ground surveying. The missions were at altitudes up to 3,000 feet and […]
West Star Aviation opens satellite facility at KPWK
West Star Aviation has opened a satellite facility at Chicago Executive Airport (KPWK). A Class 4 Repair Station, West Star provides maintenance and avionics troubleshooting and repairs, minor inspections, customer assistance, as well as support for the AOG and mobile repair activity in the area. West Star will hold an open house at the new location on Wednesday, […]
Jerry Trimble Helicopters offers prize money at contest
The fifth Annual Touchdown Autorotation competition will be held June 28 at Jerry Trimble Helicopters (JTH) at the McMinnville Airport in Oregon. The contest begins at 10 a.m., and an all-you-can eat pancake breakfast is offered from 7 a.m.-12 p.m. The cost to enter is $75, and includes a Robinson R22 helicopter to use in the contest. […]
Eagle Scout Project builds shelter at airport campground
PAYSON, Ariz. – Necessity, as they say, is the mother of invention. While the camping/picnic shelter was invented long ago, having one at the Payson Airport (KPAN) campground would’ve been nice when then 6-year-old James Nebrig and his family waited out a very wet thunderstorm in a tent. Sitting in that soaking tent, James started […]
RPA encounters increasing
Nearly 200 encounters with remotely piloted aircraft, ranging from amusing to chillingly dangerous, were reported to the FAA between February and November of 2014, according to a report at AOPA.org. Writer Jim Moore notes that a list published by a New Orleans television station May 26 documents the growing use of drones — authorized and otherwise — […]
First data analysis app store for drone industry launched
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Algorithm Marketplace, launched this week in Beta by PrecisionHawk, provides automated analysis of aerial data acquired by Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). Using sophisticated algorithms, RPA operators no longer need a background in geographic information system (GIS) or remote sensing to interpret their aerial data. Instead, the marketplace provides an action-based report to improve management […]
Zenith Fly-In slated for June 20
MEXICO, Missouri — The annual Zenith Aircraft Co. Fly-In will be held Saturday, June 20, at the company’s factory on the Mexico Memorial Airport (KMYJ). Unlike the traditional Open Hangar Days in September, which host forums and technical sessions, June’s Fly-In To Summer is “informal and unstructured, keeping with the joy of summertime flying and the urge […]