Customers who commission a custom paint scheme for their aircraft from Scheme Designers may now also opt to receive photo-realistic 3-dimensional artistic renderings of their aircraft with their new custom scheme. This new tool allows customers to visualize all angles of their aircraft’s custom livery, company officials note. “Scheme Designers’ 3D photo-realistic renderings are very […]
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Video: Aerobatic plane added to smartphone flight sim
Astragon Entertainment has released additional content for the new flight simulation app Take Off — The Flight Simulator, available on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. The new Air Race DLC brings aerobatic aircraft onto players’ mobile devices, with which they will be able to perform daring aerobatic maneuvers, according to developers. The […]
Second edition of Aerodynamics for Aviators released
ASA has just released the second edition of “Aerodynamics for Aviators,” a college-level textbook that covers all of the necessary aerodynamics information relevant to pilots, for the private license through the commercial. It first takes the student through the basic physical principles and vector analysis, and then covers the four forces in flight. Sections are dedicated […]
Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge released
WINGsReality EDU has released the 2016 edition of the FAA’s Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25B). The Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge introduces pilots to the broad spectrum of knowledge that will be needed as they progress in their pilot training. Except for the Code of Federal Regulations pertinent to civil aviation, most of the […]
Hartzell Propeller receives amended STC for TKS-equipped Cessna Caravan fleet
Hundreds of single-engine Cessna Caravan 208 aircraft are now eligible for conversion to three-blade aluminum props from Hartzell Propeller through an amended Supplemental Type Certificate. The propeller is available with a TKS ice protection system approved for Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI). This is the identical propeller that is delivered as standard equipment on every […]
Should I stay or should I go? There’s an app for that
Deciding whether to takeoff when weather conditions are not ideal is a challenge for every pilot. With the new interactive ETD (Estimated Time Departure) feature in the latest version of the wx24 Pilot aviation weather app, knowing when to takeoff just got easier, according to company officials. wx24 Pilot can now check a pilot’s personal […]
Clear Skies Club debuts
GEORGETOWN, Texas — Charlie Bravo Aviation, an aviation consulting company, and a broker and dealer of pre-owned jets, turboprops and rotorcraft, has launched Clear Skies Club. The subscription-based service minimizes expenses for private aircraft ownership and charter, whether for an established flight department or someone considering private aviation for the first time, according to company officials. Clear […]
EAA publishes family reunion album
Oshkosh. A single word, which is also a city in Wisconsin, conjures up feelings like few others among the aviation crowd. To many, AirVenture – as the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual fly-in and convention is officially known – is the center of the aviation universe. To others, it is a family reunion. The event that […]
Aero-SafetyFirst app launches
New from Patrick Paris, the 1998 Aerobatic World Champion and creator of the Academy of Aerobatics (AOA), it the Aero-SafetyFirst app for iOS. The app is a video on demand (VOD) platform featuring about 40 videos devoted to unusual attitudes, stalls and spins and emergency procedures (with several situations of engine failures), he noted. “Thanks to a synchronized […]