SAN FRANCISCO – Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) has released two new products: ATP Tool Compliance Manager and ATP Employee Compliance Manager. ATP TOOL COMPLIANCE MANAGER ATP Tool Compliance Manager is designed to ensure the highest levels of accuracy, safety, and compliance for aviation maintenance tools requiring tracking and calibration, according to company officials. With ATP, maintenance providers […]
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Earn your ForeFlight checkout with Sporty’s updated course
Sporty’s recommends regular recurrent training on your favorite electronic flight bag app to stay proficient. To support that effort, the company has completely updated its ForeFlight training program to bring it up to date with the latest version of the app. The Flying with ForeFlight program includes new training content that covers the latest features including procedures preview […]
Garmin introduces Terminal Safety Solutions
Garmin has introduced Terminal Safety Solutions, a set of technologies that provide a better state of situational awareness to pilots throughout the airport terminal environment, including SurfaceWatch, TerminalTraffic and SafeTaxi. SurfaceWatch SurfaceWatch provides visual and aural tools to help prevent pilots from taking off and landing on a taxiway, on a runway that is too short, […]
Hartzell introduces new prop for PC-12
Hartzell Propeller has introduced a five-blade composite swept tip prop specially designed for the Pilatus PC-12 fleet. The 2016 model PC-12 NG will feature the new five-blade, 105-inch diameter, composite propeller as standard equipment. The new propellers also are available immediately for the Pilatus PC-12 fleet of more than 1,300 business aircraft. Thanks to the five-blade Hartzell […]
Bergen Cable products now at Aircraft Spruce
Now available from Aircraft Spruce is the Safety Cable Kit, a two-step procedure for the lock-wiring of fasteners. FAA approved, Bergen Cable is listed in the US Government QPL-87215-4 as an approved manufacturer of “LOCKCLAD” cable assemblies used in critical flight control systems of aircraft.
New book, ‘A Pilot’s Accident Review,’ published
Now available is “A Pilot’s Accident Review” by John Lowery. The book compiles an in-depth analysis of high-profile — as well as some not so well-known — aviation accidents, such as the JFK, Jr. and Concorde accidents, and those involving Frank Sinatra’s mother, Reba McIntire’s band, John Denver, and Wiley Post. “A Pilot’s Accident Review” provides pilots with a […]
Lightweight 406 ELT from ACR
ACR Electronics’s new Artex ELT 345 Emergency Locator Transmitter has received both Cospas-Sarsat and FAA approvals. Weighing just two pounds, the ELT 345 has flexible installation options, such as a two-wire remote switch that does not require aircraft power. The ELT 345 is also backward compatible with legacy ARTEX remote switches, company officials note. The ARTEX ELT 345 transmits […]
Schweiss Doors engineers easy-to-grease wrap-around hinge
HECTOR, Minn. – Schweiss Doors has developed an easy-to-grease hinge for its hydraulic doors. The new design with grease zerks on every hinge allows users to grease hinges from the underside of the doorframe without having to remove the top rubber weatherseal. The wrap-around hinge brackets connect directly to the vertical push tubes for added […]
Latest version of Pilotbrief Optima released
Weather Services International (WSI), a division of The Weather Company, recently launched a new version of Pilotbrief Optima for iPad, which includes weather enhancements, as well as usability and performance fixes. Now available as an in-flight briefing experience, the latest release — version 2.10 — runs faster and smoother while continuing to provide the weather, airport, and flight information that […]