LORD Corporation has developed a fluid-free shimmy damper for the Piper PA-28/32 aircraft. The product, LORD Part Number SE-1508-1, will be available to the market in July. The LORD Fluid-Free Shimmy Damper offers consistent damping in a maintenance-free design and uses surface-effect technology to reduce nose wheel shimmy, according to company officials. LORD has replaced the hydraulic piston […]
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Zenair rivets now at Aircraft Spruce
Zenith Aircraft Co. is making available its blind rivets through Aircraft Spruce and Specialty. Blind (or pulled) rivets are a common type of fastener used in metal kit aircraft construction. They are available in 1/8” and 5/32” diameters. As the rivet is pulled, the rivet head is drawn into a dome-shaped top, which gives the finished […]
Rosen debuts Lancair Evolution system
Rosen Sunvisor Systems has introduced the ARC Sunvisor Assembly for Lancair Evolution aircraft. Based on Rosen’s ARC sunvisor design, the sunvisor system provides Lancair Evolution aircraft owners flexible, multi-axis sun attenuation, stowage, glare reduction and pilot comfort during standard cockpit flight operations, according to company officials. The ARC sunvisor system is designed to mount onto the Evolution […]
Latest edition of Instrument Procedures Handbook released
The latest edition of the Instrument Procedures Handbook (FAA-H-8083-16) is now available from ASA in print and eBook formats. This handbook supersedes the previous edition (FAA-H-8261-1A), which was last updated in 2007. Designed as a technical reference for all pilots who operate under instrument flight rules (IFR) in the national airspace system, the Instrument Procedures […]
Lightspeed teams up with CloudAhoy for summer promotion
Lightspeed Aviation has partnered with CloudAhoy on a new promotion that gives U.S. pilots a standard annual subscription to the online flight tracking and debriefing service when they purchase any new Lightspeed headset between now and Aug. 17, 2014, and register it by Aug. 31, 2014. “The CloudAhoy app has received accolades from the pilots that […]
FltPlan launches free Android app
FltPlan has launched its free Android Go app designed as an alternative to the iPad which, until now, has been the primary device available for inflight usage. FltPlan’s new redesigned FltPlan Go for Android is the mirror image of its iPad Go app, introduced earlier this year. The company points out that if you are […]
Lighten up in a pilot T-shirt
Sporty’s has added to its line of humorous T-shirts with two new options: Cool Pilot: Wear this shirt and help prove what pilots already know: Being a pilot doesn’t make you cool, but if you’re cool, you’re probably a pilot. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: You might not want to go before the judge with this T-shirt […]
AvPlan EFB 4.0.1 released
AvPlan has released AvPlan EFB 4.0.1. The maintenance update adds the following new features: Start/stop timer in HUD BRG display in HUD to show the bearing to the next waypoints Australian PCA chart added to ‘Local Maps’ Airspace overlays are ‘thicker’ and appear when the map is more zoomed out Added support for TACANs Airports with only […]
Tax software offers new data import feature
Flight Tax Systems has launched its data import feature, which allows pertinent flight data to be imported into the software from a schedulers’ software download or Excel spreadsheet. Flight information is mapped through a quick and easy import process, according to company officials, who note that step-by-step instructions are provided to ease users through the process. FTS […]