McFarlane now has FAA-PMA approval for the Fuel Strainer Top Assembly for most Cessna aircraft. The new Fuel Strainer Top Assembly, p/n MC0756005-2, includes multiple improvements to address corrosion related service problems with the original Cessna housing, according to company officials. An anodized coating over corrosion resistant aluminum alloy prevents galvanic corrosion between the aluminum […]
Products
Flight Line Tool Cabinet debuts
Snap-On Industrial has introduced Flight Line Roll Cabinets specifically designed to handle the rigors of a flight line. The Flight Line Roll Cabinets are available in five-drawer or six-drawer configurations, and with both 8” and 10” deep bottom drawer. Its kingpinless wheel design eliminates foreign object damage (FOD) concerns, according to company officials. Solid rubber […]
Skydiving app launches
Skydiver Joe Peterson has just released an app based on “Book of Skydiving Formations” by Mike Truffer. Peterson wrote the app for Android devices and sized it for phones. The app includes a database of more than 1,000 formations ranging in all sizes from 2-ways through 20-ways. The app is available now at www.GooglePlay.com for […]
Fan blade coffee table, anyone?
Looking for a Boeing 727 engine fan blade coffee table? How about a bi-plane desk? If so, swing by the GenAvi Aircraft Art website and poke around. Selection is fairly limited, so far, as Mike Mike Rosentrater, GenAvi Aircraft Art’s owner, only got started about seven months ago. Rosentrater got inspired by MotoArt and put his background as a paint […]
PAST buys Piper Plastic
TYLER, Texas — Premier Aerospace Services and Technology (PAST) has purchased Piper Plastic from Heinol and Associates. Piper Plastic’s production of interior parts for general aviation aircraft has been relocated to the PAST facility in Alva, Okla., and will be integrated with the PMA manufacturing processes already in place, according to company officials. FAA Regulations […]
Business cards with your plane on them
General aviation pilots now can have business cards with their airplane on it — or any airplane of their choice — thanks to Air Pix Aviation Photos. Air Pix has served a mostly airline clientele with photo business cards since 1983, company officials say, noting the company has one of the largest collections of photos […]
SkyVision Xtreme launches second generation portable ADS-B system
SkyVision Xtreme has released its Generation 2 (G2) Portable, a fully transportable ADS-B transceiver system for use with iOS, Android, and Windows devices with Wi-Fi capability. The SkyVision G2 Portable features a sleek new enclosure made of highly durable plastic, which decreases the weight from over 11 pounds to 7 pounds, company officials said. Customers […]
Actor Gary Sinise set to release ‘High Flight’
Award-winning actor Gary Sinise and Sleeping Dog Productions, an aviation and historical documentary production company, are set to release “High Flight,” a documentary narrated by Sinise that chronicles his 2011 experience at Beale Air Force Base in California preparing for his flight in a U2 spy plane. As this was going to be a unique […]
Jeppesen connects mobile devices with panel-mounted avionics
Jeppesen now offers route planning capabilities that can be transferred between mobile devices and installed avionics to improve data access for general aviation pilots. The new route planning solution synchronizes smart-enabled devices with certified panel-mount avionics through the Aspen Avionics Connected Panel communication network. Jeppesen route planning data created with Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck on iPad […]