Hawker Beechcraft Corp. is incorporating new interiors in its Beechcraft Baron and Bonanza piston engine airplanes. The new interiors improve cabin comfort and functionality with enhanced styling inspired by interiors found in the world’s finest automobiles, company officials said. The upgrade also includes an automatic climate control system and an LED external lighting package. The […]
Products
McFarlane invents new type of vernier engine control
McFarlane Aviation Products has introduced the Vernier-Assist mixture and throttle controls. This new type of control has all of the fine adjustment benefits of an old style push-button release vernier control, with the simplicity, responsiveness, and jam-proof safety of a friction lock control, company officials said. These lightweight controls use a patent-pending drive mechanism. The […]
Clay Lacy Aviation opens at CRQ
Clay Lacy Aviation has opened a satellite office at Premier Jet International Business Center, McClellan-Palomar Airport, Carlsbad, Calif. (CRQ). Founded by world record-holding pilot Clay Lacy in 1968, Clay Lacy Aviation operates one of the largest fleets of managed and charter aircraft in the world. With FBOs in Los Angeles-VNY, and Seattle-BFI, Clay Lacy Aviation […]
Flight school offers advanced training
RWR Pilot Training now offers a higher level of training for pilots of Piper PA46 Matrix, Malibu, Mirage and Meridian aircraft. According to Master Instructor Dick Rochfort, accident rates are much higher for these technically advanced aircraft and a higher level of discipline, knowledge and skill is needed to improve safety. The FAA and The […]
McCauley delivers first production 1L100 pro
McCauley Propeller Systems has delivered its first production ASTM certified 1L100 fixed-pitch composite propeller. The 1L100 is an all-composite two-blade, fixed-pitch propeller specifically designed for the Cessna 162 Skycatcher’s Continental Motors O-200D engine. The 1L100 is now in rate production at the McCauley manufacturing plant in Columbus, Ga., and became standard equipment on the Skycatcher […]
MyGoFlight introduces Flight Bag PLC Series
MyGoFlight has introduced the Flight Bag PLC series of flight bags, designed for the paperless cockpit (PLC). “The paperless cockpit is gaining tremendous momentum as pilots in general, commercial and military aviation move to using iPads as EFB devices with airlines such as United and Alaska, which announced that their pilots will start to use […]
Cessna Pilot Center network grows
Cessna has added five flight training organizations to its global network of more than 250 Cessna Pilot Centers. The newest members of the CPC network are: • Colt Aviation, Big Rapids, Mich. • Flugsportgruppe Zuercher Oberland (FZGO), Feharltorf, Switzerland • MERA Inc., dba Benz Aviation, Grand Haven, Mich. • Middle River Aviation, Baltimore, Md. • […]
Connected Panel now compatible with Garmin GNS Navigators
Aspen Avionics announced today that Connected Panel, a new technology that wirelessly links mobile devices to certified avionics, will be compatible with the Garmin GNS 400W/500W series navigators when Connected Panel is released at the end of the year. With this new capability, Connected Panel Enabled applications will be able to synchronize and cross-fill flight […]
Wicks to host Stewart Systems workshop
Wicks Aircraft Supply will host a three-day workshop with Stewart Systems at SRT Aviation at Illinois’ Mt. Vernon Airport (MVN), Oct. 27–29. Class size will be restricted to 20 people. The classes will run from 8 am to 5 pm. The event will focus on fabric covering and taping, rib stitching, and painting techniques, according […]