Hilton Software has added Synthetic Vision to its flagship WingX Pro7 for iPad product. WingX Pro7’s new Synthetic Vision depicts 3D terrain using its high-resolution terrain database, obstacles using an obstacle database, and airport runways. Terrain and obstacles that are above or slightly below the airplane’s altitude are shaded red and yellow. Also displayed are […]
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Aspen to tweet from AirVenture’s North 40
Can’t make it to Oshkosh, but still want to be in the know about what’s going on at AirVenture’s North 40? You can follow Aspen Avionics on Twitter. Officials from Aspen Avionics, which hosts the North 40 Welcome Center, will be tweeting on their observations of what’s happening in the North 40, which, they say, […]
Daher-Socata to celebrate century of aircraft manufacturing
Daher-Socata will commemorate 100 years of continuous aircraft production with a series of activities at EAA AirVenture, July 25-31 in Oshkosh. Executives of the Daher Group will symbolically stop the centennial countdown clock during a news conference on Monday, July 25. This will symbolize the opening of a new century for a company that started […]
Movie to kick off 100th anniversary commemoration of first transcontinental flight
“Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines” will be shown July 21, at dusk, at El Dorado Park in Long Beach, Calif., one of the first events in a six-month series aimed at marking the 100th anniversary of Calbraith “Cal” Perry Rodgers’ First Transcontinental Flight from Sheepshead Bay, New York, to Long Beach, Sept. 17, […]
Dynon to launch handheld radio at Oshkosh
Following an auction for the first 100 DX15 Handheld Air Band Transceivers, Dynon Avionics has announced the availability of the DX15 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The DX15 is a compact handheld aviation band transceiver that was created as part of Dynon’s plans to supplement the versatile SkyView Glass Panel System with a panel mounted radio, […]
‘The Great Eclipse’ released
Dennis Maxwell’s new book, “The Great Eclipse,” about Eclipse Aerospace and its Very Light Jet, has been released. Maxwell’s non-fiction book follows Eclipse Aerospace as it powers through the easy money time of the internet bubble, tumbles on technology and crashes in the global economic crisis. He then tells how the assets of the company […]
Wicks to host autograph parties with Paul Poberezny, Burt Rutan
Wicks Aircraft Supply will host two autograph sessions at this year’s AirVenture. Paul Poberezny, founder of EAA, will be at the Wicks booth for one hour on Tuesday, July 26, beginning at 1 p.m. He will be autographing the front cover of the 2011 Wicks catalog, which honor’s Paul and the EAA. Burt Rutan will […]
Brian Tom joins Superior Air Parts
Superior Air Parts has hired industry veteran Brian Tom as its new Technical Sales Representative. “I have known Brian for a long time and it is with the greatest of pleasure that we welcome him back to the Superior Air Parts family,” stated Timothy Archer, president and CEO, Superior Air Parts. “Brian has the technical […]
WAAS updates approved for Citation Ultras, Encores
Cessna Aircraft Co. has received an STC for Wide Area Augmentation System upgrades for the Citation Ultra and Citation Encore. The STC covers all Citation Ultras and Citation Encores serial number 260 through 750 with an upgrade to dual Universal UNS-1Espw Flight Management Systems certified for fully coupled WAAS LPV approaches. The WAAS upgrades can […]