Zenith Aircraft Co.s “Fly In To Summer” Builder Fly-In Gathering is scheduled for Saturday, June 25, at the Zenith factory located at Mexico Memorial Airport (MYJ) in Mexico, Missouri. All aviation enthusiasts, but especially builders and owners of Zenith Aircraft kit planes, are invited to drive or fly-in for the day. This is an informal […]
Products
New flight bag from Sporty’s, AOPA Store
Now available at Sporty’s is the AOPA Flight Bag, which has specially designed pockets for storing pilot gear. Double-padded headset pockets on each end of the bag will protect headsets, and a custom side organizer pocket keeps pens, pencils, sunglasses and charts in close reach. Heavy-duty construction with metal hardware will withstand the abuse of […]
Two new Piper service centers in California
Western Aircraft has appointed two service centers for Piper aircraft in northern California: Mather Aviation in Sacramento, and Mangon Aviation in Petaluma. Western Aircraft joined Piper’s domestic dealer network in December representing Piper Aircraft’s product line for new aircraft sales in Alaska, northern California, Oregon and Washington. Both Mather Aviation and Mangon Aviation are authorized […]
MITRE produces online engineering guide
The MITRE Corporation has published a free, online Systems Engineering Guide (SEG) as a way to share the knowledge that the not-for-profit organization has accumulated in its more than 50 years of service to the federal government, including the FAA. The SEG, which features the collective wisdom of more than 130 of the company’s systems […]
New installation kits from Kannad Aviation
A range of retro-fit installation kits has been introduced by Kannad Aviation, designed to make retro-fitting the company’s range of Emergency Locator Transmitters in place of 121.5MHz ELTs convenient and cost-effective, according to company officials. The kits are designed for solderless installation of the Kannad Compact ELT and for the new Integra 406 GPS ELT, […]
Eclipse sells out Avio program
Eclipse Aerospace has “sold out” its Avio IFMS completion program. Company officials report that 100 customers have placed firm, non-refundable deposits to participate in the program, which is now sold out through March 2012. This program installs the fully integrated Avio flight management system in the Eclipse Jet. Over a dozen aircraft have already been […]
Texas Jet joins Paragon Aviation Group
Texas Jet at Meacham Airport (FTW) in Fort Worth, Texas, has joined the Paragon Aviation Group’s network of FBOs. Paragon represents a group of independent FBOs and small chains. Each FBO goes through an audit of facility and services offered to ensure the quality of the member base, according to company officials. A base of […]
Aero-Lift introduces new hoist
ARM Aerospace, a provider of aircraft lift technology for private hangars, now offers the “SNER” Series Aero-Lift, a two–ton capacity single fall chain hoist. Available at the same price as the original “EF” Model, the new design was displayed for the first time at the Alaska Airmen’s show in Anchorage. The new SNER Series Aero-Lift […]
ZuluLog.com debuts new software for law enforcement record keeping
ZuluLog.com, a provider of cloud-based aviation record keeping services and software, has released its new online software service for tracking law enforcement and EMS operations. The new service is built specifically for police and emergency response agencies, and allows tracking of all aspects of missions, pilots, aircraft, maintenance, and scheduling, as well as secure document […]