West Star Aviation, Inc. has opened its newest facility at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) in South Carolina. The facility is available for maintenance services for a wide range of corporate aircraft, including Lear, Hawker, Citation, Westwind, Falcon 10/20, KingAir, and Conquest. West Star Aviation specializes in airframe repair and maintenance, engine repair and maintenance, major […]
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Ready for ADS-B
FreeFlight Systems introduced its line of RANGR 978 MHz ADS-B products, including ADS-B transmitters, transmitters with WAAS GPS, transceivers, and transceivers with WAAS GPS, Wednesday at AirVenture in Oshkosh. The final FAA rule, released in May, dictates an ADS-B compliant system must have a high integrity position source and a radio that sends specific information […]
Baron QuikLink debuts
Baron Services, the parent company of WxWorx, unveiled Baron QuikLink, the company’s subscription-based aviation weather data service for preflight weather analysis, during AirVenture. Supplying graphical weather information over an internet connection, QuikLink provides weather coverage across the continental United States and southern Canada with pricing tiers starting at $14.99 per month. A complement to an […]
El Aero FBOs join Avfuel network
El Aero Services has joined the Avfuel-branded dealer network of FBOs as an Avnet dealer. Avnet dealers are upper echelon FBOs that are chosen based on their comprehensive array of quality offerings and customer service, according to Avfuel officials. El Aero has two locations in Nevada – Nevada’s capital, Carson City (CXP), and Elko (EKO). […]
Mid-Continent Instruments adds marketing specialist
Sheila Krehbiel has joined Mid-Continent Instruments’s advertising and public relations department as marketing specialist. Krehbiel is responsible for copywriting, editing, pre-press production of advertising materials and direct mail project management. With a strong aviation background underscoring more than 12 years of advertising and marketing experience, Krehbiel earned a master’s degree in English literature from Wichita […]
L-3 unveils ESI-2000
L-3 Avionics Systems’ new Trilogy ESI-2000 Electronic Standby Instrument with battery backup has been submitted to the FAA for Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval. The ESI-2000 is an enhanced version of L-3’s initial Trilogy ESI offering, the ESI-1000. The new battery version combines the safety and precision of solid-state glass avionics with a minimum of […]
Georeferenced charts added to 695/696
Garmin International Inc. unveiled enhanced chart capabilities for the GPSMAP 695/696 on opening day of AirVenture in Oshkosh. The portable will soon include georeferenced Garmin FliteCharts. Customers also have the opportunity to immediately subscribe to and receive Garmin’s georeferenced ChartView powered by Jeppesen. “These enhancements are a direct result of customers’ requests for georeferenced charts,” […]
Bose debuts new headset at OSH
Bose introduced the A20 Aviation Headset on opening day of AirVenture in Oshkosh. The new headset is the result of more than 30 years of Bose research in noise reduction technology, according to company officials, who note it has been engineered to deliver greater noise reduction — even in louder environments — and offers improved […]
Scheme Designers launches Cirrus custom decal kits
Scheme Designers, Inc., a provider of paint and decal scheme designs for aircraft, has teamed with LoPresti Aviation to develop a range of new decal designs, sold as a kit, for Cirrus aircraft. Cirrus aircraft are commonly sold with vinyl decals over a white, silver or gold base. As the fleet ages, the factory-installed decal […]