Duncan Aviation has started a blog, “The Duncan Download.” This blog is occasionally technical, but not always, according to company officials. In it, the company provides its perspective on many facets of the business aviation industry, including Wi-Fi, HSD, WAAS, Duncan Aviation-Provo updates, blended winglet modifications, community volunteerism and industry updates. Readers can subscribe and […]
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Narco Avionics celebrates 65 years
Narco Avionics, in Fort Washington, Penna., commences celebration of its 65th year in business by unveiling its New Radio Rebate and Factory Service Discount Program. The program, which starts Nov. 1 and runs through January 21, 2011, will provide a $50 rebate to all customers who purchase a new transponder and a $75 rebate to […]
American Flyers to open branch office
American Flyers Flight School will open a new branch office on the west side of Chicago Executive Airport (PWK), Nov. 1. The new facility features 1,300 square feet of classrooms, testing facilities and flight training devices. It will cater to pilots preparing for their private pilot and instrument rating FAA knowledge tests. Additionally, weekend classes […]
Claire Bear books win national recognition
USABookNews.com has named two publications from Powder Puff Pilot as finalists of uts Best Books 2010 Awards. Claire Bear’s First Solo was recognized in the Children’s Picture Book: Softcover Fiction category, while Claire Bear Explains…What Pilots Fly placed as a finalist in the Children’s Picture Book: Softcover Non-Fiction category. The books, written by Sue Hughes […]
Navy patrol plane arrives for Northwest Naval Aviation Appreciation Day
In appreciation of Northwest naval aviation, The Museum of Flight in Seattle will present a day of activities Oct. 30, including the exhibition of a U.S. Navy Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion patrol aircraft in the museum parking lot, and a 2 p.m. panel presentation with P-3 flight crew members. The four-engine Orion is based at […]
Free Flight Simulator App released
Just released for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch is Fly Away Simulation’s flight simulator app, which features live flight simulator topics delivered to users’ mobile devices so that they can keep up to date with the latest flight sim topics while on the move. The free app, which is now available globally to all users […]
Premier Turbines begins full test cell capability for GE’s M601 engines
Premier Turbines now has full test cell capabilities for GE’s M601E-11 engines. This means Premier Turbines can test M601 engines at its Neosho, Missouri, facility after heavy repair services and no longer has to send the data to GE’s facility in Prague, Czech Republic for validation. Late last year, Premier Turbines was selected as a […]
BootsEdge approved for Ice Shield Pneumatic De-icer Repair without Patches
BootsEdge Corp has gained FAA approval for neoprene pneumatic de-icer repair “without patches” for B/E Aerospace’s Ice Shield de-icers. “This approval permits BootsEdge Corp to perform the De-icer Repair without Patches repair process on almost all aircraft with neoprene pneumatic de-ice systems,” said Richard “Doc” Keller, president of BootsEdge Corp. “BootsEdge Corp. has offered an […]
Flight Design offers maintenance classes
Flight Design USA is offering factory-approved courses for their dealers and non-affiliated mechanics who are asked to perform maintenance on the Flight Design CT Light Sport Aircraft. Owners may also attend the classes. “We still have space available in the Flight Design CT maintenance classes being offered this fall,” said John Gilmore, national sales manager […]