CubCrafters, responding to growing customer demand, has taken the Carbon Cub SS and reconfigured it into a high-performance, single-place aircraft dubbed the Adventure Package. Development of the Adventure Package involved major structural changes, according to company officials. For example, the 3×3 landing gear positions the axle lower and farther forward than a Carbon Cub SS, […]
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Airforms gets FAA nod for new baffles
Airforms Inc. has received FAA/PMA approval of new engine baffle designs for Piper PA2-150, PA28-140 and PA32-300/260 aircraft models. This adds to the 50-plus models the company already supplies to customers around the world. These engine baffles have many improvements to increase engine cooling efficiency and service life, according to company officials. Among the improvements […]
‘Mustang Ease Into the Saddle’ unveiled
Cessna Aircraft Co. unveiled its new “Mustang Ease Into the Saddle” Program for new Citation Mustang customers at this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh. “This limited-time program is designed to remove apprehension some customers may feel as they transition from a single-engine or a turboprop aircraft into a business jet,” said Roger Whyte, Cessna’s senior vice […]
Cessna introduces iFlite
iFlite data applications for the new Apple iPad are now available for all Cessna single-engine aircraft. iFlite is a mobile data system populated with critical flight information and planning features, according to Cessna officials. With it, pilots can access up-to-the-minute weather images, plan routes and check landing status, officials said, adding checklists and Federal Aviation […]
Arnstein & Lehr launches aviation practice
Arnstein & Lehr LLP has launched its Aviation Practice Group, providing legal services to aviation businesses and owners, operators and lessors relative to private and commercial aircraft. The group also regularly represents banks and other institutional lenders who finance the purchase of aircraft of all types. Initial members of the group include Phil Hudson of […]
FAA gives Honeywell nod for FMS upgrade
Honeywell has received FAA approval to begin delivering its Flight Management System (FMS) software upgrade that provides advanced GPS-enabled approaches and access to Future Air Navigation System (FANS) routes in congested air spaces and oceanic airways. The Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval from the FAA allows the company’s new FMS 6.1 software upgrade to be […]
Fluorescent dye locates petroleum- and synthetic-based fluid leaks
Spectronics Corporation has introduced Aero-Brite Universal Fluorescent Leak Detection Dye, which helps to pinpoint the exact source of fuel, lubrication and hydraulic leaks in aviation systems. Add a small amount of super-concentrated Aero-Brite dye to the aircraft system and let it circulate. The dye/fluid mixture will accumulate at even the smallest leak sites, company officials […]
Increasing the visibility of props
Hartzell Propeller Inc. has inked a distributorship agreement with Defense Holdings, Inc., to use DHi’s AfterGlo Brand Photoluminescent Aviation Safety Paint on Hartzell’s line of aircraft propellers. AfterGlo paint is used for safety markings to improve the visibility of aircraft propellers in low-light situations. Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings formulates the paint for DHi. Under the agreement, […]
iFlyWhere debuts
iFlyWhere, from AeroCharts, is a free app (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) that allows users to map all available airports in any radius from any airport. The user inputs the home airport identifier along with the minimum and maximum distance radius desired and iFlyWhere drops a pin on every airport. Airports may be selected to zoom […]