Showalter Flying Service at Orlando Executive Airport (ORL) in Florida has unveiled a new program, the SimCom Advantage Plan, designed to help save SimCom customers money. Showalter, located minutes from the SimCom Orlando headquarters, has dedicated three covered hangars, which can store everything up to and including a Lear 35, for SimCom training customer’s exclusive […]
Products
Rare aircraft to be showcased at OSH
Rare vintage aircraft will be on hand to showcase the early years of flight at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 on July 26-Aug. 1 at Wittman Regional Airport (OSH). Among the pioneering aircraft present will be an original Hamilton H-47 Metalplane, plus replicas of a 1909 Bleriot XI, Avions Caudron C.460, and five warbirds from World […]
PiperSport lands at First Landings Aviation
First Landings Aviation, a sport pilot flight school founded by two young entrepreneurs in May 2009 at Apopka Airport (X04) in Orlando, has taken delivery of a 2010 PiperSport LTD. The addition of the PiperSport allows the school to offer both low-wing training in the PiperSport and high-wing training in a Remos G3 600. Both […]
Satcom Direct adds weather to FlightDeck Freedom
Satcom Direct has added graphical weather to its FlightDeck Freedom (FDF) service for aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 Integrated Flight Information System (IFIS). Aircraft that use Pro Line 21 include the Bombardier Challenger 300 and 605; the Cessna CJ1+, CJ2+, CJ3, CJ4, Encore+, and XLS+; the Gulfstream G150; and the Hawker 750, […]
Get a Ford Tri-Motor rating
Most people travel to the Grand Canyon for the view or the outdoor recreational activities. For pilots, a trip to the Grand Canyon could bring the opportunity to get type-rated in a Ford Tri-Motor. That’s right. A Ford Tri-Motor. “The Ford Tri-Motor paved the way to fly passengers safely in transcontinental air travel,” says Bryan […]
Extra 500 turboprop lands in U.S.
Extra Aircraft’s new Rolls Royce-powered, six-seat, pressurized 500 Spirit turboprop is now available in North America. The product of nearly 30 years of building and certifying world champion aerobatic aircraft, the Extra 500 Spirit benefits from aerodynamic shapes only achievable with carbon fiber composite construction, according to company officials. The use of carbon fiber has […]
Runway Cafe at GMU prepares for takeoff
The Runway Cafe at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) is set to open this summer. According to owner Mike Bliss, the cafe’s soups and specials will utilize seasonal produce bought locally and the daily specials will have at least one serving of fruits and/or vegetables. Bliss, who is a Clemson graduate, has been in the food […]
TrueNorth and Dallas Avionics expand partnership
TrueNorth Avionics, Inc. and Dallas Avionics have expanded their distribution agreement to meet increased demand for the Simphone-OpenCabin airborne telecommunications system, which uses a menu-driven interface and software applications to simplify smartphone use, Internet data handling and Wi-Fi security; provides an exclusive operator-controlled tool for managing service costs; and eliminates installation problems with its one-box […]
Autobrakes OK’d on Dassault Falcon 2000EX
Dassault has been granted approval by both the EASA and the FAA for an autobrake feature on the Falcon 2000EX EASy series (2000EX, 2000EX EASy, 2000DX and 2000LX). Specially designed for short runways, the feature adds greater safety margins by reducing landing distances by as much as 150 feet on normal approaches and 300 feet […]