Flightwise, a web-based flight tracking service, is now offering direct access to its aircraft positional data via the PlaneXML Flight Tracking API. The API is a standards-based, XML/SOAP web service, making it easy to integrate with existing application development platforms, according to officials with the Orlando-based company. “We’ve spent the last decade building the infrastructure […]
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Arizona Flight Training Center opens
The Arizona Flight Training Center recently launched operations at Glendale Municipal Airport (GEU), offering a full compliment of ratings from flight instructors who individually have more than 2,000 hours of flight experience. The Arizona Flight Training Center’s fleet includes a range of aircraft from the Piper Seneca, Diamond DA-40, Cessna 152 and a Garmin 430 […]
Sporty’s offers portable oxygen system
Sporty’s now offers two sizes of Single Place Oxygen Systems. These portable systems can also serve as a cost-effective backup for built in systems, company officials note. The Large Single Place Oxygen System holds 113 liters of oxygen and weighs 3 pounds. Measuring 12-1/2 inches by 3-1/4 inches, it provides oxygen for just under four […]
Duncan releases Hawker RVSM whitepaper
Duncan Aviation recently released a whitepaper that explains how to avoid disturbing Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) critical areas when accessing avionics boxes in the nose bay of Hawker 800/800XP aircraft. For these aircraft, tight tolerances for skin variances has significantly increased the ground time required for maintenance and troubleshooting on avionics boxes located behind […]
Take control of your tools
It’s all about networking — in tool control as well as in business. That’s why Snap-on Industrial developed its new Level 5 NTC (Networkable Tool Control) system, which offers users the opportunity to manage a virtually unlimited number of lockable tool storage units simultaneously for complete system control. Critical tools and assets are tracked and […]
Sullivan joins IMC Clubs board
To accommodate rapid growth and the need for a more structured marketing approach, the IMC Clubs appointed Steve Sullivan, former Liberty Mutual senior executive, to its board of directors. Sullivan was chosen to lead the marketing division of the club, which began at Norwood Airport in Massachusetts and has recently opened chapters across the country. […]
RIDGIDConnect launches
RIDGID, a manufacturer of hand and power tools including multiple digital inspection products, has launched RIDGIDConnect — a subscription-based, online business tool designed for maintenance service professionals and contractors who create or use digital information. RIDGIDConnect provides the ability to share and store digital assets, such as diagnostic job site photos and videos, job reports […]
Bahamas & Caribbean Pilot’s Guide released
There are more small airports per square mile of land mass in the Bahamas and Caribbean than any other region in the world, and they’re all in the new 2010 Bahamas & Caribbean Pilot’s Guide. After 32 years in print, the Bahamas & Caribbean Pilot’s Guide is a single-source reference for island travel. This is […]
International group of women pilots to share flight experiences at Seattle museum
As part of WomenFly!, The Museum of Flight’s annual Women’s History Month event, an international panel of women pilots will share their experiences in the world of aviation March 6. This year’s panel includes women pilots from almost every continent. Their experiences include flights in the Australian outback, Alaskan wilderness, Antarctic slopes, African plains and […]