Floats and Fuel Cells Inc. and FFC Manufacturing have achieved the AS9100 Aerospace Quality Standard Certification. National Quality Assurance (NQA) recently presented Floats and Fuel Cells and FFC Manufacturing with the AS9100 and ISO9001:2008 certifications after the company successfully completed a rigorous Quality Management Systems Audit. The ISO 9001:2008 is the latest revision, and the […]
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Life Cycle Cost 2010 released
Conklin & de Decker has released Life Cycle Cost 2010 Volume I, an aircraft budget and financial analysis tool that is part of a family of aircraft operating and acquisition products developed to provide ownership and operating cost data for more than 375 jets, turboprops, helicopters and piston aircraft. The budgeting software puts all aspects […]
Rotax refresher course slated
A Rotax RFSC Seminar Refresher Course is slated for Feb. 20 at California Power Systems at the Oakland International Airport in California. The Rotax training guidelines for iRMT qualifications, which started in January 2008, have reached their first major milepost, that of the 24-month window. For many this year will mark the first return of […]
Duncan Aviation releases whitepaper on WAAS/LPV
Duncan Aviation recently released a whitepaper that addresses common questions and misperceptions about Wide Area Augmentation Systems (WAAS) Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV) upgrades. Titled “Upgrading to WAAS: Answers From Industry Experts,” the whitepaper is written by avionics installation representatives at Duncan Aviation’s Lincoln and Battle Creek facilities as a resource for operators considering […]
Super SportCub gets new name
CubCrafters’ Super SportCub is now the Carbon Cub SS. With the name change, the LSA is appropriately tied to its legacy, the proof-of-concept Carbon Cub first presented at the 2007 Alaska State Aviation Trade Show and Conference, according to CubCrafters officials. The SUPER Sport Cub was the follow-on production model of the Carbon Cub. Introduced […]
Signature Flight Support launches Signature Status
Signature Flight Support has launched Signature Status, a customer loyalty and relationship program for aircraft owners. Signature Status is designed to offer benefits to operators, flight departments and aircraft owners by rewarding members’ loyalty to Signature’s U.S. FBO facilities. There are three membership tiers: silver, gold and platinum. Benefits escalate as visits to Signature facilities […]
Top authors featured at WAI Conference
Attendees at the Women in Aviation, International (WAI) Conference will have the chance to meet aviation authors in person to purchase their books and have them autographed. Each author will have a specific time period to be showcased. The authors that will be featured at this year’s conference at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort from Feb. […]
Belfort adds Gill wind speed and direction sensors to catalog
Belfort Instrument Co. has added the Gill Instruments line of three axis wind speed and direction sensors to its catalog. The Gill three axis products consist of the WindMaster, WindMaster Pro, and the R3 and HS Research anemometers. Belfort has been a distributor for the Gill two axis anemometers, including the WindSonic and WindObserver II, […]
New line of greeting cards debuts
Powder Puff Pilot has released a new line of notecard sets for pilots: Not for Navigation Greetings. The initial offering, boxed sets of eight notecards, come in two flavors: Thank You and All Occasion. Each Not for Navigation Greetings card pairs a graphic that is familiar to pilots — such as an IFR or VFR […]