The new FAA Advanced Avionics Handbook provides general aviation users with comprehensive information on the advanced avionics equipment available in technically advanced aircraft (TAA). VFR and IFR operations in aircraft with the latest integrated glass cockpit instrumentation are covered, helping pilots understand which advanced avionics systems to use and when. Readers will learn the “knob-ology” […]
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Aviat awards dealership to Premier Aircraft Sales
Premier Aircraft Sales has become a dealer for Aviat Aircraft’s Husky A-1C. Premier Aircraft Sales will sell and service the Husky in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia. The company, founded in 2003, has offices in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Atlanta and Auburn, Alabama. It also represents Diamond and Mooney aircraft […]
Becker Avionics establishes US production line
Germany-based Becker Avionics plans to establish manufacturing capabilities for its Digital Audio and Intercom System DVCS 6100 at its North American Subsidiary, Becker Avionics, Inc. in Miramar, Florida. The DVCS 6100 has been designed for both rotary and fixed-wing applications. More than 300 systems have been placed into service. For more information: BeckerUSA.com or Becker-Avionics.com.
New scheduling app debuts
CharterMatrix LLC has developed a new web app, called www.AirplaneManager.com, that provides charter companies and corporate flight departments with a new flight scheduling option. The new software provides aircraft tracking, pilot tracking, and invoicing. It provides printable pilot trip sheets and passenger itineraries. Trip information can be quickly e-mailed directly to a customer, passenger, or […]
FlightSafety introduces Proficiency Protection Program
FlightSafety International has launched the Proficiency Protection Program designed to help pilots and maintenance technicians of business aircraft who have become involuntarily unemployed this year. FlightSafety will offer a no-cost recurrent training course to pilots of business aircraft who were training under a full-service contract at the time of involuntary job loss. The training will […]
AmSafe seatbelt airbags hit milestone
The AmSafe Seatbelt Airbag is now installed on more than 9,000 commercial and general aviation aircraft around the world. The airbag is a self-contained, modular restraint designed to protect occupants from serious head-impact injury and enhance one’s ability to exit an aircraft following a survivable accident. Integrated into the lap belt portion of the seatbelt, […]
Duncan certifies Honeywell AFGS for Hawker 800 and 1000 fleets
Duncan Aviation’s Glass Box Program recently added to its lineup with the certification of Honeywell’s latest Advanced File Graphics Server (AFGS) upgrade for the Hawker 800 and the Hawker 1000. The AFGS is a computing platform bringing advanced graphics generation capabilities, such as electronic charts and uplinked weather, together with mass data storage to allow […]
Eye it before you fly it
When flying to an unfamiliar airport, pilots often wonder, “What will it look like when I get there?” With Fly the Pattern, pilots can answer those questions, and many more, before they even leave the ground. Designed to give pilots the ability to “Eye It Before They Fly It,” Fly the Pattern is recruiting airport […]
Lycoming STC for Cardinal RG
Two months after the certification of the IO-390-A1A6 engine, Lycoming Engines has earned a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for installing the engine in a Cessna 177 Cardinal RG. The Cessna 177 Cardinal RG’s original engine is a Lycoming IO-360. This is the first STC Lycoming has received as part of the Lycoming Echelon STC program, […]