Sales of the L-3 Avionics Systems’ Stormscope weather mapping system have surpassed 50,000 units. The Stormscopes detect all lightning activity, not just cloud to ground strikes like other systems, and provide real-time thunderstorm depiction. Stormscope systems are particularly useful during the cumulus and mature stages of a thunderstorm when windshear, turbulence and lightning are most […]
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ACROHELIPRO expands avionics capability
ACROHELIPRO Global Services Inc. has expanded its avionics maintenance and support capabilities at its facility in Andalusia, Alabama. Armed with a team of avionics specialists and 22 STCs, ACROHELIPRO-Andalusia provides a range of services and products, including: new aircraft completions, mission specific STC upgrades, legacy aircraft cockpit upgrades, complete airframe refurbishments, including rewiring, and field […]
Black box introduced for Cirrus aircraft
Alakai Technologies Corp. has introduced a Digital Flight Data System (DFDS) for Cirrus SR-20 and SR-22 aircraft, providing a “black box” with the ability to record flight data. The “always-on” digital recorder monitors engine and aircraft performance in real time and records 61 critical aircraft, engine and flight parameters, creating a permanent safety data record […]
Don’t get left out in the cold
C&D Associates, Inc. offers FAA/PMA approved direct replacements for Janitrol and South Wind OEM heating equipment, eliminating any mandatory Airworthiness Directives (ADs). Installations are available for most twins and some single engine aircraft. Also available are complete heating systems for planes with no prior combustion heater, such as the Lake Amphibian, Cessna 170 and Navion, […]
Georgia’s Newnan-Coweta Airportexpands with new development
Tradewind Aviation plans a 20-acre expansion development at Newnan-Coweta Airport in Newnan, Ga. The development will include 178,000 square feet of hangar space and 36,000 square feet of office space. Tradewind is currently seeking corporate and aviation industry tenants for the build-to-suit development. “The airport is committed to increasing aviation business and is in the […]
Challenger unveils lifetime oil filter
Challenger Aviation Products unveils its Lifetime Oil Filter System for piston engine aircraft. The oil filter assembly is machined from 6061-T6 aircraft billet aluminum. Inside the aluminum housing is a high flow, 22 micron, cleanable woven stainless steel filter element. Large inlet and outlet passages provide for a maximum oil flow rate of 22 gallons […]
Aerox offers line of built-in oxygen system kits
AEROX now offers its complete line of customizable, built-in oxygen system kits for installation in aircraft of all types. AEROX can custom-build an oxygen system for any application. One owner took the system and its availability to best serve all of his passengers to a unique extreme. He had an oxygen mask specially made for […]
New product makes flight planning a snap
RMS Technology has just added Snap, a new feature now available in Flitesoft, its popular flight planning software program. Snap makes it easy to carry Flitesoft on a USB flash drive for use on any Windows computer. A 2 GB USB flash drive will hold Flitesoft, all your saved aircraft and route files, your pilot […]
Rocky Mountain College goes glass
Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Mont., has begun operating two new glass cockpit Piper Archer III aircraft equipped with the Avidyne Flightmax Entegra system, and a Frasca Mentor Flight Training Device, also equipped with the same glass cockpit. The college’s Bachelor of Science aviation program trains students in both traditional round-dial and glass cockpit aircraft […]