Aircraft Spruce now offers the new Lowrance AirMap 600C, featuring colored sectional map depiction based on GPS input. It also includes the 512MB Terrain Awareness Americas, along with the Jeppesen Americas and Lowrance Obstruction aeronautical databases, which show obstacle profiles or relationship to mountainous terrain. AirMap 600C comes complete with an MMC/SD digital card reader […]
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Interior renovation completed at Landmark Aviation’s Dulles FBO
Landmark Aviation recently completed a $300,000 interior renovation at its Dulles, Va., FBO. The new interior celebrates the region’s hunt country legacy with a stylish décor. The facility offers complete FBO services, including concierge, business center, wireless Internet, and flat screen TVs with satellite HDTV programming. The 8,000-square-foot renovation included the lobby, restrooms, weather room, […]
Duncan Aviation expands Garmin Service Center agreement
Duncan Aviation recently expanded its Garmin Aviation Service Center agreement. Duncan Aviation in Lincoln is now certified and authorized to provide line repairs and warranty bench work for all Garmin category one through five equipment. Line service is also available at any of Duncan Aviation’s 20 satellite locations. In addition, Duncan Aviation is expanding its […]
Goodrich Aviation namedColumbia repair center
Goodrich Aviation Maintenance Center at the Tri-Cities Airport in Endicott, N.Y. has been certified as a Columbia Authorized Repair & Maintenance Associate (CARMA) by Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing (CAM) in Bend, Ore. Goodrich Aviation operates the only CARMA center in upstate New York. The Goodrich Aviation Maintenance Center can now install the new E-Vade De-Icing systems […]
“Wings of Paradise”
“Wings of Paradise, Hawaii’s Incomparable Airlines,” by Peter N. Forman is a fascinating tale of the human courage, underhanded plots, dirty politics, brilliant imagination, chicanery and other intriguing elements that went into the formation and operation of the airlines serving the Hawaiian Islands. Most of the book is devoted to airlines that were born, grew […]
AirShares Elite expands
AirShares Elite New England, part of the leading shared aircraft ownership program, has expanded operations to T.F. Green Airport (PVD) in Providence, R.I. AirShares Elite Providence is located at Horizon Aviation at the northwest ramp. The GA fractional ownership program features Cirrus SR22 planes. For more information:
Hillsboro Aviation to complete Bell JetRanger for Chicago police
Hillsboro Aviation, Inc., was recently awarded a contract by the City of Chicago Police Department to complete a new Bell 206-B3 JetRanger Helicopter. The JetRanger will complement an existing LongRanger IV that was acquired from the Chicago Fire Department earlier this year and is currently being retrofitted by Hillsboro Aviation. The JetRanger completion, scheduled to […]
A Field Guide to Airplanes
You are on the grounds at AirVenture — or any other air show — and trying to impress your traveling companion with your aircraft knowledge. Your companion points to a particular aircraft and asks what it is. You have no idea. You can avoid this particularly nasty form of aviation embarrassment by carrying “A Field […]
Aviat offers high lift wing tips for all Husky models
Aviat Aircraft now offers a new composite wing tip with a trailing edge that turns upward, reducing drag and increasing cruise speed. The change follows a recent redesign of the ailerons, which eliminated the need for spades through mass balancing. The reconfigured wing tips have added 6 mph to the cruise speed of new Huskys […]