Necessity is the mother of invention. A North Carolina airline pilot, bent on staying fit and hydrated especially when working, created Liquid Luggage to keep her water bottle attached securely to her luggage as she maneuvered through airports around the country. Soon the word was out, and flight crew colleagues began requesting Liquid Luggage totes […]
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Get your Piper organized
Saircorp offers a line of consoles and accessories designed to add organization, comfort and convenience during flights. Upon many requests, the company now offers a model to fit the Piper PA-32/PA-34 Series. The organizer console will fit Cherokee 6, Lance, Saratoga and Seneca aircraft. The console fits between the passenger seats in either club or […]
Lifesaver attitude indicator has built-in battery backup
Six original equipment manufacturers, including Adam, Diamond, Lancair, Piper, Mooney and Raytheon, now offer the Lifesaver from Mid-Continent Instruments, the only attitude indicator with a built-in battery backup. The Lifesaver provides up to one hour of emergency attitude reference, even if every other system in an aircraft’s avionics panel fails. Antireflective glass and internal emergency […]
LightSpeed debuts ultra-lightweight headset
LightSpeed Aviation, Inc. has entered the ultra-lightweight headset market with its new LightFlight Series headset. The first offering, the L-1, weighs in at only .5 ounces, attenuates 35-45dB of noise and has the same standard features as the company’s premium headsets – cell/satellite phone jack, music input, hi-fi stereo speakers and dual volume controls. In […]
Chelton digital autopilot approved for Cherokee Six and Cessna 210
The FAA has granted Chelton Aviation STC approval for installation of its new digital AP-3C autopilot in Cherokee Six and Cessna 210 aircraft. This follows STCs for the Cessna 172, 182, 177 and 310, Beechcraft’s Baron and Travel Air, and the Piper Cherokee family (Warrior, Archer, Arrow, etc.), along with the Apache and Aztec. STC […]
Flight Explorer launches Version 5.0
Flight Explorer has released Version 5.0 of its Flight Explorer Professional, which allows users to track aircraft anywhere in the world over the Internet. Aircraft are tracked through a variety of methods, including IFR in the U.S., Canada, and UK; more extensively in New Zealand and the Pacific Oceanic region; and any aircraft worldwide via […]
Replacement cylinder introduced
Engine Components, Inc. (ECi) introduces the fi rst FAA-PMA replacement cylinder for Continental’s GTSIO-520 geared engines. The cross-fl ow heads are eligible for installation on many 550 series engines. ECi added many features to the Titan Cross-Flow Cylinders, including marking the engine type model in anti-scuff coating on the piston skirt and enhancing the spark […]
Flying High (Book Review)
Can a hyperactive, teetotalling, non-flying entrepreneur, whose first business went bankrupt and who was fired by a top company, do anything significant in the airline business? If your name is David Neeleman, the answer is a high-flying “yes,” as told in the new book “Flying High, How JetBlue Founder and CEO David Neeleman Beats the […]
To Conquer the Air (Book Review)
“To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and The Great Race for Flight” by James Tobin. Tobin, who holds a Ph.D. in history, is a writer whose work has twice been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism. He traces the work of the Wrights and interweaves it with the efforts of others who were […]