Products

Vertex Standard has released the newest addition to its line of hand-held aviation nav/com products: the new VXA-300 Pilot III nav/com. Built with the company’s proven features, it now offers longer battery life and a powerful audio amplifier packaged in Vertex Standard’s military standard “Submersible” chassis design. Accessories include a nickel metal hydride battery, battery […]

Telex Communications, which has manufactured headsets for more than 50 years, has signed on as primary sponsor for the 2005 Aviation Safety Seminars to be held this March in the Chicago and Minneapolis areas. Main speaker will be Rich Stowell, a Master CFI who specializes in spin, emergency manuever, aerobatic and tailwheel training.  The seminars […]

With wire strikes one of the greatest hazards to helicopter operations, Safe Flight Instrument Corp. has received STC certification for its Powerline Detection System for Bell 206 helicopters. It works by sensing the electromagnetic field created by power lines, warning helicopter pilots when they are in the vicinity of live wires. The system emits an […]

Approach Systems Inc., creators of the Plug & Play “Fast Stack” Hub and Cable System and APIC (APproach Integrated Cockpit) glass cockpit software, has teamed with WxWorx to offer XM weather information on APIC with realtime weather on the moving map. APIC now includes an additional setting page to allow the user to customize the […]

There’s something excessive about having to use wing jacks to replace a tire on a retractable-gear aircraft. It’s a lot of trouble for a small task. The Tribal Jack, the latest addition to Bogert Aviation’s AeroJack line, can eliminate some of the hassle. The jack has an adjustable side-shelf, which provides a lifting range of […]

The Sun ‘n Fun Ground School is for the serious student pilot. The 36-hour class involves intense classroom learning based on Gleim’s Private Pilot textbooks. The ground school begins Tuesday, April 26, 2005. Students will meet every Tuesday for 12 weeks at 6 p.m. for a three-hour class with a certified flight instructor. Tuition is […]

MT-Propeller Entwicklung GmbH has received an STC for the Cessna 340 and 414 for its four-blade propeller MTV-14-D-C-F/CF188-30g. These natural composite propellers in modern scimitar design measure 74 inches in diameter and offer an increased climb rate and cruise speed, at a reduced noise level. The propellers also offer a weight reduction of about 28 […]

“Transition to Gliders” is the latest DVD in Sporty’s “What You Should Know” series. The DVD was designed for power pilots transitioning to gliders. The DVD features glider instructor Bob Wander, author of the “Gliding Made Easy” series of books. Packed with in-flight footage, the DVD takes you inside the cockpit of several training gliders […]

Want to learn to fly but don’t have the time to attend a 10-week ground school session? Too busy to sit for hours in front of a computer with an online course? You can complete the Private Pilot Knowledge Test in a single weekend with a weekend ground school course from Am I High Aviation […]