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Proxy Aviation Systems, Inc., a company dedicated to developing autonomous, unmanned aircraft systems, has unveiled SkyWatcher, a long endurance, low and medium altitude, multi-payload unmanned aircraft system. SkyWatcher is designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The system consists of four main components: autonomous air vehicles; a primary mission-management ground control station; mobile ground control […]

DarCorporation, which has provided airplane design software, books and engineering consulting services since 1991, has a new website and online store at DARCorp.com. To celebrate, the company has discounted its best-selling Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary 50% off retail with every book purchase (one per customer please, quantities are limited).

Ready Products introduces the new Ready Ratchet, which stores sockets in a snap-in locking socket tray in the handle. Manufactured from composite materials with a contoured handle, the Ready Ratchet exceeds national specifications for torque, making it ideal for aircraft maintenance applications. A quick release cap keeps the sockets secure when not in use. The […]

All Weather, Inc. has launched AWOS Net, an aviation weather web server to provide fully integrated, remote displays of FAA certified weather data over a vast array of network environments, including the Internet. All AWOS Net data elements are fully FAA certified, including wind speed and direction, visibility, temperature/dew point, humidity, cloud height, and pressure. […]

When Your Aircraft Source decided to launch a refurbishment program using the MS-760 Paris Jet, they decided that the appropriate upgrade for the panel would be a Chelton EFIS. Paris Jet production, located at Calhoun Airport near Atlanta, has remanufactured 20 copies of the rugged, aerobatic, four-place light twin. Their first issue was introduced at […]

Statistics from insurance company Avemco show the King Practical Risk Management courses reduce the losses of Avemco’s insured pilots, says Jim Lauerman, Avemco’s chief underwriting officer and executive vice president. “After two full years of monitoring the results, the numbers have become statistically significant,” he said. “This is a real win-win situation. Our customers are […]

FlightSafety International and the Mayo Clinic are offering a new hypoxia awareness training program at FlightSafety Learning Centers. The program was developed by the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research and FlightSafety’s simulation and courseware developers. It is conducted without using hypobaric chambers. Hypoxia is caused by a lack of oxygen or the inability […]

GA pilots now have a new tool that will save them time and money when they are preparing to fly: Flight Explorer Pilot Edition from Flight Explorer, a provider of Internet-based, real-time global flight tracking information, reporting and display products. The new product allows pilots to see the weather along their planned routes of flight; […]

Owners of planes with PT-6 series engines now can have them serviced at Island Aviation, a full-service FBO for turboprop engine service at Merritt Island Airport in Florida, thanks to a certified Pratt & Whitney engine mechanic on staff.Island Aviation services both turboprop and piston engines, and maintains a fleet of Part 135 aircraft for […]