Over the years, instrument students and their instructors have used a variety of devices to create simulated instrument conditions. Instant IFR Training Glasses are the newest incarnation. The Instant IFR lenses are frosted to simulate actual IFR conditions for instrument training. The precision frosting and wraparound design helps prevent cheating. Instant IFR Training Glasses have […]
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Ferrer Aviation adds to fighter fleet
Ferrer Aviation, a Lakeland, Fla.-based aviation company, has purchased two TS-11 Iskra Jets and one British Provost to add to its fighter wing of aircraft. The jets will be used for aerial combat simulation, formation training, check rides, fighter rides, DOD contracts, and upset training for corporate and airline pilots. For more information: 863-648-0001.
Cessna grants ATP reseller rights to maintenance publications
Cessna Aircraft Co. has extended reseller rights to Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) for the digital Cessna Aircraft Propeller Aircraft maintenance publications library. ATP will integrate the Cessna Propeller Aircraft CD-ROMs and DVDs into more than 40 different ATP libraries, offering customers access to Cessna digital information. These ATP libraries include airframe-only and airframe and engine […]
Wilco offers battery savings to Cessna owners
Wilco now has STCs to be a battery supplier to Cessna Citation owners. The purpose of the STC, which covers models 500, 501, 525, 525A, 550, S550, 552, 560, 560XL, 650, 750, is to simplify installation of Wilco and Concorde batteries in Cessna Citation aircraft. It also allows the Wilco private label battery to be […]
Elite expands glass fleet with Garmin G1000
ELITE Simulation Solutions now has Garmin G1000-equipped training devices available. The G1000-equipped devices are part of ELITE’s ongoing glass panel training device development following the debut of its glass panel iGATE featuring the Sagem Avionics Integrated Cockpit Display System (ICDS 2000) at last year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh. The new training devices are outfitted with the […]
One GPS, many applications
Franson Technology has released Franson GpsGate, a Windows and PocketPC utility that lets you run many GPS applications using a single GPS. You can create any number of virtual serial ports, simulate a GPS, and log and replay GPS data. Serious GPS users often have several applications that they want to run simultaneously. With Franson […]
EGPWS performance training software available
Electronic Flight Solutions, Inc. offers FAA-accepted CompleteLearning TAWS training for Honeywell EGPWS. The PC-based software addresses the needs of corporate flight departments in a cost-effective manner, according to Brett Bell, vice president of business development. “To achieve the most from a cockpit flight safety system such as EGPWS (TAWS), a pilot needs to be trained […]
Folding rear seat now available for Cessnas
BAS, Inc. recently sold its Folding Rear Seat STC for Cessnas to Tom Flaglor of Long View Aviation in Mosheim, Tenn. Flaglor has obtained his PMA paperwork and has started producing seat kits for sale. The reason for the sale was to free up more time for BAS to develop its shoulder harness kits and […]
Jeppesen and Atlantic Flight Training offer JAA training textbooks
Jeppesen and Atlantic Flight Training (AFT) have launched the most current set of JAA ATPL training textbooks available on the market. The set of 15 textbooks is fully JAA compliant and the result of nearly 18 months of development work. Each book in the series contains full-color graphics and diagrams that make complex topics easier […]

