Wicks Aircraft Supply now offers personalized oxygen systems for high altitude flying. Developed by Essex Industries, the system can use size “D” or “C” cylinders that the company will adorn with the owner’s name or N number. Each system includes a four place regulator, one oxygen mask (additional masks can be ordered), an altitude flow […]
Chidiac joins Esterline CMC Electronics
Claude Chidiac will join Esterline CMC Electronics June 15, in the position of vice-president, customer support and strategic development. Most recently, Chidiac was vice president, business development, business aviation, at StandardAero, based in Arizona. Previously, he was managing director of Grob Aerospace USA. He held various positions at Bombardier over the past two decades in […]
New technology improves early detection of volcanic ash
Vaisala’s Global Lightning Dataset GLD360 now includes new technology that can provide early warnings of explosive ash clouds that cause disruptions to aviation routes and safety. The technology detects lightning produced by volcanic eruptions, which is a key indicator of potential ash cloud bursts, according to company officials. During the first 30 hours of the […]
Low altitude flight kills pilot
This May 2009 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Kitfox. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Apple Valley, Calif. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: According to the pilot/mechanic who performed the annual inspection on […]
In observance of Memorial Day…
The Pulse of Aviation will not publish Monday, May 30, as the General Aviation News offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day. Our newsletter will return to your email boxes Tuesday, May 31. Please take a few moments and remember our veterans who have given so much to keep our country free. Thank […]
Jurassic airplanes
By DAVID NIXON Maybe there is a little bit of the Stone Age hunter in me that makes me always on the look-out for airplanes in out-of-the-way places. I don’t really want another project. I have enough to keep me busy, but you never know if you’ll find something that someone else needs. I become […]
650 million engines need autogas
The GAfuels Blog is written by two private pilots concerned about the future availability of fuels for piston-engine aircraft: Dean Billing, Sisters, Ore., an expert on autogas and ethanol, and Kent Misegades, Cary, N.C., an aerospace engineer, aviation sales rep for U-Fuel, and president of EAA1114. The latest newsletter of the Aviation Fuel Club includes […]
CAF to host WASP reunion
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) will host a reunion of Women Air Service Pilots (WASP) at the 2011 CAF AIRSHO, slated for Oct. 8-9 at Midland International Airport in Texas. The CAF Ambassadors Committee is currently raising funds to bring as many of the remaining 266 WASP as possible to AIRSHO 2011. The Ambassadors will […]
NTSB: Many unknowns in Stevens crash
The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of the crash that killed Senator Ted Stevens and four others “was the pilot’s temporary unresponsiveness for reasons that could not be established from the available information.” Contributing to the investigation’s inability to determine more precisely what caused the crash in the mountains near […]