AirNav Systems is planning to release AirNav RadarBox 3D, a tri-dimensional worldwide flight tracking software package, Nov. 26. The new software will offer users the possibility of tracking flights in real-time and display them on a 3D graphical interface powered by Google Earth and embedded in the application. Hundreds of aircraft models and airline liveries […]
New design for welding helmet
Hobart Welding Products has introduced a new black design to its XVX Series of auto darkening welding helmets. The XVX Series features a 2-3/8-in. x 3-7/8-in. viewing area, the largest of all the Hobart models, with four independent arc sensors that provide continuous arc-sensing capability for out-of-position welding, according to company officials. Price: $279. For […]
URS becomes Cobham dealer
United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS), an aircraft completion facility, avionics shop and MRO, has been awarded a dealership by Cobham Avionics. Cobham includes Artex, Chelton, NAT and Wulfsberg. URS is also a dealer for Ahlers Aerospace, Altair Avionics, Avalex Technologies, Avidyne, Avionics Innovations, BMS, Dart, Flight Displays Systems, Garmin, Goodrich, Honeywell, Max-Viz, Nivisys, Sagem, Shadin, Sky […]
Extended hours for WWI Dawn Patrol events
As part of the World War I Dawn Patrol Rendezvous weekend at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, the museum galleries, IMAX Theatre, gift shop and café will be open extended hours, with special evening events taking place Sept. 25 from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Pilots and re-enactors from the World […]
Search for lost windsock ends fatally
The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering at low altitude.
Negotiations underway to increase airspace
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FAA and the U.S. Air Force are trying to find ways for more civilian flights to use airspace now off limits because of military operations. This has been done in the past and the two are now trying to agree on ways to make it permanent. It is hoped a permanent […]
Endless Summer
SHORT FINAL By DEB McFARLAND Summer officially commands three months on the calendar, but according to Keely’s school calendar, summer only lasts eight weeks, hardly enough time for mind and body to slip gently into summer’s languid rhythms. This year, I can hardly conjure those memories of simple summer pleasures such as swimming in a […]
Flying the Boeing 40C
By ADDISON PEMBERTON, For General Aviation News What’s it like to fly a 1928 Boeing 40C? Since restoring this vintage plane, I’ve flown it for more than 130 hours, including a trip from New York to San Francisco in September 2008. The aircraft is very sturdy and gives one the feeling of great comfort and […]
Berlin Airlift 60th anniversary observed
The 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, when Allied forces flew thousands of tons of food to a city isolated by Soviet forces, will be observed this Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4-7, with the arrival of a C-54 transport plane that helped save the people of Berlin from starvation at the American Airpower Museum at […]