PS Engineering has reduced its prices for its PMA7000B Audio Control Panel with integrated Marker beacon receiver. List price is now $1,595, a $400 decrease. “PS Engineering wants to help stimulate aircraft owners, and the PMA7000B is a great way to help,” said company founder Mark Scheuer. “The PMA7000B is backward compatible with the old […]
Get found fast
New to the market is the Fast Find Satellite Personal Locator Beacon (PLB). The compact, waterproof and 406 MHz emergency location beacon is manufactured by McMurdo, producers of emergency locator beacons for more than 20 years. Fast Find weighs in at just 5.3 oz and is the size of an average cell phone. It comes […]
Poor approach results in poor landing
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane and his inadequate compensation for the crosswind.
Sky Catcher to fly from Chinese assembly line
ChinaView is reporting that Cessna manufacturing partner, Shenyang Aircraft Industry Company (SAIC), will fly a Chinese-assembly-line-built Cessna 162 Sky Catcher by the end of the year.
GAMA opens European office
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has opened a European branch office in Brussels, Belgium, and hired Brian Davey as director of European affairs. A native of Ireland, Davey will represent the general aviation manufacturing industry before European institutions in Brussels as well as the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in Cologne. He also will […]
First flight for Belite
The new Belite aircraft made its first flight on July 4. Officially unveiled June 30, the Belite is a single place airplane that incorporates the use of proprietary, lightweight carbon fiber material in the fabrication of struts, ribs and wing spar. The first flight of the LSA was made by James Wiebe, who modified the […]
Enrollment grows at Wathen Aviation High School
Attendance at the Wathen Aviation High School at Flabob Airport in Riverside, Calif., is expected to double this fall, rising from 60 students in the past year to 120 for opening day this fall. So far, 84 students have already enrolled. Part of the increase is due to the addition of middle school classes, school […]
FAA moves forward on runway incursion program at smaller airports
The FAA has selected Sensis Corp.’s Low Cost Ground Surveillance (LCGS) for evaluation as part of its LCGS Pilot Program. LCGS is an FAA initiative to reduce runway incursions at small- and medium-size airports by providing air traffic controllers with basic ground surveillance of runways and taxiways. Under the program, the FAA has awarded contracts […]
CAP’s Cadet Officer School takes off
The Civil Air Patrol’s Cadet Officer School kicks off today at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. The 10-day course, which runs through July 23, will be attended by 116 teens from across the country. Patterned after the U.S. Air Force Squadron Officer School, Cadet Officer School is an academically challenging, in-depth study of leadership […]