The new FAA Advanced Avionics Handbook provides general aviation users with comprehensive information on the advanced avionics equipment available in technically advanced aircraft (TAA). VFR and IFR operations in aircraft with the latest integrated glass cockpit instrumentation are covered, helping pilots understand which advanced avionics systems to use and when. Readers will learn the “knob-ology” […]
Simulated engine out turns into real emergency
The CFI’s improper decision to simulate an engine failure in the traffic pattern by cutting off fuel to the engine, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing.
Pearl Harbor vet, 99, honored by sailors, Marines
In one of those wonderfully honorable gestures we don’t hear about very much, these days, a group of Navy and Marine Corps aviation ordnancemen held a ceremony at the U. S. naval base in Bahrain, June 21, honoring a Pearl Harbor veteran who is the oldest living recipient of the Medal of Honor, the nation’s […]
Aviat awards dealership to Premier Aircraft Sales
Premier Aircraft Sales has become a dealer for Aviat Aircraft’s Husky A-1C. Premier Aircraft Sales will sell and service the Husky in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia. The company, founded in 2003, has offices in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Atlanta and Auburn, Alabama. It also represents Diamond and Mooney aircraft […]
Becker Avionics establishes US production line
Germany-based Becker Avionics plans to establish manufacturing capabilities for its Digital Audio and Intercom System DVCS 6100 at its North American Subsidiary, Becker Avionics, Inc. in Miramar, Florida. The DVCS 6100 has been designed for both rotary and fixed-wing applications. More than 300 systems have been placed into service. For more information: BeckerUSA.com or Becker-Avionics.com.
New scheduling app debuts
CharterMatrix LLC has developed a new web app, called www.AirplaneManager.com, that provides charter companies and corporate flight departments with a new flight scheduling option. The new software provides aircraft tracking, pilot tracking, and invoicing. It provides printable pilot trip sheets and passenger itineraries. Trip information can be quickly e-mailed directly to a customer, passenger, or […]
Boeing 40-C’s homecoming
The only flying Boeing 40-C will participate in the annual Jim Wright Memorial Stearman Fly-in at the Cottage Grove, Ore., airport July 31-Aug. 2, hosted by the Oregon Aviation Historical Society (OAHS). Restored and flown by Addison Pemberton of Spokane, Washington, this is the only flying example of this historic line of aircraft that ushered […]
New TV series: The Aviators
A new television series targeting the aviation community will get nationwide US distribution to all 320 Public Broadcasting Stations when it premieres in 2010. “The Aviators is something that the aviation industry really needs right now,” said Executive Producer Anthony Nalli. The series, shot completely in high definition, will feature correspondents from within the aviation […]
Overloaded airplane crashes
The loss of engine power during the initial climb for undetermined reasons and the pilot’s failure to maintain an airspeed above stall speed while maneuvering following the power loss. Contributing to the accident was the operation of the airplane at a weight above Maximum Certified Gross Weight.