Team Tango, which manufactures the Tango and the Foxtrot high-performance amateur built aircraft, has unveiled reduced prices in time for Sun ‘n Fun. Designed to get new builders airborne as quickly and economically as possible, the two-place, 212 mph, 1,400 mile range Tango quick build is reduced from $29,750 to $24,750, while the four-place, 230 […]
NextGen bird strike radar systems
DeTect, Inc. recently unveiled its next generation of Merlin Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radars. “All 2009 Merlin bird radars include full capability to detect and track birds in fog and weather using new solid state radars,” said Gary Andrews, DeTect’s CEO. “Birds do fly in weather, particularly when they are migrating. Magnetron-based, X-band systems are completely […]
Airbags now standard on Air Tractors
In use in commercial and general aviation for many years, airbag technology has now become standard equipment on all current production Air Tractor aircraft. The AmSafe airbag system is an important new safety enhancement for agricultural aviation, according to Leland Snow, Air Tractor president. Also available as a retrofit kit, the AmSafe airbag system consists […]
ShopAvfuel.com expands
For the first time, Avfuel’s online retail store, shopAvfuel.com – with its inventory of aviation fuel related equipment, parts, deicing fluid and quality assurance materials – isavailable to the general aviation community.Until now, the site was exclusive to Avfuel-branded dealers. The site also recently broadened its payment options to allow customers to make their online […]
Goodyear Aviation celebrates centenary
Back in 1903, the Wright brothers made history with their first successful flight in a self-powered airplane at Kitty Hawk, N.C. In the years that followed, they made great progress in the air, but getting back on the ground remained challenging. Their sled-runner style of landing gear – not to mention rough landing fields – […]
New CAP squadron named for President George H.W. Bush
Former President George H.W. Bush attended the chartering of the Civil Air Patrol Texas Wing’s newest squadron on March 31. The George H. W. Bush Composite Squadron is the first CAP unit to be named for a U.S. president right from the start. The Independence Composite Squadron in Independence, Missouri, was renamed the Harry S. […]
Safari Air’s luxury private jet adventure
It may be the worst of financial times in recent memory, but that isn’t stopping Safari Air from introducing “the first green, luxury private jet charter service…21-day Around the World Grand East Africa Safari,” an eight-passenger, 25,450-mile jaunt aboard a Gulfstream IV. The journey is scheduled to take flight on October 15th from John Wayne […]
Flight into turbulence ends tragically
The pilot’s poor in-flight weather evaluation, which resulted in flight into a level 6 thunderstorm.
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