Aircraft Spruce has a selection of portable GPS, pilot supplies, headsets, avionics, instruments, wheels, tires, oil, filters, books, DVDs, and aviation software — more than 60,000 product relating to aviation for those on your holiday gift lists. Within the Pilot Supply section of its website, a gift section is available where products are sorted by […]
Ironshore enters aviation insurance market
Ironshore Specialty Co. is entering the aviation insurance market, according to a report at BusinessInsurance.com. The story notes that Ironshore will offer coverage to general aviation, airlines, aviation manufacturers, airports, aviation refuelers, FBOs, and corporate aircraft.
Customizable tire gauge set debuts
Tool Testing Lab has introduced a customizable wide-range tire pressure gauge set. In all applications, tire pressure is important for optimum performance and tread life. This is especially true in aviation, where tires are often critically stressed and where underinflation can cause total failure of the tire or even of the wheel, company officials note. […]
Shine on with Peek Metal Polish
Peek Metal Polish, which can be used for cleaning and polishing stainless steel, aluminum leading edges and nose cones, is now available at Aircraft Spruce. The polish also restores tired-looking paint surfaces and removes scratches from Perspex windscreens and helicopter bubbles, Aircraft Spruce officials note. It is available in a 100ml tube, 500g mousse, and […]
Instrument Ground School gets HD makeover
ASA’s Instrument Pilot Virtual Test Prep has been updated. The course includes more than 10 hours of all-new HD video footage on standard definition DVD and high definition Blu-ray Discs. The course includes in-flight demonstrations, 3D animated graphics, instructor discussions, and talks with industry experts. The package also includes test preparation software with all the […]
Photo flight goes horribly wrong
This November 2007 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: Cessna 172. Location: Gladwin, Mich. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: Several friends of the pilot, who had logged 190.9 hours, […]
Today’s Waco: A winning combination
An open cockpit airplane is fun, whether it was built last week or 50 years ago. But when you take a classic design and make it from modern materials, you have a winner all around. That’s the formula pursued by the Waco Classic Aircraft Co. in Battle Creek, Mich. “The Waco harkens back to a […]
LSA in the spotlight at AOPA
SPLOG By DAN JOHNSON In its first year as the AOPA Aviation Summit (versus Expo), the 70-year-old, 415,000-member organization made lots of changes, large and small. Among the most notable under capable new president Craig Fuller was much greater attention to LSA. Here’s the fast-read update: AOPA announced its 2010 Sweepstakes airplane is a Remos […]
Air traffic glitch should have been minor
The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, AFL-CIO (PASS), the union that represents FAA technicians, has expressed “extreme concern” about the resolution process in reaction to Thursday’s outage of the Federal Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI). The outage occurred due to a corrupt router card for the FTI server at the Salt Lake Center in Utah and had a […]