It has been 10 years since the first Power Flow Tuned Exhaust system was shipped from Daytona Beach. The company has since shipped another 3,500 units. Since the first systems began going out to Cessna 172 owners in 1999, the list of STCs has increased to include 10 other designs. The Beech Bonanza A-36 will […]
Duncan expands Honeywell service
Duncan Aviation, which has been a Honeywell Service Center for engines and avionics, has expanded its service center agreements with Honeywell to include mechanical components. With this new service center authorization, Duncan Aviation will be able to offer increased capabilities, better turntimes and technical support to operators of Hawker, Lear, Challenger, Astra/Westwind, Falcon, Citation and […]
SimFlight3D unveils its first plane
Simflight3d.com, a new website specializing in airplanes for Flight Simulator, has unveiled its first model: the 1958 Cessna 172 (straight tail). With more than 15 years of 3D modeling, graphic design/conceptualization and animation in the video game industry, plus actual flying experience, company officials said they created SimFlight3D to promote “sophisticated, accurate aircraft models.” For […]
VFR into IMC leads to crash
The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control.
Hawker Beechcraft names new CEO
Hawker Beechcraft Corp. has named W.W. (Bill) Boisture Jr. its new chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The former president of NetJets and Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. brings more than 30 years of aviation experience to HBC. Boisture was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force and graduated from the USAF Fighter Weapons School and the […]
Illinois proposes bizav luxury tax
Business aviation groups are concerned about a proposed Illinois state tax on business aviation that would inaccurately classify business aircraft as luxury items and impose a five percent “luxury” tax on aircraft valued at more than $500,000. The new tax would be levied in addition to existing state and local use taxes and would drive […]
Artist Sam Lyons offers screen savers
Well-known aviation artist Sam Lyons’ Lyons Studio has introduced a new feature “that will make sitting in front of your computer a pleasure,” according to Mindy Lyons, who spread the word on March 24. “Now you can download select images of Sam’s popular aviation art and use them as your computer background,” she said. “All […]
AOPA cautions against assumptions in PC-12 crash
The AOPA Air Safety Foundation warned on March 24 that it is “too soon to be making guesses about the cause of Sunday’s accident in Montana,” saying investigators are still in the data collection phase, which is only the first in a long series of steps toward determining a cause. “It’s important to remember that, […]
NBAA thanks senators for bizav support
NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen has thanked Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Sam Brownback (R-KS) for writing a letter to President Obama expressing concern that recent, misinformed statements about business aviation may fan a flame of negative sentiment toward the industry. The senators emphasized that many small and mid-size businesses rely on business aircraft […]