Wig-wag recognition lights are now standard equipment on the Sting S3 Light Sport Aircraft. The wig-wag system, controlled by a switch on the instrument panel, alternately flashes the landing and taxi lights in the airplane’s wingtips, according to officials at SportairUSA, the North Little Rock-based company that distributes the LSA in the U.S. “Increasing the […]
NavMonster expands to celebrates first anniversary
Celebrating its one-year anniversary since going live last November, NavMonster.com recently unveiled a new look and added some customer requested features to its flight planning web site. Additional features include: FDC and local/distant route NOTAMS, ETE at various altitudes to account for winds aloft, Support for the new 24-hour TAF format, and 6, 12, and […]
Global Jet’s e-learning takes off
Global Jet Services, a maintenance training provider, has launched its first online training course for maintenance technicians. The course teaches technicians the fundamentals of pitot-static systems and how to use Barfield’s 450 pitot-static test equipment to conduct static/altimeter system tests, according to company officials. It also demonstrates how to set up test equipment based on […]
URS designs Bell 407 panel
United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS) has designed and fabricated an extended instrument panel for the Bell 407. The panel can be built to any customer’s specifications, according to company officials. URS will cut, paint and silk screen the panel so it goes out as a finished product. The only thing left to the customer is installation […]
Flight School Cooperation Program launched
Training Crue Graphics Inc., a global provider of aviation training products, has launched a cooperation program with various flight schools to produce customized cockpit training posters for pilots-in-training, in addition to large format versions for reference purposes to be used by the training facilities. Customer-specific Computer-Based Training (CBT) applications also will become available once the […]
Pro-Star named Pilatus PC-12 service center
Pilatus Aircraft has appointed Pro-Star Aviation of Londonderry, N.H., a sales representative and service center for its PC-12NG. The company will be responsible for New Hampshire, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts and Michigan. For more information: ProStarAviation.com or Pilatus-Aircraft.com.
Penn State Hershey Medical Center adds AWOS
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (8PS5) recently completed the installation of a Belfort DigiWx II AWOS system at the Penn State Hershey Life Lion hangar on the campus of the medical center. The Belfort DigiWx II is an automated weather system that reports FAA-certified altimeter and FAA-certified visibility with advisory winds, temperature, humidity […]
Enterprise opens at Branson Airport
Missouri’s Branson Airport, the first privately financed and operated commercial service airport in the U.S., has tapped Enterprise Rent-A-Car as the exclusive rental car provider to serve the new airport when it opens in May 2009. Enterprise’s service counter will be inside the airport terminal. Branson Gray Line will be the exclusive provider for all […]
STC for Clifford Development’s Citation 550 mod
The FAA has issued a final STC certificate to Clifford Development, which covers modification of the 550 and S550 Cessna Citation Series aircraft using Williams International FJ44-3A engines. This is the first STC issued to cover both Cessna Citation aircraft. It was issued with no operational limitations or restrictions. Certification flight tests document significant speed, […]