Duncan Aviation’s Glass Box Project has continued to expand its reach with certifications for Falcon 50s, Challenger 600s/601-1As, Falcon 900s, Astras, Hawker 800/800XPO/1000s and Gulfstreams. The company expects to soon be working on a Challenger 601-3A/3R installation. Introduced in 2004, the Glass Box Project is an effort to make available the latest in emerging flat-panel […]
Sennheiser unveils new line of boomsets
Sennheiser recently unveiled its latest headset for professional pilots, the HME(C) 46 Series. The 46 Series includes both passive models and ANC models with Sennheiser’s proprietary NoiseGard system. Features include separate in-cable volume controls for each ear. The lightweight headsets are ergonomically designed with a two-piece headband to ensure a secure fit, comfortable ear pads […]
Yingling Aviation named Rockwell Collins service center
Yingling Aviation, Inc. of Wichita was recently named an authorized avionics sales and service center by Rockwell Collins Business & Regional Aviation Electronics of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. For more information: 316-943-3246
Axis Jet launches new air charter division
Axis Jet has launched a new air charter division. The FAA-approved Part 135 air carrier service is based at Sacramento Executive Airport in California. Axis Jet’s charter fleet includes a King Air 350, King Air 300 and King Air C90B. For more information: 916-391-5000
Computer pilots can fly like the pros with Jeppesen SIMCharts
Jeppesen recently launched the latest offering in its long-running SIMCharts product line. Designed exclusively for flight simulation enthusiasts, virtual airline operators, and pilots who use PC simulators to develop or hone their skills, SIMCharts v4.0 plugs and plays with Microsoft Flight Simulator X and contains a worldwide terminal chart set that matches the Jeppesen NavData […]
American Legend offers freebies with the Legend Cub
American Legend Aircraft Co. has introduced an incentive program for new Legend Cub customers, giving buyers two Bose Aviation Headset X, a retail value of $1,990. To take advantage of this offer, new customers must place an order for the company’s AL3 open cowl model, which includes the Continental O-200 100-horsepower engine with composite propeller, […]
New free email accounts promote flying
Pilot Journey has introduced a free email account with some interesting benefits. The service is available on PilotJourney.net or TogetherWeFly.com and includes 1 gigabyte of email space along with features such as automatic email notification and calendaring. The concept, according to Gary Bradshaw, president of Pilot Journey, is to encourage people into taking a discovery […]
Free software helps builders
Where can an airplane builder go to glean free insight and tips from hundreds of their peers? ExperCraft offers just such a destination at ExperCraft.com via its Simple Log documentation software. In the two years since Simple Log’s debut, aircraft builders have logged 40,285 hours of progress on more than 100 different types of homebuilt […]
Max Trescott’s Garmin G1000 CD-ROM Course now available
Building on the popularity of Max Trescott’s G1000 Glass Cockpit Handbook, and the online internet G1000 training courses at PilotLearning.com, Glass Cockpit Publishing has released its new G1000 CD-ROM course. Created and produced by a Master CFI who teaches daily in glass cockpit aircraft, this course not only explains the G1000 system, but teaches you […]