ELITE Simulation Solutions has delivered its RC-1 Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD) to Augusta Aviation, Inc. in Augusta, Ga. The ELITE RC-1 is a full-featured Advanced Aviation Training Device with life-size, high-resolution instruments, cockpit enclosure, and external visual system with a large-screen display as standard equipment. The RC-1 includes simple, complex, and twin-engine aircraft modules […]
Yingling Aviation completes first RVSM installation on Conquest II
Yingling Aviation has completed its first RVSM-compliant modification of a Cessna turboprop on a 1979 Conquest II, equipped with the Sperry 1000 Integrated Flight Control System owned by Lyddon Aero of Liberal, Kansas. The equipment installation will allow the airplane, which has a service ceiling of 35,000 feet, to operate in Revised Vertical Separation Minimums […]
Pentastar Aviation receives STC
The FAA has awarded additional models to Pentastar Aviation’s STC that allows yoke mounted installation of previously awarded Falcon models, along with the CMC Electronics CMA-1100 Electronic Flight Bags in the Gulfstream’s 1125 Westwind Astra, Astra SPX, G100, and G150 aircraft. For the past 40 years, Pentastar Aviation has specialized in aircraft management services, as […]
Airshares Elite New England launches new training programs
AirShares Elite New England has launched new training programs for pilots in the AirShares Elite shared ownership program. Led by Neil Singer, a 5,000-hour Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) and Gold Seal and Master Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI) with expertise in Technically Advanced Aircraft training, the programs include safety seminars, instructor standardization and expanded ground and […]
Klein Tools introduces Multi-Pocket Tool Totes
Klein Tools recently expanded its Tool Tote line with two new multi-pocket tote bags – a 17-pocket Tool Tote with a shoulder strap and a seven-pocket Tool Tote. Constructed of rugged, 600 x 300 denier polyester, the new bags are designed to withstand wear and tear. They also are water-resistant to avoid the buildup of […]
Keep deer off runways
Airport operators can keep deer off runways with the new Deer Blocker Deer Fence from Nixalite of America Inc. Deer Blocker Deer Fencing is an alternative to metal and plastic deer fencing. Constructed from UV resistant polyethylene, the fence is strong, light weight, easy to install and virtually invisible from normal viewing distances. For more […]
Eclipse gets pioneer VLJ certification
“I have what may be the most significant piece of paper in America today,” said FAA Administrator Marion Blakey to Eclipse Aviation President and CEO Vern Raburn at this year’s AirVenture. “It opens the way wide for the next generation in aviation.” That piece of paper was the provisional type certificate for the Eclipse 500. […]
LoPresti Fury to be built in New Mexico
“It’s been a long time coming,” said Curt LoPresti, “but we are delighted to announce that a location for the Fury factory has been selected.” The late Roy LoPresti, whose motto was “Life is short. Fly fast,” designed, engineered and built what he thought was the perfect airplane. He called it the Fury. When the […]
Long-time GA pilot tells security officials to answer questions
U.S. Senator James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.), a long-time general aviation pilot, says the FAA “must justify continuance of the Washington, D.C., ADIZ” before his Environment and Public Works Committee will reauthorize it. Inhofe told a gathering at AirVenture that he has called a Sept. 12 meeting which top FAA, Defense Department, Department of Homeland Security […]