Pacific Coast Avionics has acquired an adjacent hangar and effectively doubled its square footage to more than 15,000 square feet at the Aurora State Airport in Oregon. The major reason for the acquisition was to provide additional space for the Avionics Install Shop, according to company officials. The new hangar will enable the avionics shop […]
Avidyne and Heads Upadd options for in-flight entertainment
Avidyne Corp. and Heads Up Technologies, Inc., now offer a new option to add XM music, news, sports and entertainment audio programming to both new and existing Avidyne EX500 multi-function displays (MFDs) with XM WX Satellite Weather datalink. Featuring Heads Up Technologies’ XMC050 Bluetooth wireless remote control and display, the XM audio option lets pilots […]
Hillsboro Aviation to complete Bell JetRanger for Chicago police
Hillsboro Aviation, Inc., was recently awarded a contract by the City of Chicago Police Department to complete a new Bell 206-B3 JetRanger Helicopter. The JetRanger will complement an existing LongRanger IV that was acquired from the Chicago Fire Department earlier this year and is currently being retrofitted by Hillsboro Aviation. The JetRanger completion, scheduled to […]
Raisbeck Engineering expands dealer network
Raisbeck Engineering has appointed four new installation centers as authorized Raisbeck King Air dealers: Hillaero Modification Center in Lincoln, Neb.; Superior Aircraft Maintenance in Medford, Ore.; Professional Aircraft Maintenance in Bakersfield, Calif.; and MCA Aviation in England. For more information:
AVMATS and LoPresti team to tackle Hawker 700 lighting problem
AVMATS, which provides maintenance for corporate aircraft, has combined forces with LoPresti Aviation to deliver LoPresti Boom Beams to Hawker 700 Series “Legacy” aircraft. LoPresti Boom Beams are standard on every Cirrus Design, Adam Aircraft and Lancair aircraft and are a factory standard option on the Hawker 800 series. “The Boom Beam fixes a critical […]
Assure the safety of auto fuel used in your airplane
With more states welcoming and even mandating ethanol in motor fuels for automobiles, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) offers a new alcohol test kit. For more than 30 years, EAA’s auto fuel STCs for a variety of manufactured aircraft have saved aircraft owners money by allowing them to use unleaded auto fuel. The addition of […]
Championship Aviation (CNO): ASouthern California destinationwith no landing or ramp fee
Championship Aviation is located in the Inland Empire of Southern California, at the Chino Airport. Its 7,000 foot runway is available to all type of aircraft. Another convenience is the absence of noise restrictions, with no landing or ramp fees. In addition to their long standing maintenance operation, Championship Aviation offers competitively priced Jet-A from […]
Klein Tools introduces two ratcheting cable cutters
Klein Tools is introducing two new heavy-duty ratcheting cable cutters for larger capacities. Both cable cutters feature a high leverage ratchet mechanism that makes it easier to single-handedly cut copper and aluminum cables without leaving burrs or sharp edges. Klein ratcheting cable cutters are compact in design for confined work spaces. A quick release opens […]
Duncan Aviation installs first AirCell Axxess System in a Falcon 2000
Duncan Aviation, an authorized AirCell dealer, recently completed and certified the installation of the AirCell Axxess system in a Dassault Falcon 2000. The Duncan Aviation installations and engineering teams worked with AirCell to develop the STC for the first time installation of this all-new, multi-channel, wireless and broadband-ready satcom system. This installation included the standard […]