AirShares Elite New England, part of the leading shared aircraft ownership program, has expanded operations to T.F. Green Airport (PVD) in Providence, R.I. AirShares Elite Providence is located at Horizon Aviation at the northwest ramp. The GA fractional ownership program features Cirrus SR22 planes. For more information:
PartsBase introduces silent online aircraft parts auctions
PartsBase, Inc. introduces its online “e-Silent auction.” The e-Silent auctions provide the opportunity to sell large aviation surplus inventories via a closed email bidding system on the PartsBase.com website. The first of several planned auctions, held in late June, featured a large lot of Boeing, McDonnell and V2500 engine parts, airframe, rotables and expendables from […]
Wicks Aircraft Supply opens West Coast facility
Wicks Aircraft Supply, a leading supplier of aircraft parts and materials, is opening a West Coast facility at the Arlington Sport Aviation Park, in Arlington, Wash., home to the EAA’s second largest fly-in. Wicks hosted a grand opening celebration of the new facility during the Arlington Fly-In, July 5-9. The company has had a phone […]
Landmark Aviation becomesBLR Aerospace dealer
Landmark Aviation has signed an agreement with BLR Aerospace to become an authorized dealer for the Everett, Wash.-based aerospace research and development firm. The arrangement allows five Landmark Aviation locations, previously designated as Raytheon Authorized Service Centers, to install winglets designed, certified and manufactured by BLR on King Air 200 aircraft. For more information:
Personalize your logbook
Sporty’s Pilot Logbook can now be ordered to include a custom plaque with the pilot’s name. The plaque can accommodate two lines of up to 15 characters each. The Senior Pilot’s Flight Log includes 32 total columns. Seven blank columns allow the pilot to customize the logbook to meet individual requirements or to make additional […]
Aircraft Spruce introduces2006-2007 catalog
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty’s 2006-2007 catalog includes a wide range of new, aviation-related products intended to assist homebuilders, restorers, people maintaining GA aircraft and pilots with virtually any type of mission profile. Included are basic construction materials like fiberglass and foam, T-6 aluminum, 4130 steel tube or plate, Sitka spruce, Ceconite and aircraft grade plywood, […]
Miller Electric and Weldcraft toshowcase products, providewelding demos at AirVenture
Visitors to Miller Electric’s booths at this year’s AirVenture will have the opportunity to see and participate in MIG and TIG welding and plasma cutting demonstrations. Also on hand will be the Miller 75th anniversary Chopper, built by Orange County Choppers on the TLC hit show American Chopper, as well as the latest Miller welding […]
TravelScoot: An easier way to get around
Does a walking problem prevent you from flying into places where ground transportation is not available? Until now electric mobility scooters were far too heavy and way too bulky to fit in small airplanes. Hardy Huber, builder of one of the first Wheeler Express composite fourseaters, has changed that. His TravelScoot is the world’s lightest […]
A Field Guide to Airplanes
You are on the grounds at AirVenture — or any other air show — and trying to impress your traveling companion with your aircraft knowledge. Your companion points to a particular aircraft and asks what it is. You have no idea. You can avoid this particularly nasty form of aviation embarrassment by carrying “A Field […]