Landmark Aviation has entered into a dealership agreement to install the ARINC Direct SKYLink ultra-high speed satellite broadband communication system. ARINC’s SKYLink provides data intensive business applications, including high-speed Internet, email, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), corporate intranet, and Voice Over IP (VoIP) telephone and FAX over IP (FoIP) services. SKYLink coverage, which is currently available […]
Duncan Aviation named authorized ZR LITE installation center
Duncan Aviation is the most recent addition to Raisbeck Engineering’s global network of authorized installation centers for the ZR LITE program. With two main service centers in Lincoln, Neb., and Battle Creek, Mich., Duncan Aviation provides service to the Learjet fleet. Over the years, this service has included the installation of more than seven of […]
Tempest unveils new G2 Mastervision Cap Light
Tempest has unveiled its G2 cap light, an improved version of the G1 original cap light introduced in late 2004, company officials say. Improvements include: a weight of just one ounce, including batteries; engineered to withstand extreme conditions and use; powered by two lithium coin batteries for approximately 75 hours of ultra bright LED light; […]
Bring attitude into your shop
Miller Electric Mfg. Co introduces two new auto-darkening welding helmets with attitudes: The Joker and Camouflage. The Joker portrays a sinister looking jester surrounded by poker chips, cards, dice and an eight ball, while the Camouflage helmet features the Hardwoods Brown high-definition pattern — the No. 1 selling camouflage pattern in the U.S. Available to […]
Evergreen Aviation Museumoffers Summer camps
Evergreen Aviation Museum and the Captain Michael King Smith Educational Institute in McMinnville, Ore., will host four summer day camps where students will have fun learning about the science and history of flight while building gliders, airplanes, rockets and flying radio controlled (RC) aircraft. All of this will take place among the museum’s collection of […]
Records fall in 2005
Last year saw aviation records set that will be hard to beat, if not utterly impossible. The biggest story, which made news all over the world, was Steve Fossett’s non-stop, unrefueled solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, but there were other, less dramatic records set. Most may endure longer, for Fossett […]
Runway closes for construction at Washington’s Western Airpark
Effective July 1, Western Airpark (92W), a privately owned airport in Yelm, Wash., will change from public use to private use, prior permission required. A NOTAM has been issued. The change is a result of pending gas pipeline construction on and in the vicinity of the approach end of runway 27. A new displaced threshold […]
New documentary captures the passion of flight
Trying to explain your passion for aviation to someone who doesn’t share it is a lot like trying to describe being in love to someone who has never been there. Words just can’t convey the depth of the emotion. Brian J. Terwilliger, producer/director of the full length documentary “One Six Right, the Romance of Flying,” […]
Last Van Nuys Air Show held
Some of the attendees of the 43rd annual air show at Van Nuys Airport (VNY) near Los Angeles were stunned to learn that the June 11 event was to be the last one. Rockin’ Airfest 2006 drew upwards of 60,000 people who came to see restored military aircraft and vintage machines. During welcoming remarks, Los […]