The new Windjammer Folding Bicycle is motorized and capable of speeds over 25 mph on flat roads. The bike, which can carry operators weighing up to 300 pounds, folds into a tight package that fits nicely into most aircraft baggage compartments. Without fuel, the bike weighs 44 pounds. The Windjammer’s 33 cc motor gets up […]
New safety glasses feature interchangeable lenses
Wizard Industries has started to ship Versa Specs, which are ANSI compliant safety glasses with five different interchangeable lenses, including lenses with built-in bifocal reading segments. The new glasses are aimed at people who need to wear safety glasses, but also need reading glasses to read manuals or plans or who need tinted lenses for […]
Dallas Avionics named International Communications Group distributor
International Communications Group (ICG) has named Dallas Avionics as a new distributor for its Iridium satellite communication products. Established in 1973, Dallas Avionics is an international distributor of avionics products. It supports more than 4,000 customers in 115 different countries, with 42 full-time employees, including 14 full-time sales technicians around the world.
Coos Aviation gets an upgrade
Coos Aviation, the only full-service FBO at North Bend Municipal Airport (OTH) in Oregon, is undergoing an extensive remodeling. Expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2006, the remodel includes a new pilots’ lounge, rest area, flight planning room, increased maintenance services and additional jet storage. The added features will supplement existing services […]
FACTS Training expands presence in Southeast
FACTS Training, an emergency procedures and safety training company, will expand into the Southeast by basing one of its corporate aircraft training simulators at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. FACTS has designed and built a fleet of fully mobile cockpit and cabin aircrew emergency procedures simulators. The full motion, mobile simulators provide pilots, flight attendants and […]
Landmark Aviation buys FBO at New York’s Westchester County Airport
Landmark Aviation has acquired Skyport, a full-service FBO at the Westchester County Airport (HPN) in New York. FBO services include fuel, lounges, hangar space, light airframe and engine maintenance, deicing, oxygen and aircraft interior and exterior cleaning. The FBO also will serve as a base for a mobile service team of technicians, available 24/7 for […]
Raytheon appoints West Star Aviation authorized service center
Raytheon Aircraft Co. has appointed West Star Aviation in Grand Junction, Colo., as a Hawker Authorized Service Center. West Star Aviation is a full service FBO specializing in airframe maintenance, engine repair, interior, paint and avionics upgrades for a wide variety of corporate and general aviation aircraft, including Hawker aircraft.
WSI to provide aviation weather over Sirius satellite radio
WSI Corporation is developing a system that will enable aircraft to receive aviation weather information over Sirius Satellite Radio. The new WSI InFlight avionics will be an FAA-certified system, engineered to be compatible with all existing WSI InFlight display devices and installations. The new system will feature a drop-in replacement for the current AV001 antenna […]
Superior Air Parts broadens Millennium cylinder line
Superior Air Parts, Inc. has introduced a new series of FAA approved, direct replacement standard cast Millennium Cylinders for the Continental 470/520/550 engines. The new line of TCM 470/520/540 standard cast Millennium Cylinders will be manufactured by Thielert Aircraft Engines of Hamburg, Germany. “Like all the other Millennium Cylinders, these new standard cast cylinders will […]