Statistics from insurance company Avemco show the King Practical Risk Management courses reduce the losses of Avemco’s insured pilots, says Jim Lauerman, Avemco’s chief underwriting officer and executive vice president. “After two full years of monitoring the results, the numbers have become statistically significant,” he said. “This is a real win-win situation. Our customers are […]
Chelton EFIS chosen for Paris Jet
When Your Aircraft Source decided to launch a refurbishment program using the MS-760 Paris Jet, they decided that the appropriate upgrade for the panel would be a Chelton EFIS. Paris Jet production, located at Calhoun Airport near Atlanta, has remanufactured 20 copies of the rugged, aerobatic, four-place light twin. Their first issue was introduced at […]
All Weather launches AWOS Net
All Weather, Inc. has launched AWOS Net, an aviation weather web server to provide fully integrated, remote displays of FAA certified weather data over a vast array of network environments, including the Internet. All AWOS Net data elements are fully FAA certified, including wind speed and direction, visibility, temperature/dew point, humidity, cloud height, and pressure. […]
New Ready Ratchet stores sockets in handle
Ready Products introduces the new Ready Ratchet, which stores sockets in a snap-in locking socket tray in the handle. Manufactured from composite materials with a contoured handle, the Ready Ratchet exceeds national specifications for torque, making it ideal for aircraft maintenance applications. A quick release cap keeps the sockets secure when not in use. The […]
Adam Aircraft moves toward full certification
Adam Aircraft now expects full production certification of its A500 in-line piston twin late this year. Type certification of the A700 twin jet will follow “sometime next year,” said CEO Rick Adam at this year’s Oshkosh AirVenture. The A500 has its type certification, but is limited to daytime VFR flight, three occupied seats and no […]
The next Epic moment: a jet
“We seem to do this on a regular basis,” said Rick Schrameck as he unveiled his company’s Epic Jet mockup at Oshkosh. Indeed. Only two years ago the Epic LT turboprop was nothing more than a cardboard display. Last year it flew to Oshkosh. This year the first Epic customer flew his LT to the […]
Out of the closet: Honda’s jet
In the beginning, the HondaJet didn’t exist, according to those in North Carolina who, as it turned out, were building it. Then, when it was rolled out and flown late last year, it was shrugged off by Honda as strictly a technology exercise and a test-bed for the company’s HF-118 fanjet engine, also described as […]
Change is in the air
With so much happening in GA these days, we’ve decided that we need more room for up-to-the minute news as well as in-depth features. That’s why we are instituting a new schedule for our columnists. Don’t look for Ask Paul, Visser’s Voice or the Art Report in this issue. That’s because we had so much […]
Ford re-signs as Young Eagles chairman
Harrison Ford has signed on for another two years as chairman of the Young Eagles. The actor and pilot has chaired the program since 2003 and given more than 200 young people their first exposure to flight as a volunteer pilot.