Elliott Aviation has received an STC to install Honeywell’s Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS) in the Beechjet 400A. RAAS offers a safety enhancement to Honeywell’s Mark V Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) and can be added to existing or new installations, providing improved situational awareness to help prevent runway incursions. The system utilizes […]
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty becomes official sponsor of Phantom Racer
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty, which was a part of the Phantom Air Racer from the beginning as a source of parts and materials, has become an official on-going sponsor of the new and radical biplane. Tom Abele, who was part of the original design team, flew the aircraft in the 2003 Reno Air Races after […]
And the winner is… Cessna 195
Sporty’s customers have spoken. Nearly 10,000 votes were cast in an online poll choosing the Cessna 195 as the airplane to adorn Sporty’s 2005 limited edition Crystal Christmas Ornament. This was the first year customers chose the featured aircraft. They showed they were traditionalists by choosing the Cessna 195 over the Cirrus SR22, the Spruce […]
Elite Aerospace now authorized service center for Hughes Treitler products
Elite Aerospace, Inc. in Miramar, Fla., has been named an authorized service center for Hughes Treitler heat transfer products from AMETEK Aerospace. For more information: 954-430-3005.
New DVD on Sportsman 2+2 available
Glasair Aviation has developed a new DVD video presentation featuring its Sportsman 2+2. Filmed and edited by Scott Guyette and Robb McAllister of EAA’s television department, the 18-minute program features air-to-air footage, showing the aircraft on floats, regular tires and tundra tires. Viewers get to see the Sportsman taking off and landing as a trike, […]
Another propeller option for Husky available
Aviat Aircraft has secured STC rights to offer a new propeller option for the Husky. Up to this point, the Husky has been produced with a 76-inch, two-blade Hartzell propeller. Now it is possible to order a new aircraft with an 82-inch MT composite propeller. The new blade creates more thrust, which in turn provides […]
New software debuts for aerospace engineers
ASM International and Granta Design recently unveiled an information-management system designed to give aerospace engineers clear insight into previously unmanageable amounts of materials data. GRANTA MI is an enterprise-wide software system for the creation, tracking, qualification and management of materials information. Historically, critical materials information has not been readily available to aerospace engineers due to […]
NORDAM to move it European HQ to Toulouse, France
The NORDAM Group will move its European headquarters from the Netherlands to Toulouse, France, considered the aerospace center of Europe, the company announced during the Paris Air Show. The move will bring NORDAM closer to its European original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers, said Ken Lackey, CEO and president of the Tulsa, Okla.-based company. Alain Poupin, […]
Analyze this: New balancer unit creates better maintenance solutions
The New ACES Model 2020HR Turbo ProBalancer Analyzer and the 2015 ProBalancer offer a choice of user-friendly features. The 2015 ProBalancer combines the economy of an entry-level balancer with spectrum analysis capabilities not typically available in an entry-level instrument. The New 2020HR Turbo ProBalancer Analyzer, with its two-channel simultaneous inputs makes performing twin engine propeller […]