Elliott Aviation recently received the company’s first STCs for multiple interior modifications designed to convert a corporate interior to an AeroMed Air Ambulance configuration – complete with a Spectrum bed and patient loading system — in a Hawker 700A. All necessary modifications, fabrications and certifications were completed for easy conversion of the corporate interior into […]
Aircraft Spruce adds trio of books detailing first century of flight
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty has added a three-volume work on the history of aviation to it growing list of aviation products. All three are titled “Aviation Century” and the three subtitles are “The Early Years,” “The Golden Years,” and “World War II.” The first volume focuses on the period from 1900 to 1939, covering the […]
Lancair Certified Aircraft launches new website
Lancair certified aircraft launched its redesigned website, FlyColumbia.com, April 1. The site provides up-to-date content on all aspects of the high performance Columbia 350 and 400 certified aircraft. In addition to expected features, the new site also includes provisions to download images of the aircraft, as well as complete pilot information manuals for each model. […]
Flight Explorer enhances weather options
Flight Explorer, a provider of Internet-based, real-time global flight tracking information, reporting and display products, has enhanced its weather options. Weather information, which comes from a number of sources, including the National Weather Service, allows users to display and animate the weather to see storm system movement and direction. Flight Explorer Professional makes available more […]
‘The Oklahoma Aviation Story’ debuts
The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission (OAC) has released “The Oklahoma Aviation Story,” a new historical retrospective sponsored by the commission and produced by the Oklahoma Heritage Association. The OAC commissioned the book to celebrate the 100th year of powered flight and to promote awareness of Oklahoma’s rich aviation heritage. Authors include Keith Tolman, Kim Jones, Carl […]
Air Plains designated a Cessna Service Station
Air Plains has been designated an authorized Cessna Service Center. The Wellington, Kan., company has factory-direct access to Cessna for its full line of single engine aircraft parts, as well as a complete line of aftermarket and remanufactured parts that fit many general aviation aircraft. For more information: 800-752-8481.
Make flying safer with Mountain High’s FADOC
Make flying safer and more comfortable with the Mountain High Aviation Oxygen MH EDS O2D2 Pulse Demand FADOC oxygen delivery system. “Our trademarked FADOC is a take off on the FADEC (full authority digital engine control) concept,” explains Robert Jamieson, Mountain High’s marketing director. “Our FADOC is ‘Full Authority Digital Oxygen Control.’” The unit is […]
Travel around the world — without leaving your desktop
Now you can fly around the world without leaving your computer, courtesy of NASA. Indeed, you can see Earth from space and zoom all the way down to street level, just by downloading World Wind at Worldwind.arc.nasa.gov. World Wind lets you zoom into space, fly around the globe, dive to the surface, track volcanic plumes, […]
Tom Davis Education Center opens at Sun ‘n Fun
The new Davis Education Center is ready for visitors. “We’ve been planning the center for years and it’s exciting to see it finally come to fruition,” said John Burton, president of Sun ‘n Fun. The center is the focal point of year-round education programs, both for young people and adults, on the Sun ‘n Fun […]