Smartsoft has released two new versions of its weight and balance software for mobile phones: Flight WTK 2.0 and Flight WTK Lite version. Flight WTK enables pilots to perform weight and balance on their cell phone in as little as 40 seconds. Flight WTK uses a mobile phone as a computing device and runs like […]
AEA and Global Jet Services team to provide training
The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) and Global Jet Services (GJS) have teamed up to offer avionics and aircraft maintenance training with incentives to AEA members. GJS will conduct its aircraft and avionics course offerings for current AEA members and their employees at 15% less than current retail prices. Courses offered include: Initial, Recurrent and Electrical […]
New sunglasses improve cockpit performance
The HDL-3C Sunglass Lens improves pilots’ visual performance in the cockpit. Developed specifically for the aviation industry, HDL-3C filters reduce the light reaching the eye in order to reduce glare, but they also improve the color and color contrast throughout the color spectrum, which improves visual performance. This is particularly effective when flying as it […]
Seawind races towards certification
The Seawind 300C, billed as the world’s fastest seaplane, is racing towards certification. The amphibian, which began as a kit, is going through dual certification in Canada and the U.S. While initial plans had called for certification in 2004, financing issues slowed the process. But those problems are behind the company now, as final funding, […]
Aviation Technologies International unveils new twin design
Not every executive who wants a multiengine aircraft is ready to move into a business jet. Those are the people Aviation Technologies International is targeting with the development of the RT-700, a high-performance, pressurized, cabin class executive piston twin aircraft. The design is eye-catching. The aircraft has a T-tail and a canard on the nose. […]
Goodbye gophers?
Gophers and grass runways can go hand in hand. Airport owners try all sorts of ways to eradicate the rodents, from poison to an all-out assault a la Bill Murray in the movie “Caddyshack.” Jim Thomas, the airport director at Columbia Airport (O22) near Sonora, Calif., is taking a more natural approach by encouraging owls […]
Meigs two years later: From airplanes to Aerosmith?
It has been two years since Mayor Richard M. Daley ordered the midnight demolition of Merrill C. Meigs Field (CGX) in Chicago. The closure came without public notice. Not even the FAA or owners of aircraft based at the airport had any warning. Now the land is slated to become an outdoor event venue – […]
Championship air races slated for Mississippi
Between June 2 and 5, the skies over Tunica, Miss., will be filled with the sounds of great air racers as Unlimiteds, T-6s and Formula One aircraft race for the Tunica Cup. Tunica Municipal Airport (M97) is the venue for the second air racing competition in the world, the other being Reno’s. The race was […]
FAA employees file suit to stop outsourcing of FSS operations
Nearly 800 flight service specialists filed a lawsuit March 31 to stop the FAA from contracting out their jobs. In February, the FAA awarded a $1.9 billion contract to Lockheed Martin to take over operations at the agency’s Automated Flight Service Stations. At that time, Lockheed officials said they planned to close 38 of the […]