A free Millermatic Series MIG Welding Buyer’s Guide from Miller Electric Manufacturing Co. is now available. The guide answers frequently asked customer questions and includes a detailed description of Miller’s full line of all-in-one MIG welders. New to the line is the Millermatic Passport all-in-one MIG arc welding power source, wire feeder, self-contained shielding gas […]
Raisbeck’s ZR LITE System FAA certification now includes West Star Aviation’s RVSM system
Raisbeck Engineering’s ZR LITE Performance System for the Learjet 35/36 fleet has been FAA-approved with West Star Aviation’s Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) System. No changes to the West Star RVSM installation are required for any of the Raisbeck Systems, and previously equipped RVSM airplanes also need no updates when installing the ZR LITE System. […]
Tempest debuts spin-on oil filter
Aero Accessories, manufacturers of the Tempest brand of dry air pumps, pneumatic components and fuel pumps, has launched a new line of aviation spin-on oil filters. Branded the Tempest Original Aviation Spin-on Oil Filter, it debuts an improved version of an oil filter design. The full size filter design incorporates several features, including thickest can […]
Aviator, writer and editor Edwards Park dies
Edwards Park, best known to pilots for his contributions to “Air & Space” magazine and for his book about flying a P-39 in World War II New Guinea, died Feb. 12 from complications following a fall. He was 87. Park was a founding editor of “Smithsonian” magazine. Including his frequent contributions to Smithsonian publications after […]
Navajo back away from Utilicraft deal
The Navajo Nation withdrew its previously announced financial support of the Utilicraft twin turboprop cargo plane in mid-February. The Navajo Economic Development Committee made the decision on the advice of two New Mexico state agencies, one of which, the state’s Economic Development Department, had brought the two parties together in the first place. However, according […]
Jury hits Lycoming with $96 million judgment
The $96 million verdict of a Texas jury against Textron Lycoming has left two Dallas lawyers crowing, Lycoming in dead silence, and much of the aviation industry wondering how 12 country folk came to know so much about engineering. The case concerned a back-and-forth legal battle between Lycoming and Interstate Southwest Ltd., supplier of the […]
Buy and fly on eBay with the click of a mouse
Fly-ins, swap meets and aviation supply shops aren’t the only place you can get those hard to find items for your aviation wants and needs. eBay, the online auction house, is another venue for locating aviation collectibles, artwork, clothing, headsets, books and even vintage cockpit instruments. All it takes is a little luck, a little […]
From gliders to flight simulators, the Northwest Aviation Conference had it all
The fog was so thick the geese were walking and there was a new $5 admission fee, but neither seemed to keep pilots, mechanics and aviation buffs away from the Northwest Aviation Conference Feb. 25-27 in Puyallup, Wash. The show has been attracting pilots from all over the northwest for more than 20 years. If […]
There is nothing new under the sun… or is there?
Sometimes the scariest part of a night flight is taxiing back to the hangar – especially when the taxiway isn’t lighted. Airports, especially smaller ones, have to balance lighting needs with economic realities. Often that means using low-cost methods of marking taxiways for low-light conditions, such as placing reflectors on the surface or on short […]