In a first for Dynon, customers can now buy pre-assembled packages that deliver FastTrack mounting trays, SkyView modules, and SkyView network cables already mounted and connected.
Aircraft
Picture of the Day: The ultimate toy box
Bob Hayes submitted this photo and note: “This is always a good place to go to get out of the rain storms that come through every year at EAA AirVenture. We can spend the whole day at the EAA Museum in Oshkosh.”
Top 10 best-selling turboprops in 2021
The Pilatus PC-12 was once again the top-selling turboprop, with the TBM 940 and the King Air 350 sharing second place.
Alaska couple lives a pilot’s dream
Andrew and Carri Ann Mueller of Palmer, Alaska, live in a “pilot’s dream” home that gives them a spectacular view of Pioneer Peak, where they can taxi their 1973 Citabria 7GCBC or 1966 PA-18 Super Cub right to their hangar.
Swiss pilots on around-the-world flight make pit stop in Texas
The globe-hopping Diamond DA50 RG will also be part of Premier Aircraft Sales’ exhibit during the US Aircraft Expo, March 4-5, at Addison Airport (KADS) in Addison, Texas.
Take a trip back to World War II in Panchito
For one day only, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, “Panchito,” will be giving rides at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM) in Florida.
Picture of the Day: A family at play
Dale Weir in his Cessna 170B for a flight around the neighborhood. At the same time, Dale’s son Ryan Weir happened to be flying his Cessna 180, giving an out-of-town guest a scenic tour of the neighborhood. Ryan’s passenger in the back seat, Shannon Beaty, visiting from Anchorage, Alaska, captured Dale’s 170B over the Enumclaw Plateau.
FAA adds weather reporting stations across Alaska
The FAA has started installing eight new Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) across Alaska to provide weather conditions to pilots before they take to the skies.
Blue Line Aviation opens new facility at KJNX
The new facility at Johnston Regional Airport (KJNX) in Smithfield, North Carolina, features a new DA40/DA42 convertible Diamond simulator.