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All News

April 14, 2010

Aspen Avionics Touts Massive Product Upgrades For 2010

Never-Ending Lineup includes Class III PFD, EA100 Autopilot Attitude Interface, Engine Monitoring and Evolution Backup Display

 Aspen Avionics has filled in the blanks after a series of announcements was made a few days ago during ANN's LIVE Aero-Streaming of AEA2010's exciting New Product Introduction forums. The company has added details about pricing and availability for new products to be released by the company this year.

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Synthetic Vision Coming To Aspen Evolution Flight Displays

Evolution Synthetic Vision Will Be Available In Q1, 2011

Aspen Avionics will be adding Evolution Synthetic Vision to its Evolution 1000 Pro Primary Flight Display (PFD) in Q1, 2011. The feature will be available as a software upgrade to Evolution Flight Displays in the field and an option to new Evolution PFDs from Aspen.

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First PiperSport Now In Customer's Hands

Piper Aircraft President and CEO Kevin J. Gould handed over the keys to the very first PiperSport, light-sport aircraft to three veteran pilots Tuesday.

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Your Android Wants WingX -- And Now It Can Have It

WingX Supports New Motorola DROID

Hilton Software has released WingX for Android.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Wednesday 04.14.10

ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 04.14.10 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 04.14.10 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature: AEA History & Scholarships - 04.14.10 (ANN Special Report, with AEA President Paula Derks)

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U.S., Japanese Space Agencies Team Up For Earth Science

NASA, JAXA Will Combine Satellite Resources To Double Observational Coverage

In a unique collaboration between national space agencies, the United States and Japan began combining elements of their satellite resources on Monday to increase a critical type of Earth observation data.

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Garmin Offering New Products, Services, Rebates

Special Deals Announced On Purchases Made Before June 30

Garmin has chosen this week to announced several new products and rebates, including  Pilot My-Cast in the Android market for smartphones running on the Android platform.

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50th Anniversary Beechcraft Baron Debuts

Hawker Beechcraft is debuting the 50th anniversary Beechcraft Baron G58 this week. The limited edition Baron that incorporates high performance Hartzell Scimitar propellers, elegant interior design features and amenities, and a choice of four distinctive external paint schemes. 

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Appareo Systems Hires Jerry Stromberg As Account Executive

Stromberg Brings 25 Years Of Software And Aviation Experience

Jerry Stromberg has joined Appareo Systems as an account executive on the sales and marketing team. His responsibilities will include supporting Appareo's existing customers and driving the growth of the company's custom engineering services.

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Heritage Aviation Opens New, Full Service FBO

Located at the Burlington, VT Airport, Heritage Aviation Offers 24/7 service

 Heritage Aviation will unveil its brand new, 79,000-square-foot, eco-friendly Fixed Base Operation (FBO) at the Burlington International Airport (BTV) during a celebration to be held on May 20, 2010. The company is proud to offer a full-service facility with 24/7 service at this important international gateway.

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Sierra Long Range Fuel Tank Mod Approved for Soloy Cessna 206 Turbine Upgrades

Sierra Industries has amended its Cessna 206 Long Range Fuel System STC, allowing the installation of the wing tank modification to the turbine engine upgrade from Soloy Aviation Solutions.

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All That Was Old May Be New Again -- The 'Classic' Cub Returns

American Legend Intro's Classic J3 Certified S-LSA

 American Legend Aircraft is introducing the Classic J3. This 'new' aircraft is based on the Legend Cub incorporating numerous safety improving and "slimming" features. It will be S-LSA certified. The Classic J3 will be priced at $94,895.00 complete and ready to fly.

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Classic Aero-TV: Helicycles Aloft -- BJ Schramm's Legacy (Part Two)

Three Guys, Three Helicycles... Way Too Much Fun (Part Two)

See Part One Of This Program   Some years ago, it was my pleasure and privelege to get to know a gentle, sweet man by the name of BJ Schramm. Uncommonly talented in all things rotary-wing related, BJ had a gift for rotors and was a truly great human being, to boot.

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Piper's Malibu/Mirage/Matrix To Get EVS

"Enhanced Vision System" Available Through Company Service Centers/Dealers

Piper Aircraft has selected Forward Vision Systems' EVS-100 and EVS-600 Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS) for installation on the Malibu, Matrix and Mirage models.

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Michelin Expanding NC A/C Tire Plant

Adding Aviation Tire Retreading To Existing New Tire Production And Creates 74 New Jobs

$11.3 Million Dollars... that's what Michelin North America says it will invest iin the expansion of its aviation tire operations in Norwood, N.C. Beginning in the second half of 2010, the company will add aviation tire retreading to its current aviation new tire manufacturing at the site. The project is expected to create 74 new jobs phased in over the next 18 months.

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Boeing To Provide Next-Generation GPS Ground Systems Support To USAF

Company Continues Nearly A Decade Of GPS Ground Support

As part of the Raytheon team awarded the space-based Global Positioning System (GPS) advanced control segment program (OCX), Boeing announced Monday that it will develop portions of the U.S. Air Force's new ground control segment.

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Navy T-39 Downed Near Blue Ridge, Georgia

Three Known Dead, One Missing

 A T-39N Sabreliner went down near Ellijay, Ga., at approximately 1600, April 12th. There were four personnel aboard the aircraft assigned to Training Air Wing Six based out of Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.

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It's Final For Frontier

Republic Airways Announces Branding Decision -- Animals Stay

Republic Airways Holdings has disclosed that the Frontier name and (in)famous “spokesanimals” will be the face of the unified branded airline. The announcement was made Tuesday morning during simultaneous press conferences in Frontier’s hometown of Denver and Midwest’s hometown of Milwaukee.

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NG Officers Praise House For Opposition To Air Force 'Plane Grab'

AF Plan Could Have "Severely" Inhibited Air Guard's Capabilities

Nearly 45,000 National Guard officers are expressing their approval of a bi-partisan congressional effort to turn back an Air Force plan to take C-130 cargo planes from the Air Guard to replace aging active-component aircraft.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.14.10): Cardinal Altitudes

Cardinal Altitudes "Odd" or "Even" thousand-foot altitudes or flight levels; e.g., 5,000, 6,000, 7,000, FL 250, FL 260, FL 270.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.14.10)

Aero-Linx: NASA Ames Ames Research Center, one of 10 NASA field installations, is located in the heart of California's Silicon Valley at the core of the research cluster of high-tech companies, universities and laboratories that define the region's character. With over $3.0 billion in capital equipment, 2,300 research personnel and a $600 million annual budget, Ames' economic impact is significant.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (04.14.10)

"No one in the Air Force can cite a single example when the Air Guard did not show up when called... And we keep asking for examples." Source: A portion of the comments associated with a statement issued by nearly 45,000 National Guard officers who expressed their approval of a bi-partisan congressional effort to turn back an Air Force plan to take C-130 cargo planes from the Air Guard to replace aging active-component aircraft.

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