True Blue Power Introduces 2,000-watt, High-power Inverter

True Blue Power announced the company has added a 2000-watt inverter to its line of power solutions. The new TI2000 DC-to-AC Inverter provides wall outlet power to cabin and galley equipment, including personal electronic devices (PEDs), entertainment and gaming systems, microwave ovens, and coffee makers. It is ideal for VIP cabin configurations, special missions and emergency medical equipment. The 2,000-watt inverter is smaller, more efficient and weighs only 7.7 pounds; it is 50% lighter than competing units. FAA TSO/EASA ETSO certified and RTCA DO-160G qualified, the TI2000 is manufactured in an AS9100C-certified facility and designed with input transien

The Alpha Will Move Items Up To 4,500 Pounds…

Best Tugs introduced a new model at AirVenture 2017. Mark Patey, the owner of Best Tugs, told Aero-News CEO and Editor in Chief Jim Campbell that the new tug has all the digital technology that is available on their other tugs, but at a lower price. According to the company's website, the Alpha will move items up to 4,500 pounds. Its pivoting design allows the operator to turn and move the plane without picking up and adjusting the tug...

Once In A While, You CAN Fight City Hall

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Desert Jet Center has been trying since 2015 to build a new facility at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Palm Springs, CA, but has run into multiple delays, and now believes the county is actively favoring a competing FBO in what it describes as "cronyism". Desert Jet Center signed a 35-year lease with the Riverside County on October 6, 2015. Almost immediately, the airport manager received a complaint from the competing FBO on the field saying that Desert Jet Center had to make an expensive improvement

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The NTSB is now offering public details of the alleged collision between a hobby drone and a US Army Blackhawk, including the fact that the drone pilot has been located... “The NTSB is investigating the Sept. 21 collision between a civilian drone and an Army UH-60 helicopter east of Staten Island, New York. At approximately 7:20 p.m. Sept. 21, the drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle, and the helicopter collided.  The Army helicopter sustained damage to its main rotor blade, window frame and transmiss

“Pilots fly all over the world communicating with ATC, but how often are they not able to understand an instruction? This (AI) is a way to utilize technology to account for confusing speech patterns or instructions, and convert them to a highly accurate digital record.” Source: Kristin Zaccheo, director of integration and alliances at Boeing’s Digital Aviation and Analytics Division.

An airway is based on a centerline that extends from one navigation aid or intersection to another navigation aid (or through several navigation aids or intersections); used to establish a known route for en route procedures between terminal areas.

American Helicopter Services & Aerial Firefighting Association

The American Helicopter Services & Aerial Firefighting Association (AHSAFA) is a nonprofit trade association organized for the purpose of promoting and advancing the common interest and welfare of companies engaged in forest and wildland aerial firefighting and other commercial aviation activities.