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All News

April 13, 2004

Diamond Ready To Show Off New Diamond Star DA40-180FP

Diamond is showing its new Diamond Star DA40-FP this week. This fixed pitch version of the popular DA40-180 Diamond Star addresses the specific requirements of high utilization operators. Diamond is currently conducting target customer focus group sessions to evaluate and finetune the FP. Several flight schools are participating in this process to establish and prioritize their needs and preferences. The FP has been designed specifically to lower both acquisition and operating cost, minimize inspection and maintenance times and maximize dispatch reliability.

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Control Vision Introduces A Pair Of Electronic Flight Bags

Raven Fills Gap Between PDAs and Tablets, Anywhere XP™ Brings EFB Functionality to Tablets/Laptops

Control Vision has taken a bold new step with their product line and they're showing off the results this week. Control Vision Corp. will be previewing the Raven this week -- a new portable computing device for general aviation and Anywhere XP™, a suite of Electronic Flight Bag applications for tablets and laptops. Raven is a completely solid-state handheld computer built by Control Vision with a 6.5-inch diagonal color touch screen. Popular Control Vision applications including Anywhere Map®, Anywhere WX® and Pocket Plates® run on this new large-screen platform using the Windows CE.NET operating system. Additional tools such as checklists and pilots

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Cessna Twin Owners: Another Heads-Up

Owner Organizations Collecting Usage Data

Several owner groups have joined forces to create a new web site, http://twin.cessna.org, to collect usage data for Cessna 300- and 400-series piston twins. The FAA wants this data in order to assess the impact of its proposed Airworthiness Directives that would mandate the installation of a very costly spar strap modification on these aircraft, while the owner groups are hoping that the data will help make the case for substantially relaxing the compliance times that the FAA has proposed (as low as 5,500 hours for some affected models. 

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Cessna 182 Down: South Carolina

Three Dead

A Cessna 182 carrying three people from Aiken Municipal Airport in North Augusta (SC) to Greenville (MS) crashed Monday, killing all on board.

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FAA Launches Online Ice Warning Site

Shows Icing Potential From 3,000 To 18,000 Feet

The government has launched an online warning tool designed to predict inflight icing below flight levels. The program, funded by the FAA's Aviation Weather Research program, was designed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder (CO). It's part of a robust flight forecasting program available at no charge.

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Mooney Delivers Eight Aircraft in 1Q/04

"Building Backlog for Future Delivery"

Mooney Airplane Company, has disclosed that during the first quarter of 2004 is delivered eight new aircraft: six Ovation 2 DX and two Bravo DX models. In addition, the company now claims a backlog of 10 aircraft for future delivery.

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Superior Air Parts Teams Up With Teledyne Mattituck Services

Newest Factory Authorized XP-360 Engine Facility In Mattituck, NY

Teledyne Mattituck Services (TMS) of Mattituck (NY), has been named as the newest authorized engine build and acceptance test-run center for Superior Air Parts' non-certified XP-360 Engine.

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How Much Does THAT One Cost?

Conklin & De Decker Releases Updated Aircraft Cost Evaluator

Conklin & de Decker has released its latest update to the industry standard for operating costs, the Aircraft Cost Evaluator. The handbook/CD ROM software package contains complete and accurate direct costs, fixed costs and annual budgets. Fractional ownership data is included. In addition to the operating costs, the ACEWin+ software contains a library of information with pilot reports, aircraft interior and exterior diagrams drawn to scale, photos and histories.

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ANN Update: Excel-Jet Gets 'Serious' About Certified Light Jet Race

Prototype Now Under Construction

While ANN told you this was coming MONTHS ago, we're pleased to note that the original Maverick TwinJet designer, Bob Bornhofen, is well at work on his latest "Go-Fast" design. In the race among companies offering one of the new fleet of microjets, a virtually unknown new entrant finally chose to go public with a project well on the way to completion.

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