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All News

July 28, 2011

Using Manual Flaps Has Become ... EZ

An Elegantly Simple Solution To An Older-Airplane Problem

If you fly an airplane with manual flaps where you have to reach down to pull the flap handle, this is a must have for you. Bill Berle has developed a very simple solution to an age old aviation problem.

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SMA Improves Their Jet-A Piston Offerings

Company Hopes To Enter The OEM Market Next Year

The SMA SR305-230E diesel engine for general aviation, developing 230 shaft horsepower (SHP), was certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on January 24, 2011. The SR305-230E logged 2,500 hours of ground and flight testing for this certification program. Based on the results of these tests, SMA guarantees Time Between Overhauls (TBO) of 2,000 hours, plus excellent dispatch reliability right from service entry, which is scheduled for early 2012.

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Diamond Aircraft Appoints Distributors For Midwest, California

Sales And Service Net Grows In Several States

Diamond Aircraft is expanding its sales and service network with the appointment of Diamond Regional Distribution Centers in northern California and the central U.S. states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North and South Dakota.

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Journey To AirVenture Contest Still Wide Open

Vid With The Most Votes Will Win An NFlightcam

The "Video Your Journey to Airventure" contest ends Friday, and NFlightcam tells ANN "We need YOUR videos!" 

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Aviation Association Leaders Present A Unified Front At AirVenture

Call On Every Individual In Aviation to Contact Elected Officials ASAP In Response To Attack On Aviation Industry

Leaders from seven aviation industry organizations sat together at the EAA Welcome Center on Wednesday afternoon to discuss critical concerns on the Federal and State legislative fronts that were consistently referred to as some of the greatest threats the aviation industry has ever faced.

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Lycoming Finds Silver Lining In Cloudy Economic Forecasts

"Focus On Four Cylinder" Campaign Emphasizes The LSA Market

In a sign that things may be picking up a bit in the aviation industry, Lycoming's vice president and general manager Mike Kraft said at an AirVenture press briefing Monday that the company is seeing increased orders from OEM manufacturers and a measureable upturn in general aviation. Kraft also stated that Lycoming now has over 100 authorized service centers in the USA, Canada, and certain Pacific Rim countries.

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Aero-Analysis: FAA Divests Its Interest In GA

Could GA Return The Favor?

The fact that the FAA has been temporarily crippled begs the question “Could general aviation survive without FAA oversight as we currently know it?” Looking around the landscape for a comparable surrogate finds the Light Sport Aircraft category doing quite well left to its own devices.

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Avidyne Joins Growing List Of Connected-Pilot Partners

Jumps Into The Open-Architecture Pool With Aspen, Honeywell, Jeppessen, Others

Avidyne announced Tuesday they are collaborating with Aspen Avionics of Albuquerque and a growing number of parterns to develop new products that are enabled to take advantage of Aspen’s new Connected Panel technology. The two companies previously announced and are currently developing an interface between Avidyne’s DFC90 digital autopilot and Aspen’s EFD1000 flight display system.

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March 2010 Hilton Head Accident May Have Been Caused By Previous Damage

NTSB Says Airplane Had "Likely" Suffered A 'Previously Undocumented Propeller Strike'

That Lancaire which went down in March, 2010 in Hilton Head, fatally injuring a man jogging on the beach during the emergency landing, turns out to have likely suffered damage to its propeller and crankshaft sometime before the accident, according to the NTSB's probable cause report.

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Julie Filucci And Jack Pelton Launch New Book

Signing Copies Of 'Together We Fly: Voices From the DC-3' At AirVenture

Julie Filucci was joined by former Cessna CEO Jack Pelton on a rainy Wednesday morning at AirVenture to sign copies of her new book "Together We Fly: Voices From the DC-3." Pelton wrote the forward for the book

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Czech Republic Introduces Two New Aircraft

One LSA, One Workhorse Twin Coming From The Former SSR

There seems to be a lot of GA activity in the Czech Republic, at least in the LSA segment of the market anyway. Tomark Aero has introduced a new 2-place light sport aircraft. The aircraft is all metal with side-by-side seats, dual controls, a vertical rising canopy and fixed landing gear.

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