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All News

March 27, 2018

Microcrane Aircraft Maintenance Hoist Introduced

Battery-Powered Small Portable Lifting Equipment Can Lift Up To 2,000 Pounds

Microcranes, Inc. introduces the ISO Certified pick and carry M1 Global Model Microcrane. The company focuses on developing, producing and distributing eco-friendly battery powered or electric, small, portable lifting equipment for repairing, installing and maintenance. The M1 Global design fits through 36 in. doorways, narrow aisles and inside elevators, yet expands to boom up to a 22 ft. tip height for installation and repairs of control surfaces, wings, flaps, tails, helicopter engines, rotor gear heads, rotor blades and miscellaneous components in the aviation industry.

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BRS Aerospace Expands Installation Network

For Cessna 172/182 Parachute Recovery System

BRS Aerospace has a number of newly authorized Cessna Parachute System Authorized Installation Centers to handle whole aircraft parachute installations on the large Cessna 172 and 182 single-engine piston powered fleets.

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WAI Concludes Successful Reno Conference

Continued Youth Outreach With Girls In Aviation Day Reno

The 29th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference accomplished its goal to Connect. Engage. Inspire. at Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada, March 22-24, 2018.

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Boeing Delivers World's First 787-10 Dreamliner To Singapore Airlines

Airplane Will Be The Most Efficient Widebody Airplane Flying Today

Boeing and Singapore Airlines today celebrated the delivery of the first 787-10 airplane, the newest and largest member of the Dreamliner family and a jet that will set a new global standard for fuel efficiency.

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California To Vote On California Aerospace And Aviation Commission

Would Consist Of 17 Appointed Members To Engage The Business Industry

LAEDC, an organization dedicated to advancing opportunity and prosperity, is pleased to offer our support for Assembly Bill 427 (Muratsuchi) as it continues its path through California’s state legislature. This bill would establish the California Aerospace and Aviation Commission, a group consisting of 17 appointed members to serve as a central point of contact for businesses engaged in the aerospace industry.

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Gulfstream Aerospace Extends Successful Student Program To DFW

More Than 300 Local Students Participate Each Year

Gulfstream is extending its Student Leadership Program to Dallas-Fort Worth, home of the company's mid-cabin completions facility and a service center. The multicity student program leverages community and business partnerships to introduce high school students to careers in aviation, manufacturing, science, technology, engineering and math.

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Global Drone Camera Market To Reach $19.25 Billion By 2021

Uses Increasing In Military, Commercial, Public Safety Arenas

The first drone equipped with a camera was operated in 1996 for surveillance application. Since then, the cameras in drones have rapidly changed in technology. Nowadays, drones equipped with camera are extensively used cross commercial, military and homeland security end-users for variety of applications. Drones equipped with cameras are used for capturing a bird eye view of any place, videography and photography, thermal imaging and surveillance.

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Airbus Helicopters Strengthens Position As U.K. Market Leader

Has Grown An Average Of 36% Per Year Since 2013

Airbus Helicopters U.K. has defied market conditions with a new high of 14 civil aircraft booked in 2017, demonstrating a year-on-year average growth in the civil market of 36% since 2013. As a result, the company has reinforced its position as U.K. market leader with 46% of the civil and parapublic market. This follows the company’s long-term commitment, made in 2015, to invest in increasing its industrialisation in the U.K.; an Airbus home country.

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Rolls-Royce Lean-Burn Combustion Engine Starts Icing Tests

ALECSys Being Run At Temperatures Down To -20C

Rolls-Royce’s demonstrator engine, featuring a new lean-burn and low-emissions combustion system for future jet engine programs, has started icing tests.

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F-35C Conducts Carrier Qualifications Aboard Lincoln

Completed 140 Traps In Anticipation Of Operational Testing Later This Year

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) completed fleet carrier qualifications (CQ) for the F-35C Lightning II program, marking another milestone for the new aircraft, while underway March 17-21.

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AD: Airbus Airplanes

AD Number: 2018-06-01

PRODUCT: Certain Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes; all Model A330-200 Freighter, -200, and -300 series airplanes; and all Model A340-200, -300, -500, and -600 series airplanes.

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AD: Bombardier, Inc., Airplanes

AD Number: 2018-06-02

PRODUCT: All Bombardier, Inc., Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440), Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700, 701, & 702), Model CL-600-2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705), and Model CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) airplanes.

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AEA Names 2018 Award Winners At Annual Convention In Las Vegas

Efrain Lopez Of Georgetown Instrument Services And Castleberry Instruments & Avionics Is Member Of The Year; Genesys Aerosystems Is Associate Member Of The Year

Two prestigious industry awards were presented during the opening session of the 61st annual Aircraft Electronics Association International Convention & Trade Show at the MGM Grand Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday, March 26.

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NTSB Issues Preliminary Report For Liberty Helicopters Accident

Pilot Said He Provided Safety Briefing That Included Emergency Evacuation Procedure

The NTSB issued its preliminary report Monday for the agency’s investigation of the March 11, 2018, crash of a Liberty Helicopters AS350B2 into the East River, New York. Five of the six people aboard the helicopter died in the accident and the Airbus helicopter was substantially damaged when it impacted the water and subsequently rolled inverted.

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JETTECH Readies STC Release For Garmin G700 TXi

Touchscreen Displays For Citation 500/550/S550/560 Fleet

JETTECH will soon release its STC for a Garmin G700 TXi touchscreen display modification and upgrade for the Citation 500, 550, S550 and 560 aircraft fleet, the company announced at AEA 2018 in Las Vegas.

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FreeFlight Systems Announces Avail Performance Package

Provides A Complete ADS-B Solution For Twin Turboprop Aircraft

NextGen avionics leader FreeFlight Systems announced today that is has launched the Avail Performance Package that provides a cost-effective and complete ADS-B solution for King Air and twin turboprop aircraft. Included in the Avail package is dual 1090 Mode S/ES transponders, a RANGR-RX/G 978 ADS-B receiver with an internal WAAS/GPS, integrated WiFi, and a single control head.

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Latitude President Unveils The ENode

A New Engine Data Acquisition Unit

Taking to the stage following the start of The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) conference in Las Vegas, Latitude president Mark Insley will announce the unveiling of his team's latest innovation.

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Trig’s New ADS-B Express Lane Service

Check In For Fast And Affordable ADS-B

ADS-B experts Trig Avionics are rolling out a new Express Lane service for aircraft owners. This new opportunity provides one of the fastest and most cost effective ways to become ADS-B Out compliant, by using a TT31 transponder.

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ARTEX Launches The ELT 4000 Emergency Locator Transmitter

The First FAA Special Conditions Exempt ELT Available On The Market

ACR Electronics has unveiled the world’s first and only 406 MHz approved non-rechargeable lithium battery special conditions exempt transport-grade alkaline battery-powered solution. The development of the ARTEX ELT 4000 ... featuring an alternative power source to traditional lithium batteries offers OEMs, airlines and operators an ELT that is exempt from FAA non-rechargeable lithium battery special conditions, while introducing significant benefits and savings in the cost of ownership through reduced, acquisition, installation, and maintenance.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (03.27.18)

"I have stood at this podium every year for the last 22 years as the president of this association, and prior to that, I have worked for this great organization since the day I graduated from college nearly 40 years ago. As you might imagine, the AEA is my passion." (Source: AEA president Paula Derks, announcing her retirement at the opening of the 61st Annual AEA Convention in Las Vegas.)

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.27.18): Density Altitude

Pressure altitude corrected for nonstandard temperature. Density altitude is used in computing the performance of an aircraft and its engines.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.27.18)

What Can Vermonters Do About Nuisance Drones?

From the website Seven Days, Ken Picard looks not only at federal laws and regulation governing drone flights, but also some of the specific concerns that residents of Vermont have about the way drones are being used in that state.

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