Cessna Aircraft Co. is now offering new seat options for its existing fleet of Caravans. “The new seats offer added comfort and seat functionality for passengers compared to the factory-installed seats,” said Peter Wilkinson, vice president of Cessna’s Parts Distribution. “The seat height will allow passengers a better view. They also include optional tray tables, […]
Miller introduces wall-mounted fume extractor
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. introduces the new FILTAIR SWX-series of wall-mount welding fume extractors, featuring Miller’s nanofiber filter technology. Available in either the self-cleaning SWX-S model or the disposable filter SWX-D model, the SWX-series allows companies to improve air quality and protect employees without cluttering their shop floors, Miller officials said. Like the mobile FILTAIR […]
Boeing’s past meets its future
The Boeing Co.’s latest addition to its line of airplanes, the 787 Dreamliner, caught up to its ancestor, a Boeing Model 40, May 8 in the skies over Mount Rainier south of Seattle. The fully restored 1928 vintage Boeing Model 40, owned and flown by Addison Pemberton of Spokane, Wash., is the only flyable Model […]
WACO ‘D’ model gets FAA nod
WACO Classic Aircraft Corp. of Battle Creek, Michigan, has received FAA approval of the new WACO YMF 5-D model, featuring 300-hp Engine; MT elliptical tip propeller; standard JPI EDM-930 Color engine analyzer; Garmin glass panel IFR instrument packages; upgraded landing gear design; new inner cowl vents; new circuit breaker location and panel; new instrument panel […]
Hartzell prop chosen for new Korean four-place plane
Hartzell Propeller Inc. has been selected by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to supply its in-development KC-100 aircraft with Hartzell’s ASC-II propellers, as well as its S-Series propeller governors. Hartzell will supply the first propeller systems for the KC-100 program this summer. KAI, which began development on its first general aviation program in June 2008, expect […]
Air Zoo to unveil WASP exhibit
On May 28, the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Mich., will open “Fly Girls of World War II,” a traveling exhibit that showcases the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). The exhibit, created by WASP Deanie Parrish and her daughter, Nancy Parrish, of Wings Across America, shines a light on the contributions the WASP […]
Wings of Dreams to mark D-Day anniversary
Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum will mark the 66th anniversary of D-Day Normandy at its first monthly fly-in and drive-in breakfast at Florida’s Keystone Heights Airport (42J) on Saturday, June 5, from 8 to 11 am. Displays and a short program will commemorate June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in history and the sacrifices […]
B&S Aircraft celebrates 45th anniversary
B&S Aircraft Parts & Accessories, an AMETEK company, celebrates 45 years of providing maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for aircraft accessories, parts and components. The list of aircraft flying with B&S overhauled components includes virtually every type from the legacy Cessna 100-series up to the B-1 Lancer bomber, according to officials with the Wichita-based […]
Vintage aircraft fly in to Museum of Flight
Locally owned military aircraft will land at The Museum of Flight in Seattle on Memorial Day weekend for the annual Cascade Warbirds Fly-In, Saturday, May 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The collection allows visitors to view a wide variety of meticulously restored vintage military aircraft representing several nations’ armed forces from World War […]