After buying all the rights to the Drifter series of light aircraft kits, Lockwood Aircraft has been delivering kits, but also evaluating the design. Drifter is widely known as a hard-working recreational aircraft and a common use is flying on floats. With a new change, Lockwood Aircraft officials say they have noticeably improved the flight […]
Aircraft Spruce offers holiday shopping
Aircraft Spruce has a selection of portable GPS, pilot supplies, headsets, avionics, instruments, wheels, tires, oil, filters, books, DVDs, and aviation software — more than 60,000 product relating to aviation for those on your holiday gift lists. Within the Pilot Supply section of its website, a gift section is available where products are sorted by […]
Ironshore enters aviation insurance market
Ironshore Specialty Co. is entering the aviation insurance market, according to a report at BusinessInsurance.com. The story notes that Ironshore will offer coverage to general aviation, airlines, aviation manufacturers, airports, aviation refuelers, FBOs, and corporate aircraft.
Customizable tire gauge set debuts
Tool Testing Lab has introduced a customizable wide-range tire pressure gauge set. In all applications, tire pressure is important for optimum performance and tread life. This is especially true in aviation, where tires are often critically stressed and where underinflation can cause total failure of the tire or even of the wheel, company officials note. […]
Shine on with Peek Metal Polish
Peek Metal Polish, which can be used for cleaning and polishing stainless steel, aluminum leading edges and nose cones, is now available at Aircraft Spruce. The polish also restores tired-looking paint surfaces and removes scratches from Perspex windscreens and helicopter bubbles, Aircraft Spruce officials note. It is available in a 100ml tube, 500g mousse, and […]
Instrument Ground School gets HD makeover
ASA’s Instrument Pilot Virtual Test Prep has been updated. The course includes more than 10 hours of all-new HD video footage on standard definition DVD and high definition Blu-ray Discs. The course includes in-flight demonstrations, 3D animated graphics, instructor discussions, and talks with industry experts. The package also includes test preparation software with all the […]
Air traffic glitch should have been minor
The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, AFL-CIO (PASS), the union that represents FAA technicians, has expressed “extreme concern” about the resolution process in reaction to Thursday’s outage of the Federal Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI). The outage occurred due to a corrupt router card for the FTI server at the Salt Lake Center in Utah and had a […]
FAA breaks ground on NextGen Research Park
The FAA recently broke ground on a new research park dedicated to NextGen technologies. The agency is leasing 55 acres of land to the South Jersey Economic Development District to build an Aviation Research and Technology Park, which will sit adjacent to the FAA’s William J. Hughes Technical Center just outside of Atlantic City, N.J. […]
Top 10 things FSS wants pilots to know
The folks who work for Lockheed Martin Flight Services recently issued a list of the Top 10 things they wish pilots knew. And with the recent announcement that the company is closing its Flight Service Stations in Columbia, Mo., Honolulu, Kankakee, Ill., Lansing, Mich., Nashville, Seattle, and St. Petersburg, Fla., beginning in February, knowing what’s […]