Marking the completion of the Sierra/Garmin Citation I “glass panel” retrofit program, the FAA has approved Sierra Industries’ Supplemental Type Certificate, which allows the installation of the three-screen digital flight deck suite in all Cessna Citation 501 model aircraft, utilizing the same displays as the well-known Garmin G1000 system. The G501SP flight deck includes individual […]
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Glendale Aero Services opens at GEU
Executive Aircraft Maintenance (EAM) of Scottsdale, Ariz., has opened Glendale Aero Services, a full service FBO at the Glendale Municipal Airport (GEU). In addition to maintenance and fuel, the FBO offers a full array of customer services including concierge services rental cars, crew car, catering, pilot/flight planning lounge and aircraft storage. Future plans include construction […]
Piaggio delivers 100th Avanti in US
Piaggio Aero Industries has delivered its 100th Piaggio Aero P.180 Avanti aircraft in the United States. The centennial aircraft, serial #1216, was recently delivered to the company’s biggest customer, Avantair Inc., based in Clearwater, Florida, who operates the world’s largest fleet of Piaggio Aero aircraft. The latest P.180 Avanti II aircraft acquisition takes its fleet […]
Rainier Flight Service expands
Rainier Flight Service has expanded its Renton, Wash., location. Improvements include an integrated online scheduling and billing system and a fleet expansion to five aircraft, including three Cessna 172s, one of which is a G1000. The school also has installed a Redbird SD Advanced Aviation Training Device. The Redbird can be configured to simulate a […]
Tempest premieres engine preservation video
With winter rapidly approaching, aircraft owners are wondering how to preserve their engine during those idle months. Tempest has prepared a video that demonstrates the benefits of its Tempest AA1000 EPS, which reduces corrosion in your engine by reducing the humidity level. You can see the video here.
Control Rod Rigger debuts
Now available is the Control Rod Rigger, a new tool that allows mechanics to duplicate the length of any AN-3 through AN-6 control rod to ± .005 when changing worn rod ends. Using this tool will eliminate poorly measured control rods requiring aircraft re-rigging, said company officials, who note “the tool is easy to use, and satisfaction […]
PilotMall.com kicks off headset trade-in program
PilotMall.com has unveiled a new method for customers to obtain their headset of choice with the launch of a new headset trade-in program. It allows any customer to trade in an old headset model after purchasing one of the qualifying new models and receive a credit toward their purchase. New qualifying headset models for the […]
Greenwich Aerogroup forms financial services division
In today’s economy, financial institutions vary widely in their financing criteria and flexibility in regards to loans and leases for aircraft. That’s one reason Greenwich AeroGroup has established Greenwich AeroGroup Financial Services to provide finance and leasing options for a variety of general aviation aircraft and rotorcraft. “Today, many private business, commercial, government and military […]
Hawker Beechcraft launches factory completed XPR program
Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support (GCS) has launched its factory-completed Hawker 400XPR and Hawker 800XPR program. GCS will assist customers in locating and purchasing airframes for installation of applicable XPR program updates and any other customer-specific options. This enables customers who do not currently own a Hawker 400 or Hawker 800 aircraft to acquire a […]