Wicks Aircraft Supply now offers Beyerdynamic’s new HS 800 headsets. The headsets utilize Digital Adaptive Noise Reduction (DANR). Using a high-speed clocked microprocessor, the HS 800 combines feedback and feedforward-algorhithms in a digitally controlled system, according to company officials. The HS 800 comes with an audio box and plugs that allow simultaneous connection to intercom, mobile […]
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West Star streamlines app
West Star Aviation has updated its “Experience On Call” app, adding a QR code to make download easier. In addition to being available to download free from the Apple App store, the “Experience On Call” app can be accessed by scanning the QR code, which will be displayed on West Star Aviation literature. “Experience On […]
SPOT Connect goes international
The SPOT Connect App is now available to international customers thanks to an update to the app, which pairs iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch with SPOT Connect, a satellite communications device that allows users to transmit messages via satellite from virtually anywhere in the world. The SPOT Connect device provides connectivity to the Globalstar satellite […]
Levil AHRS ‘mini’ introduced
Levil Technology has released its newest Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS) for mobile devices. The new AHRS-G mini provides pitch and bank information, as well as magnetic heading, inclination, gravity load and yaw rate without any connections to the aircraft’s electrical or vacuum system, according to company officials. The 5 oz. instrument can also provide […]
Hawker Beechcraft teams with AOPA Insurance Agency
Hawker Beechcraft Corp. has formed an alliance with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Insurance Agency (AOPAIA) as the preferred insurance broker for its Beechcraft Barons and Bonanzas in the United States. “We are committed to supplying our piston owners with the highest quality of services available for their aircraft,” said Jim Holcombe, HBC vice […]
Wilson Air Center opens FBO at CHA
Wilson Air Center opened its FBO at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) earlier this month. The facility includes a newly built 9,000-square-foot executive terminal, an office complex, hangar facilities, ramp and self-serve fuel farm. The new terminal includes a lobby complete with fireplace, integrated coffee bar, an executive conference room, and a business center. The facility […]
Hate shipping charges?
Sporty’s has unveiled its Free and Fast Shipping Club, where pilots can pay an annual membership of $49, which covers shipping costs for a year. “If you’re an active pilot, it only takes a few orders for you to recoup your investment,” says Sporty’s Vice President John Zimmerman. “Free shipping applies to any product ranging […]
FlightSafety opens new facility in Oklahoma
FlightSafety International celebrates the grand opening of its new flight simulation training system design, manufacturing and support facility in Broken Arrow, Okla., today. Mary Fallin, Governor of Oklahoma; United States Senator James Inhofe; John Sullivan, United States House of Representatives; and Mike Lester, Mayor of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma are scheduled to speak at the opening […]
Wings over Waukesha takes off this weekend
Officials for the “Wings over Waukesha” air show this weekend at Waukesha County Airport (UES) in Wisconsin have booked four of the top aerobatics performers in the country, including Jim “Fang” Maroney Super Chipmunk aerobatics, John Mohr Stearman barnstorming aerobatics, Dave Dacy-Tony Kazian wingwalking, and Dr. Bill Blank Super Decathlon aerobatics. In addition, Wings over […]