Cessna Aircraft Co. is now offering Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) upgrades for Citation CJ1+, CJ2+, CJ3 and Encore+ aircraft, as well as certain Citation Excel and XLS aircraft. A WAAS installation for the Citation Sovereign is expected to be available later this year. WAAS gives pilots improved GPS navigation accuracy, allowing for greater access […]
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There’s a new game in town
Now playing is WINGsReality, America’s only online aviation reality game show. WINGsReality is an interactive game show where contestant “pilots” take to the skies on flights that are assigned to them by the WINGsReality host. For the online viewing audience, WINGsReality pilots provide a fun and realistic flight experience. All WINGsReality pilots are FAA certified […]
Arizona Flight Training Center slates open house
Arizona Flight Training Center, in conjunction with the Glendale Municipal Airport (GEU), is hosting an open house at the main terminal building, on Saturday, May 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Arizona Flight TrainingCenter is a new flight school that commenced operations Feb. 1. In addition to AZFTC’s fleet of aircraft, Warbirds, Light Sport, […]
Duncan Aviation opens BDR avionics shop
Duncan Aviation has added to its list of more than 20 satellite avionics facilities. The new Duncan Aviation avionics shop is located in the Volo Aviation facility at Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR) in Stratford, Conn. Duncan Aviation will maintain its presence at the Westchester County Airport (HPN) in White Plains, N.Y., with a work away […]
Aerox develops pet supplemental oxygen system
The FAA requires all pilots to use supplemental oxygen after 30 minutes above 12,500 feet and below 14,000 feet. Shouldn’t your pet be provided for as well? AEROX who have developed an aviation-based supplemental oxygen system for pets. The new line of Canine 02 Mask supplemental oxygen systems is certified to 25,000 feet. The system […]
Hartzell gets STC for Cessna T/P210
Hartzell Propeller Inc. has received FAA approval for a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) that covers new 3-bladed propellers installed on Cessna’s pressurized P210N (1978-84) and turbocharged T210F-N (1966-84) models. Installation of the Hartzell model HC-J3YF-1RF/F8068, 82-inch diameter Scimitar 3-blade prop on the Cessna T/P210 Series typically offers a one- to three-knot increase in cruise speed, […]
GE Aviation launches M601 maintenance training courses
GE Aviation’s Customer Technical Education Center (CTEC) is now offering courses on the M601E turboprop engine and will serve as the North American training center for M601 and H80 engines. CTEC is located near GE Aviation’s headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. The first M601E Line Maintenance course was held at CTEC in late March. The Air […]
ERAU offers summer programs for teens at Prescott Campus
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Ariz., campus is now taking applications for its Summer Career Exploration Academy for teens. Open to high school students ages 14 to 18, the Summer Career Exploration programs give students a college experience, with all of the programs taught by Embry-Riddle faculty using state-of-the art facilities. These programs allow teens to […]
Hawker Beechcraft expands facility at IWA
Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) recently celebrated the grand opening of its expanded and enhanced aircraft maintenance facility at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (IWA) in Mesa, Ariz. HBS recently completed the final phase of a $14 million project that added a second 26,000-square-foot hangar and expanded customer accommodations and administrative offices to the Mesa site, which was […]