Powder Puff Pilot has introduced a line of pink aviation headsets. Sue Hughes, owner of the company, which specializes in products targeted to women pilots, partnered with an aviation headset manufacturer for a line of FAA-approved headsets with earcups that are bubble-gum pink instead of the usual olive, gray, or black. “I’m not so naive […]
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Blackhawk unveils upgrade for Cheyenne
Blackhawk Modifications has received FAA approval for another XP engine upgrade option for Cheyenne I operators. The new Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) allows for installation of the Pratt & Whitney PT6A-28 engines on the Cheyenne I series in place of the stock PT6A-11. The -28 engines, capable of 620 shp, are flat rated to 500 […]
Free PBN information session slated
Naverus Inc., a provider of Performance-based Navigation (PBN) solutions, will host a free information session addressing PBN implications for business aircraft operators. The session will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Westin Imagine Hotel in Orlando, adjacent to the Orange County Convention Center, where the National Business Aviation Association annual convention […]
Tanis introduces Rotax preheat system
Now available is a Tanis preheat system for the Rotax 912 series engines. The Tanis 110v electric heat system weighs under a pound and is extension-cord friendly, drawing only 2 amps. “Strategic placement of the heat probes is just as important as the total amount of heat applied,” said Bob Krueger, president of Tanis. “The […]
Plus O launches aero-collection
Plus O has introduced a line of aviation-themed jewelry and clothes. The line, launched at this year’s Paris Air Show, includes pendants, cufflinks, bracelets and shirts. The company also creates custom-made jewelry, officials note. Plus O offers two models of pilot shirts. The sleeves of launch models are embroidered “09” but can be embroidered on […]
Book review: Flying Above the Glass Ceiling
Do you know a young woman who has an interest in aviation but doesn’t know where to start? Maybe she doesn’t want to be a pilot. Perhaps she’d rather be an aeronautical engineer, but is concerned about being “the only girl.” You can tell her she is not alone and then prove it by giving […]
The Fearless Men of the B-17
Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, continues its Living History Symposium Series with a tribute to the Boeing B-17 Bomber, aka the Flying Fortress, and the men who flew these virtually indestructible, long-distance bombers. On Sat., Oct. 17, and Sun., Oct. 18, five of those men will share their stories of the B-17. The […]
NBAA, NATA coordinate efforts
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) plan to coordinate NATA’s 2010 FBO Leadership Conference, taking place Jan. 25-26, 2010, with NBAA’s Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference, on Jan. 26-29, 2010. Both are taking place in San Antonio, Texas. The synchronization of these two events in a single city, with […]
Heads Up Technologies develops satellite radio receivers
Heads Up Technologies, Inc. has developed a new series of Sirius XM Satellite Radio receivers, enabling attachment to a digital Ethernet bus. The new receivers will integrate with Honeywell’s Ovation Select system, which will provide more than 170 audio channels of news, sports, weather and music within the contiguous United States to the aircraft cabin […]