Aircraft Spruce & Specialty now carries the full line of H3R Halon and Halotron 1 fire extinguishers for use in aircraft cockpits, cargo areas and on the ground while servicing aircraft. Available in red or chrome finish, the H3R extinguishers come in a range of sizes starting with 14 ounces of agent for pilot bags […]
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Skytech delivers its 250th Piper PA-46
Skytech, Inc. has delivered its 250th Piper PA-46 aircraft. The aircraft was delivered in early June to Michael Bell, a real estate and insurance executive from Rockville, Md. The PA-46 designation applies to the Piper Malibu, which previously used a Continental engine, the Mirage (Malibu with a Lycoming engine) and the Pratt & Whitney turboprop […]
Elliott Aviation receives certification for RAAS and windshear installation in Citation 560
Elliott Aviation has received an FAA STC to install Honeywell’s Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS), along with windshear alerting, in Citation models 560 Ultra and 560XL Excel. RAAS offers a significant safety enhancement to Honeywell’s Mark VII Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) and can be added to existing or new installations. It provides […]
New software debuts for aerospace engineers
ASM International and Granta Design recently unveiled an information-management system designed to give aerospace engineers clear insight into previously unmanageable amounts of materials data. GRANTA MI is an enterprise-wide software system for the creation, tracking, qualification and management of materials information. Historically, critical materials information has not been readily available to aerospace engineers due to […]
Another propeller option for Husky available
Aviat Aircraft has secured STC rights to offer a new propeller option for the Husky. Up to this point, the Husky has been produced with a 76-inch, two-blade Hartzell propeller. Now it is possible to order a new aircraft with an 82-inch MT composite propeller. The new blade creates more thrust, which in turn provides […]
New DVD on Sportsman 2+2 available
Glasair Aviation has developed a new DVD video presentation featuring its Sportsman 2+2. Filmed and edited by Scott Guyette and Robb McAllister of EAA’s television department, the 18-minute program features air-to-air footage, showing the aircraft on floats, regular tires and tundra tires. Viewers get to see the Sportsman taking off and landing as a trike, […]
Elite Aerospace now authorized service center for Hughes Treitler products
Elite Aerospace, Inc. in Miramar, Fla., has been named an authorized service center for Hughes Treitler heat transfer products from AMETEK Aerospace. For more information: 954-430-3005.
And the winner is… Cessna 195
Sporty’s customers have spoken. Nearly 10,000 votes were cast in an online poll choosing the Cessna 195 as the airplane to adorn Sporty’s 2005 limited edition Crystal Christmas Ornament. This was the first year customers chose the featured aircraft. They showed they were traditionalists by choosing the Cessna 195 over the Cirrus SR22, the Spruce […]
Precise Flight expands its product line — HID style
Precise Flight, Inc. has expanded its product line to include the sale of High Intensity Discharge (HID) Aviation Lighting. “Precise Flight is committed to the development of a family of products marketed as essentials for safer skies,” said Scott Philiben, vice president. “We are excited to provide our customers a product that greatly improves their […]

