Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) announces PlaneSync™ connected aircraft management, a system that automatically updates avionics databases(1), logs flight and engine data and allows aircraft owners and operators to remotely check fuel and systems status via the Garmin Pilot™ app (2). Available for both forward-fit and retrofit applications, PlaneSync technology is designed to bring new levels of connectivity and convenience to aircraft owners and operators alike.
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04/24/2023 - 12:29
During the opening session of the 66th annual Aircraft Electronics Association International Convention & Trade Show at the Gaylord Palms Convention Center in Orlando, FL, the Federal Aviation Administration presents the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award to Ric Peri, AEA vice president of government and industry affairs.
04/24/2023 - 12:08
Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics, a technology company and leader in the design and manufacture of aerospace products, introduces an all-digital version of the company’s popular 2-inch standby package. The new digital standby family features the company’s Flex® Attitude Indicator, Flex® Counter Drum Encoding Altimeter, and Flex® Airspeed Indicator. All three instruments are supported by an Approved Model List (AML) supplemental type certificate (STC) covering more than 180 aircraft models.
04/22/2023 - 08:38
SmartSky Networks, an air-to-ground (ATG) inflight connectivity provider, announces that it has at least seven more models of aircraft with expected supplemental type certificate (STC) completion this quarter. With a dozen STCs already granted and many more on the way, the SmartSky system is rapidly becoming available for thousands of the most popular business-aviation jet models currently in service.
04/19/2023 - 13:34
Textron Aviation is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Zurich and Düsseldorf Service Centers joining its global customer support network. Employees marked the milestone anniversary with celebrations at each location earlier this month. Located at Zurich Airport (ZRH) in Switzerland and Düsseldorf International Airport (DUH) in Germany, the service centers are part of the company’s extensive global service network designed to support customers wherever they are in the world.
04/19/2023 - 12:22
STACK.aero, a developer of business operations systems for aviation, announces the integration of its Business Operations System (BOS) with Avinode, a platform that processes approximately 18 million trip requests per year. This is the first plug-and-play customer relationship management (CRM) system to be integrated with the Avinode platform and is tailor-made for charter brokers.
04/12/2023 - 12:55
Volatus Infrastructure, LLC co-founder, Grant Fisk, joins the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Committee. The AAM Committee is NATA’s newest committee and aims to provide stakeholder input on the path forward for FBOs and airports planning to service the next generation of aircraft and address sustainable infrastructure, such as vertiports, where innovative solutions in transporting people and goods will impact the overall aviation ecosystem.
04/12/2023 - 12:45
Auxitrol Weston enters into an exclusive agreement with HABCO MRO (CRS#: 5HBR906C) as its authorized aftermarket repair center. The agreement covers repair, replacement and warranty for the entire suite of Auxitrol Weston products in the Americas aftermarket region.
04/12/2023 - 12:32
Cirrus Aircraft, in collaboration with Garmin International, Inc., announces that its Vision Jet Safe Return™ Emergency Autoland system has received type certificate approval from the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) of Brazil. Safe Return Emergency Autoland is a revolutionary system, enabled by Garmin’s Collier award-winning autoland technology, that allows passengers to autonomously land the Vision Jet with the touch of a single button in the event of an emergency.
04/11/2023 - 11:22
C&L Aerospace, a C&L Aviation Group company, expands its partnership with Parker Meggitt, Securaplane Technologies, by signing a new long-term distribution agreement. Under the agreement, C&L Aerospace is authorized to distribute Parker Meggitt’s full line of STC-approved mainship batteries, emergency batteries, and BizJet camera product lines.
04/06/2023 - 12:10
Amglo is offering interior LED aircraft lighting that provides an average life of 50,000 hours, reducing airline maintenance costs significantly due to fewer lamp change-outs.
04/06/2023 - 12:01
Pro Star Aviation, an aerospace modification center, performs one of the first in-field installations of Whelen Aerospace Technologies' BoomBeam HID taxi and landing light system on a Phenom 300 business jet.
04/05/2023 - 11:43
ATP, a provider of information services and software solutions for the aviation industry, announces the integration of Flightdocs Operations with FuelerLinx, a software solution used by business-aviation operators for shopping and ordering fuel, planning fuel consumption and minimizing fuel costs. With the partnership, operators will no longer have to build duplicate trip itineraries in FuelerLinx or manually communicate fuel-order details to crew members, saving an estimated 10-15 minutes of time per trip.
04/05/2023 - 11:31
C&L Aerospace, part of C&L Aviation Group, announces that Piet Buys has joined the company as a technical representative, specializing in ATR 42/72, ERJ 135/145/170/175/190/195, Q400, and Challenger aircraft. C&L’s customers can now leverage Buys’ wealth of knowledge for any technical support needs.
04/05/2023 - 11:22
Superior Air Parts, Inc., announces its popular AirVenture Oshkosh educational forum series schedule for 2023, including Tech Tuesday for A&P technicians and students.
04/03/2023 - 11:59
StandardAero announces it has been selected by the Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira or FAB) to provide comprehensive maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the Rolls-Royce AE 3007 engines powering its fleet of Embraer ERJ-145 aircraft.
03/29/2023 - 12:03
Textron Aviation announces an agreement with long-term customer Epic Flight Academy at the 2023 Sun n’ Fun Aerospace Expo for an order of 15 new Cessna Skyhawk 172 aircraft. As a Cessna Pilot Center, Epic Flight Academy has been training pilots since 1999, with thousands of students from over 80 countries graduated from the flight school.
Daher Kodiak 100 with new five-blade composite Hartzell prop.
03/28/2023 - 13:22
Under a recently approved STC, Hartzell Propeller’s five-blade composite propeller for Daher Kodiak 100 aircraft is now available as a factory option and for retrofit under Hartzell’s Top Prop program. The propeller can replace the four-blade aluminum Hartzell prop, now standard equipment on Kodiak 100s. The Daher-Hartzell development was announced by Daher at SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo, held March 28-April 2.
03/28/2023 - 13:09
West Star announces the promotion of Norman Hunt to avionics technical representative at its East Alton, IL (ALN), facility.
03/28/2023 - 12:42
Precision Aviation Group (PAG) — provider of products and value-added services to the aerospace and defense industry worldwide with 20 repair stations and over 850,000 square feet of sales and service facilities in the United States, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Brazil — announces a series of organizational changes to align leadership resources with current business needs.