A bipartisan U.S. Senate effort to protect 149 control towers from closure under budget sequestration has garnered additional support since its introduction last week. Sens.
Technology
April 18, 2013 - 1:13pm
Eurocopter is now offering Sandel Avionics SN4500 primary navigation displays and SA4550 primary attitude displays as optional equipment on the EC135. As such, Sandel’s products are offered in Eurocopter’s blue book as part of the mid-life efficiency package for new-production EC135s. The SA4550 and SN4500 units feature LED-backlit display technology and “intuitive pilot controls.” The primary navigation display also includes Stormscope, traffic and datalink weather interfaces.
April 17, 2013 - 10:25pm
After spending many years introducing business jets to Chinese owners and founding his own company in 2010 to serve the rapidly evolving market for business aviation in China, Jason Liao has developed a unique perspective about general aviation operations in China. He is also the U.S. National Business Aviation Association’s chief representative in Asia.
April 17, 2013 - 10:10pm
Fieldtech Asia has joined the Honeywell avionics dealership network in Asia Pacific. Based in Pasay City near Manila, FAA- and CAAP-approved Fieldtech Asia will perform avionics upgrades, repairs and installations of Honeywell avionics in business jets, turboprops and piston-engine airplanes. This includes products such as Honeywell’s traffic collision avoidance system, enhanced ground proximity warning system and weather radars.
April 17, 2013 - 10:00pm
The Kodiaks are coming. At a ceremony at ABACE 2013 on Tuesday, Beijing General Aviation Industry Base Investment Holding Co. (BGA) signed a contract for delivery of two Quest Kodiaks with options for four additional aircraft from Blue Eagle Aviation Investment Co. of Beijing, exclusive distributor in Greater China for the single-engine turbine powered utility aircraft. Made by Quest Aircraft of Sandpoint, Idaho, these would be the first Kodiaks delivered in China.
April 17, 2013 - 1:12pm
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS), the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft, now has parts warehouse in Brazil to support commercial operators of the S-76 and S-92 in that country. Powerpack, Sikorsky’s long-standing Brazilian representative, will manage inventory operations through the country’s special customs system known as Depósito Especial.
April 17, 2013 - 12:57pm
328 Design received EASA STC approval for conversion of a Bombardier CRJ200 in regional airline configuration to a 10-seat executive layout. In collaboration with Ruag Aircraft Services, 328 Design fitted the aircraft with the latest CMS/IFE technology based on Emteq’s eConnect and eQuation Cabin Power, which allows passengers to use their own personal devices to connect and control the cabin systems, LED cabin lighting, window shades and entertainment, and provides 220VAC for power to recharge and work with personal electronic devices in flight.
April 17, 2013 - 12:50pm
Duncan Aviation, in partnership with Rockwell Collins, completed the first installation of a Rockwell Collins Ascend IMS-3500 information management server on the Citation XLS+ under Rockwell Collins’s approved model list STC. Duncan Aviation avionics team members installed the aircraft information manager system, which allows for secure, remote and wireless data transfer capabilities to Pro Line 4- and Pro Line 21-equipped aircraft, in a Citation XLS+ at the company’s facility in Battle Creek, Mich.
April 17, 2013 - 5:40am
Honeywell’s Sky Connect Tracker III combines voice, text and flight-tracking technologies into a single system designed for helicopters. Sky Connect uses the Iridium satellite communications network, and operators can use Sky Connect to make voice calls at the same time as sending text messages and tracking the helicopter’s position anywhere in the world.
April 17, 2013 - 5:38am
Flight Explorer, exhibiting at the ABACE show here in Shanghai for the first time, claims to offer much more than flight tracking, although that is one of the company’s core products. It can track aircraft equipped with Iridium satellite communications systems anywhere in the world, and provide a private feed of that data to customers who operate those aircraft. Flight Explorer (Booth H525) is a Sabre group company, and also provides flight tracking via global radar feeds of aircraft flying in airspace controlled by the U.S.
