In 1926 Lloyd Carlton Stearman bid Wichita, Kansas, farewell to go west and build biplanes, but a year later was back in town to stay. Walter H. Beech shook hands with his friend and associate at the Travel Air Manufacturing Company after flying the Travel Air Special – a handsome, custom-built biplane designed for speed.…
Garmin has announced its aviation webinars through the first-half of 2019. Ranging from Garmin Pilot tips and tricks, cost-effective autopilot upgrades to low-cost avionics solutions, the company says the free webinars offer pilots and customers with a broad overview of the latest Garmin has to offer, while also providing a general operational overview of its…
NextGen avionics leader FreeFlight Systems announced that it had named Hampton Aviation of Mena, Arkansas, to the company’s network of authorized dealers and installers. FreeFlight Systems designs, manufactures, sells and supports avionics systems that improve the safety, efficiency and affordability of flying. For the King Air and twin turboprop market, FreeFlight Systems designed the Avail…
Service Bulletins SB 23-4175, Rev.1, Communications – Audio Storage and Playback Unit (ASPU) Configuration Change Issued: Original, July 14, 2017 Revision 1, January 17, 2019 Note: This revision replaces the original issue of SB 23-4175 in its entirety and was revised to: Add clarity to the Effectivity section as to which aircraft this kit is…
January in Northern Canada is extreme: 24 hours of darkness throughout most of the region, constant wind and several weeks of daily temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s also not unusual for the wind chill to drop temperatures as cold as minus 65 degrees during this month, which is one of the…
Air Traffic Procedures NOTAM for Super Bowl in Atlanta Area Those who may be flying to the Atlanta, Georgia, area Jan. 29-Feb. 5 will want to familiarize themselves with the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) air traffic procedures NOTAM for the area on those dates. Super Bowl LIII will take place Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, at…
I was fortunate to be employed by the Beech Aircraft Corporation’s Training Center during most of the development and certification process for the most popular King Air of all time, the model 200. I was the first ground and flight instructor for this model and had the privilege of learning directly from the engineers and…
Weary of “flying a desk,” in 1932 Walter H. Beech dared to put wings on his name and build the finest business airplane money could buy. “I’m just a country boy. Go get a picture of me when I first came to Wichita. I’ve made good and I’m not afraid to say so,” Walter Beech…
Executive Aircraft Maintenance (EAM) has relocated from Arizona’s Scottsdale Airport to a larger facility at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The Class III FAA Part 145 repair station will now be a tenant of Swift Aviation at Sky Harbor and occupy a 40,000-square-foot hangar. With the increase in space, the company plans to focus on larger…
Jet Shades, the exclusive manufacturer of removable tinted cockpit window panels, now offers a complete line of standard solutions to protect pilots from heat, glare and ultraviolet rays while flying. The panels fit almost every private aircraft model and can be custom-made. Jet Shades are “push-in-place” tinted window panels made to cover the top portion…