PWI has announced that they have become one of the first aircraft lighting Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) to offer an online shopping cart feature on their website. The online shopping cart gives customers the freedom to purchase PWI products 24/7 – patrons now can shop outside of traditional business hours and across international time zones,…
Skandia, Incorporated has received FAA Parts Manufacturing Approval (PMA) for its line of aircraft exterior erosion protection products. Known by its brand name Aero Armor™, the line of exterior protection products is the market’s highest performing aircraft exterior paint protection film available. With FAA PMA approval in hand, Skandia customers purchasing Aero Armor products can…
Date: February 21, 2018 Doors – Cabin Door Lock Inspection Effectivity: King Air C90GTi, Serial Numbers LJ-2130 through LJ-2137; King Air B200GT, Serial Numbers BY-259 through BY-277, BY-279 through BY-285; King Air B200CGT, Serial Number BZ-1; King Air B300C, Serial Numbers FM-67 through FM-69; and King Air B300, Serial Numbers FL-1063 through FL-1089. Reason: Textron…
Pricing is at near historic lows … a good time to purchase a used King Air. Each spring, we take an in-depth look at the market for some of the most popular King Air models. This year we are going to do something a little different. Not only are we going to analyze the market…
Planning your vacation for the summer or later this year? Fly-in resorts and properties are sprinkled across the United States, offering exclusive getaways that aren’t far away. The settings range from the shores of lakes, rivers and oceans, the rim of the grandest of canyons and remote ranches. Here are only seven of many fly-in…
ADS-B News The FAA issued Docket No.: FAA-2017-1194, Change to Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast Services which announces changes in ADS-B services, including Traffic Information Service Broadcast (TIS-B) for a small number of aircraft. The FAA is implementing a filter for certain ADS-B equipped aircraft broadcasting erroneous or improper information when the broadcast information could affect…
Darn it, the heater is out! Now that we have been in winter’s icy grip (well, here in Phoenix, it’s more like a warming caress!), your King Air’s heater is probably getting some use. This discussion applies to the electric heater in C90s (and all the C90 variants), E90s, F90s, 100s, A100s, and B100s. In…
Part One – Walter Beech is remembered as one of Wichita’s greatest aviation patriarchs, an aviation titan who not only put his name on the best airplanes money could buy, but also was driven by a never-ending quest for speed. Wichita pilot Walter H. Beech sat in the cockpit of the Travel Air Special, patiently…
Nextant Aerospace recently announced that it had received the final piece of FAA certification that combines the new single-lever power control system with the previously certified engine and avionics combination on the G90XT turboprop aircraft. The G90XT features the GE H75 engine along with a fully integrated Garmin G1000 flight deck. In addition to the…
BendixKing, a division of Honeywell, has received certification for the AeroVue™ integrated flight deck for King Air B200 aircraft. The new flight deck is available now and brings business jet technology and functionality to the general aviation cockpit. This is BendixKing’s first supplemental type certificate for an integrated flight deck and the first in a…