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Value Added: Jeppesen and ForeFlight Form Alliance to Deliver Industry Leading Apps and Flight Info

Jeppesen and ForeFlight have announced that the they have entered into in a long-term strategic alliance to combine their industry-leading capabilities and worldwide content, which they say allows them to “bring advances in capability to customers globally that neither company could accomplish on its own.” The alliance focuses initially in two areas. First, beginning this…

Value Added: Max-Viz 2300 EVS Certified to DO-160G Standards

Astronics Max-Viz has certified its 2300 Enhanced Vision System (EVS) to the DO-160G standard. Blending infrared and visible light sensors, the Max-Viz 2300 EVS displays real-time heat sources along with LED airport lighting to make it safer for pilots to land in dark, challenging conditions. The company says that many airports are converting over to…

Mining the King Air

Mining the King Air

Charter operator solves goldminers’ turbine transportation needs As soon as Dougal McQuie and Mark Woodley acquired Goldfields Air Services (GAS), a small charter and maintenance company based in the legendary Western Australia gold mining town of Kalgoorlie, they had an important decision to make. One of the operation’s largest clients was growing and their air…

Dealing with Annoying Allergies

Dealing with Annoying Allergies

About 25 percent of people suffer from some sort of allergy. These allergies can manifest in a variety of ways, from mild skin eruptions to nasal congestion, and even severe respiratory distress. Regardless of the symptoms they cause, or the material (allergen) that initiates the allergic reaction, all allergies have something in common – namely,…

Abort! Abort!

Abort! Abort!

I hope most of the readers of King Air magazine are familiar with the BeechTalk internet forum (www.beechtalk.com). The site is very well-run and controlled by its moderators, members must use their real names, and it is visited regularly by a wide variety of people from novices just entering aviation to old timers like me and…

The “Baby Beechcraft” – Part One

The “Baby Beechcraft” – Part One

During the early 1960s, Beech Aircraft Corporation’s Model 23 “Musketeer” marked the company’s foray into the highly competitive, entry-level segment of the general aviation industry. In the wake of World War II, America’s lightweight airplane market exploded as many pilots who had flown fighter and bomber aircraft came home and started flying schools across the…

Value Added: Garmin Pilot application expands features, capabilities and global reach

Garmin International Inc. announced several global enhancements and an expanded feature set for the Garmin Pilot application on Apple and Android mobile devices. European IFR autorouting and flight plan filing, improved airspace classifications, the wireless transfer of Jeppesen charts via Flight Stream 510 and more are available with the latest Garmin Pilot update for Apple…

Value Added: Garmin Pilot introduces a global application for Android mobile devices

New for Android mobile devices, Garmin Pilot is now a full-featured navigation application for use throughout the world, including flight planning, global weather information, VFR flight plan filing and more. Rich, interactive maps integrated within Garmin Pilot offer worldwide coverage using Jeppesen NavData. Highly configurable maps also allow pilots to choose between track-up or north-up…