New Melbourne Service Facility at MEB Expands Textron Aviation’s Support in Australia Textron Aviation announced in early May its new service facility at Essendon Fields Airport (MEB) in Melbourne, Australia, is open and offering factory-direct support for the more than 1,400 Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker aircraft operating across the Asia-Pacific region. The purpose-built facility more…
Garmin Adds Airport and FBO Comments Feature to Garmin Pilot Garmin recently announced a new feature for Garmin Pilot Web and iOS platforms: Airport and FBO Comments. This feature allows pilots to leave comments and reviews on airport facilities as well as fixed base operators globally so that other pilots can be better informed of…
Garmin has added 15 new approaches and 10 new airports – Long Beach, California (KLGB), and San Jose, California (KSJC), among others – to the Guided Visual Approaches database designed in collaboration with Hughes Aerospace and offered for purchase through flyGarmin.com. The new additions bring the total to 46 visual approaches in 36 challenging airport…
Textron Aviation has integrated Sensos Smart Labels into its parts distribution process, offering customers the option to purchase access to real-time location data and shipment status updates for select parts orders. The Sensos labels are available for purchase for orders through the Textron Aviation Parts website at ww2.txtav.com/parts. The labels are lightweight, wireless trackers that…
News Roundup from NBAA-BACE Here’s a recap of news releases issued during the 2025 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition held in mid-October in Las Vegas. King Air to Receive Next-Generation Fuel Quantity Indication System Raisbeck Engineering, Inc. and CiES Inc. announced a new agreement to bring a modern, highly reliable fuel quantity indication system…
Corporate Angel Network Expands to Include King Airs The nonprofit started in 1981 with a King Air flight In 1981, Leonard Greene donated use of his company’s Beechcraft King Air to transport an 18-year-old patient back home to Detroit for Christmas after receiving treatment at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Greene was the…
Blackhawk Awaiting Approval for Latest King Air 350 Engine/Prop STC The Blackhawk Group announced at EAA AirVenture in late July that it has submitted all flight test data to the Federal Aviation Administration and is awaiting supplemental type certificate approval for the integration of Hartzell Propeller’s 5-blade composite propeller with Blackhawk’s XP67A Engine+ upgrade for…
ForeFlight Introduces Dynamic Procedures for IFR Flying ForeFlight demonstrated its new Dynamic Procedures at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in late July and planned to release the streamlined solution for viewing instrument procedures after the event. The new feature will launch with a three-month free preview for all customers in supported regions, and then Dynamic Procedures will…
Garmin Declutters Aviation Charting With SmartCharts As an IFR pilot, have you ever been overwhelmed by the amount of information on your chart while flying a complicated instrument procedure and wished the chart only showed information relevant to your flight? Garmin has unveiled SmartCharts – simple, intuitive charts that optimize your approach, standard instrument departure…
Textron Aviation Recruiting King Air Owners for 2026 Special Olympics USA Games Textron Aviation has put out the call for owners and operators to come together for the ninth Special Olympics Airlift, a monumental event the company coordinates to transport hundreds of athletes and coaches across the country to the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games…