Gogo Business Aviation recently unveiled AVANCE L3, a new inflight connectivity system that delivers the benefits of the Gogo AVANCE platform to passengers and flight departments in a small, lightweight form factor, with affordable pricing options. Gogo’s platform lets users customize their inflight experience based on their unique needs, and can be installed on business…
Value Added: PWI Announces Poster Promotion with LED Retrofit
PWI, the pioneer in airplane interior lighting systems, has announced that they will grant owners an 18 x 24-inch poster of their King Air with the purchase of an LED Retrofit. (Owners will need to provide a high-quality photo for the poster.) PWI’s line of LED cabin lighting retrofits are available for King Air 300,…
Value Added: Garmin Announces Approval of Additional G5 Electronic Flight Instrument Capabilities
Garmin announced it has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval of additional G5 electronic flight instrument capabilities, including the installation of G5 in place of an existing directional gyro (DG) or horizontal situational indicator (HSI) in select certified fixed-wing general aviation aircraft. When paired with select VHF NAV/COMMs or…
Value Added: Blackhawk Names Western Aircraft as Authorized Dealer
Blackhawk Modifications, Inc. recently welcomed Western Aircraft to their global network of Authorized Dealers. Located in Boise, Idaho, Western Aircraft is an FAA authorized service center, certified aircraft repair station (FE6R532N), and worldwide distributor of parts and avionics for many of the world’s top aircraft manufacturers and OEMs including Beechcraft. The addition of Western Aircraft…
Value Added: Advent’s eABS Receives STC for King Air 300/300LW Variants
Advent Aircraft Systems continues to increase the aircraft count certified to accept its groundbreaking anti-skid braking technology. The FAA has granted an STC for the Advent eABS™ for all King Air 300 and 300LW aircraft. These aircraft variants join the King Air B300 and B200 variants that were STC’d in February 2016 and June 2017…
Value Added: LED Lighting Provider PWI Partners with Rose Aircraft Services
PWI announced they have made Rose Aircraft, a premier FBO operating in Mena, Arkansas, as an Authorized Installation Center for their products. The products that will be available by Rose Aircraft include PWI’s latest offering of LED reading lights, which feature PWI-exclusive, heat-reducing technology that allows the lights to run cooler than incandescent and competitors’…
Value Added: Garmin Pilot Grows Feature Set for iOS and Android Mobile Devices
Garmin is pleased to announce the addition of new features for the Garmin Pilot application for Android and iOS mobile devices. Garmin Pilot 6.2 for Android incorporates approach chart overlays on the moving map, enhancements to stadium TFRs, glide range ring, logbook tracks and more, while the 9.1 version of Garmin Pilot for iOS adds…
Value Added: Sierra Nevada Corporation Introduces New King Air 350ER Enhancement Kit
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) recently demonstrated a suite of technologies, together called the King Air 350 Extended Range (ER) Mission Enhancement Kit. SNC teamed with Vector-Hawk Aerospace (VHA), a subsidiary government and military sales division of Blackhawk Modifications in Waco, Texas, and Advent Aircraft Systems, Inc. of Tulsa, Oklahoma to offer the Mission Enhancement Kit.…
Value Added: BLR Aerospace Names Four New Fixed-Wing Dealers
BLR Aerospace has four new additions to its fixed-wing dealer network for King Air and piston aircraft upgrades. The new dealers include AMK Aviation of Ontario, Canada; Rose Aircraft Services of Mena, Arkansas; Tiffin Aire of Tiffin, Ohio; and Upper Valley Aviation of British Columbia, Canada. BLR’s Winglet System is an aluminum wing tip, carbon…
Value Added: Straight Flight Joins Raisbeck Engineering’s Network of Dealers
Raisbeck Engineering has named Straight Flight, a subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation, as an authorized Raisbeck dealer in a move to strengthen and provide added value to Beechcraft King Air owners and operators. Located in Englewood, Colo. at Centennial Airport, Straight Flight has spent nearly 30 years in the aviation industry performing major repairs and…