WELLINGTON, KS (Dec. 11, 2018) – Air Plains Services, a world leader in extreme performance upgrades for a variety of general aviation aircraft models, continued to see strong sales in 2018, while the addition of a number of key new products in the past few months is already setting up 2019 to be another robust year. “We’re completing another year of growth centered on our most popular products and services such as our XP engine upgrades,” said Mike Kelley, founder and owner of Air Plains Services. “We also developed several…

Priority positioning is just one of the many pre- and post-game services that Hawthorne Global Aviation Services is offering to owners and operators who make early reservations at its Atlanta Cobb County FBO location for the Big Game. Atlanta, GA. (December 05, 2018) —Hawthorne Global Aviation Services has announced the FBO has started taking priority parking reservations for Super Bowl LIII at its Atlanta Cobb County International Airport (KRYY) location. “Super Bowl week will draw a large number of business and private aircraft to Atlanta Cobb County International Airport,” stated…

Preferred Airparts is offering a free calendar to the first 50 Cessna Flyer Association members who request it. The 2019 calendar is another in their line of custom calendars, featuring unique aircraft photos. Please visit www.preferredairparts.com to fill out your calendar request. Reference Cessna Flyer Association as where you saw this offer. Please note that Preferred Airparts are only able to send the free calendars to US addresses only.

WELLINGTON, KS (Nov. 27, 2018) – Air Plains Services, a world leader in extreme performance upgrades for a variety of general aviation aircraft models, has been named an authorized Aspen Avionics dealer for general aviation aircraft. Aspen’s flagship product line is the Evolution Flight Display system, an innovative and affordable glass cockpit system available for certified general aviation (GA) aircraft. The Evolution system enables aircraft owners to upgrade their primary flight instrument “six pack” to glass cockpit technology all at once, or in stages. “We’re very excited to be able…

Long-time, much-loved propellers upgraded. You can always spot a pilot by the old-time propeller hanging in the den. Now Sporty’s Wright Bros. Collection has updated these popular products in time for holiday giving. The six-foot Classic Wooden Propeller with brass edging is an authentic reproduction of that found on a World War I aircraft. The prop is hand-crafted from solid mahogany with brass-hammered edging around the blades and a detailed brass center hub. The propeller comes with its own hardware to make hanging simple. A simplified version of the 6-foot…

KIRKLAND, Wash. (November 2018) – Icom Inc. (Headquarters: Hirano, Osaka, Japan/President: Masataka Harima) has entered into a partnership with Iridium Communications Inc. (Headquarters: McLean, Virginia., USA/CEO: Matthew J. Desch) to develop and sell a new satellite Push-To-Talk (PTT) communications product for the Iridium® network. In a smart collaboration of both companies’ core competencies, Icom’s radio expertise and Iridium’s satellite expertise, the partnership will provide a professional radio communications solution which will enable users to communicate wherever they are on the earth. The Satellite PTT radio is a professional radio communications…

October 31, 2018 - Garmin is pleased to announce the addition of several aviation webinars through the end of the year. Ranging from Garmin Pilot tips and tricks, cost-effective autopilot upgrades to low-cost avionics solutions, these 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 vast product line. Autopilot Retrofits The GFC 500 and GFC 600 retrofit autopilots offer reduced maintenance, as well as safety- enhancing capabilities such as Garmin Electronic Stability Protection…

Are your door strap end plates broken, loose or barely hanging on? The original Cessna OEM end plates were from Chrysler Corporation back in the day. They are made of plastic and break easily. But now an upgrade is available! Aviation Creations manufactures and sells billet aluminum, brushed finish, direct replacements for you Cessna 172, 182, 206, 207, 337 and 400 series aircraft door strap end plates. Easy install; one screw will hold them in position. For only $300.00 you’ll have a set of 4. Then you’re done. You’ll be…

South St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 22, 2018 - BRS Aerospace has named another five Cessna Parachute System Authorized Installation Centers in North America and South Africa to handle whole aircraft parachute installations on the Cessna 172 and 182 aircraft fleets. BRS offers a whole aircraft parachute system for Cessna 182s manufactured in 1964 and newer and Cessna 172s manufactured in 1966 and newer. "The BRS ballistic recovery system for owners and operators of Cessna 172s and 182s is very comparable to systems on the world's best-selling single-engine piston powered aircraft,"…

Sometimes the biggest news to come out of an AOPA Regional Fly-in is the event’s attendance numbers, but the audience at AOPA President Mark Baker’s Pilot Town Hall presentation during AOPA’s 2018 Carbondale, Illinois, Fly-in on Oct. 6 may have been the first to hear some much bigger developments. “I talked with the FAA administrator yesterday,” Baker said. “He was comfortable with me telling you there’s going to be another $500 rebate [for installing Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Out].” The FAA has mandated ADS-B for flights after Jan. 1, 2020, generally in…

Tickets on sale beginning October 11 at 9 a.m. CDT EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (October 5, 2018) — Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, who 50 years ago captured the world’s imagination as two of the first humans to orbit the moon, will recount that famed mission as special guests at EAA’s annual Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet on Friday, December 7, at the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh. The evening will be hosted by former NASA space shuttle commander Charlie Precourt. The banquet is held each December at EAA…