Pilot My-Cast Now on iPhone, iTouch

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Garmin has announced that its Pilot My-Cast application will now be available for the iTouch and iPhone devices from Apple. Pilot My-Cast is an aviation weather, flight planning and flight filing app for U.S. and Canadian customers.Pilot My-Cast is designed to take advantage of the iPhone/iTouchs gesture-based user interface and includes five intuitive tabs at the bottom of the page for routes, flight plan, weather, airport information and settings.

Lancair Announces Simplified Pricing for Evolution

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Lancair International announced today that it is changing the pricing strategy on its Evolution kit aircraft. Because both the turbine and piston aircraft are...

Oops, We Missed One

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Despite our diligent efforts, we missed listing a manufacturer in the February 2010 issues Rotorcraft Buyer's Guide. The company is Rotary Flight Dynamics, which manufactures the Dominator gyro.

Aircraft Sales and Parts Sells Powered Parachute, Canopy Divisions

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Aircraft Sales and Parts Ltd., the manufacturer of the Summit and Steel Breeze powered parachutes (in addition to the Chinook Plus 2 and Beaver RX550 Plus), has announced that effective February 1, 2010, its PPC division will be sold to Summit Aerosports, Inc. in Michigan.

Lancair Announces Simplified Pricing for Evolution

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All of the major components firewall-aft for the Evolution are bundled into the base price; engine (Pratt & Whitney turbine or Lycoming IE2 turbocharged piston), paint and interior are extra.

GRT Adds Lightning Detection to Horizon HX EFIS

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GRT Avionics, a unit of Grand Rapids Technologies, Inc., has received approval for its Stormscope WX-500 software interface from L3 Communications - Avionics Systems....

GRT Adds Lightning Detection to Horizon HX EFIS

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GRT Avionics, a unit of Grand Rapids Technologies, Inc., has received approval for its Stormscope WX-500 software interface from L3 Communications - Avionics Systems, designed to integrate the Stormscope WX-500 with the Horizon HX EFIS MFD.

Zenair Ships First Float Kits

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Less than a year after announcing it would be returning its float production to North America, Zenair Ltd. has begun deliveries of its lightweight...

Wicks Announces “Happy Hour”

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Wicks Aircraft Supply has created a “happy hour,” but not for selling drinks. Instead, the company is offering an opportunity for customers to take...

Zenair Ships First Float Kits

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Less than a year after announcing it would be returning its float production to North America, Zenair Ltd. has begun deliveries of its lightweight all-aluminum floats. Design upgrades and production tooling took place last fall, including preparation of new assembly drawings for float kits.

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The Dawn Patrol

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Ask the DAR

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Is an aircraft’s empty weight required on the data plate? Does the gross weight change when an LSA is converted from conventional landing gear to floats? Should engine maintenance be entered in the builder’s logbook? Does the Minimax still qualify as an ultralight?

Over the Hump

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