Rocky Mountain Fly In Canceled

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Promoters of the Rocky Mountain Fly In, scheduled for September 19-21, 2008, announced this week that the event has been canceled for this year....

Rocky Mountain Fly In Canceled

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Promoters of the Rocky Mountain Fly In, scheduled for September 19-21, 2008, announced this week that the event has been canceled for this year. According to Colorado Sport Aviation, which was organizing the show at Denver's Front Range airport, the event was canned because of "due to several local and national factors delaying the planning…

Seaplane Splash-In at Lake Tahoe

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Twenty-four seaplanes were expected at the Mike Brown Splash-In on Memorial Day. However seaplane pilots prefer their water under the fuselage, not on the...

New Product: Adjustable Mounting Collars

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Stafford Manufacturing offers a wide selection of mounting collars that can be used to attach a variety of devices and accessories onto structural tubing...

New Product: Adjustable Mounting Collar

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Stafford Manufacturing offers a wide selection of mounting collars that can be used to attach a variety of devices and accessories onto structural tubing frames without drilling or gouging.The universal mounting collar features a smooth bore and clamp-style design that tightens securely onto structural tubing and shafts without damaging them, the company says. It has two opposed flat sides with countersunk drilled and tapped holes, and can be easily adjusted using a hex wrench. Its…

AirCam Inspection and Pre-Delivery Blues

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The prospective buyer sent out Tyler Henshaw to inspect the AirCam before purchase and delivery. Henshaw knew something about Rotax engines (a plus), flies...

New Product: SUNLite LED Lighting System

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AeroLEDs now offers a smaller version of its popular AeroSUN LED anti-collision/landing/taxi light system introduced last year at Oshkosh AirVenture. Both the SUNLite and...

New Product: SUNLite LED Lighting System

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AeroLEDs now offers a smaller version of its popular AeroSUN LED anti-collision/landing/taxi light system introduced last year at Oshkosh AirVenture. Both the SUNLite and AeroSUN systems are 100% solid-state and are designed for Experimental and Light Sport Aircraft powered by the Rotax 900 series engine. SUNLites offer a smaller footprint and use the new generation of high-intensity LEDs, which consume 20%-50% of the current of traditional filament or high intensity discharge (HID) lighting while producing…

New Product: AirGator Offers Improved Handheld EFB

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AirGator announced the release of its improved NAVPad5 electronic flight bag. Its small form factor offers all of the functionality of the company’s full-size...

Air Gator Offers Improved Handheld EFB

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AirGator announced the release of its improved NAVPad5 electronic flight bag. Its small form factor offers all of the functionality of the company's full-size commercial EFBs in a handheld package. Features include a 4.8-inch sunlight-visible touchscreen, fast CPU, long battery life, Bluetooth and WiFi wireless, solid-state drive (with optional hard drive), top hat, optical pointing device, Windows XP OS and full keyboard. Its an ideal moving map, XM Wx weather display and approach viewer, the…

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Wingfold Wire Routing

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Improper routing.

Alternative Energy Projects

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This month I’m taking a step back from doing the usual aircraft-related project to...

Ask the DAR

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This month DAR Mel Asberry addresses what it takes to build to LSA requirements, why importing an ultralight from Canada can be problematic, and when ELTs are required.

Flight Review: Falken Avionics iPad-based EFIS

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By now, the Apple iPad has established itself as a strong utility player in many aircraft, most often running as a so-called electronic flight bag (EFB) to display moving maps, charts, weather and traffic. But Falken Avionics’ Flight View system has a different take on putting Apple’s tablet to use—as a primary instrument.