Aircraft Upgrades

Snagged in the FAA certification process for a couple of years, Avidyne announced at AirVenture 2014 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, that it has won final FAA approval for the IFD540 GPS – a direct slide-in replacement for the Garmin GNS530W. Avidyne’s Tom Harper updates the status in this AVweb Product Minute video. view on YouTube

At AirVenture 2014, Continental Motors introduced its latest diesel powerplant, the CD300. Rhett Ross told AVweb how the company intends to manufacture and market the new engine. view on YouTube

As we careen around AirVenture in our obnoxious green newsteam shirts, were often approached by readers with the question: whats the big thing at the show? My answer is I havent seen any one big thing, although the energy level I mentioned in yesterdays blog is often remarked upon. Things were jumping on Wednesday. Even […]

Safe Flight Instrument Corporation, the creator of the stall warning system, introduces the new SCx low-cost angle-of-attack system at AirVenture 2014. Using a leading-edge wing sensor, the two-piece system is budget-priced and aimed initially at experimental aircraft. In this video, Aviation Consumer’s Larry Anglisano takes a look at the system in flight. view on YouTube

Today at AirVenture 2014, Blackhawk Modifications Inc. announced the completion of its 500th new engine upgrade on a customer airplane as well as a new engine upgrade option for the Cessna 208A Caravan and 208B Grand Caravan. A new set of Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-52 engines was installed as part of an overall upgrade […]

In a press conference at AirVenture today, Hartzell Engine Technologies (HET) (sister company to Hartzell Propellers-both owned by Tailwind Technologies) announced that it had acquired the Plane-Power line of aircraft alternators. When the opportunity came to acquire the Plane-Power line we saw it as having tremendous potential, not only to complement Hartzells family of alternators, […]

At AirVenture 2014 in Oshkosh, Lightspeed Aviation is showing its new PFX ber-noise-canceling headset. In this brief product tour, Lightspeed’s Allan Schrader explains how the technology works. view on YouTube

Garmin Connext uses the Flight Stream wireless interface transceiver for sending and receiving data between tablet computers and Garmin panel mount avionics, including the GNS430W and 530W navigators and the GDL88 ADS-B system. Garmin’s Jessica Koss gives an overview of the system from AirVenture 2014 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. view on YouTube

FreeFlight Systems announced today at AirVenture that the FAA has granted Technical Service Order (TSO) approval to the companys RANGR FDL- 978-RX ADS-B receiver with optional built-in WAAS GPS. The system provides what FreeFlight described as an affordable and flexible way to add ADS-B In traffic and weather capabilities to aircraft with certified 1090ES or […]

Superior Air Parts aims to get a piece of Lycoming’s business with a soon-to-be-approved 180-hp IO-360 Vantage engine, the company said at AirVenture on Monday. For a price about the same as an IO-360 overhaul, the new Vantage engine is a bolt-up conversion for the Lycoming IO-360 used in the R and S model Skyhawks, […]