AVweb‘s search of news in aviation found announcements from Cessna Pilot Centers, the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals,ELITE Simulation Solutionsand CiES.Cessna Pilot Centers’ use of the latest iPad technology gives pilots convenient access to their online courses even when they are offline. The CPC Companion app, a free download from the Apple App Store, allows pilots to download lessons from their courses to their iPad.More than fifteen hundred aviation and aerospace professionals will gather Aug. 10 – 12 for the 40th Annual National Convention and Career Exposition at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in Lombard, Illinois. The convention, presented annually by the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals, will feature notable speakers.
ELITE Simulation Solutions debuted their new single-seat, motion-based, piston helicopter trainer called the TH22SM at the Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA) Expo in Savannah, Georgia. The TH22 series of Advanced Aviation Training Device is based on the Robinson 22/44 piston helicopter. The ELITE TH22SM features a 3 DOF (pitch, roll and heave) motion system.Over 1,500 aircraft in the field already fly with CiES digital fuel quantity systems. CiES’ new technology fuel quantity systems are incorporated on all new Cirrus Aircraft SR20, SR22 and SR50 Jet, Quest Kodiak, Vulcanair P68, Gippsland GA10, CAIGA with several more to be added in the coming months. This STC illustrates that a conventional approach to FAA approval is still a viable method of incorporating changes when safety of flight and regulatory requirements are involved.
