AOPA

Although AOPAs Summit show in Fort Worth this week may mark the end of an era, it didnt necessarily feel like that in the exhibit hall on Friday. I canvassed a number of vendors on their impressions of the foot traffic and the replies ranged from just okay to surprisingly good. At the Aircraft Spruce […]

At AOPA Summit, you can try all of the major ANR headsets in a single booth and fill out a survey form to quantify exactly what you think of each one. If you buy any of the headsets from any manufacturer, Giant of Quiet will give you a $25 coupon toward the purchase. We’ll play […]

One way of attracting a crowd at shows like AOPA Summit is to have a clever gadget, and Anthony Chan definitely has one in his wirelessly controlled aircraft tug. Chan was putting the tug through its paces on the exhibit floor in Fort Worth this week and drawing plenty of interest. Unlike most tugs, which […]

D’Shannon is well known, especially among Bonanza owners, as a purveyor of aircraft performance accessories, and now it’s getting into the boutique engine business. At AOPA Summit in Fort Worth this week, D’Shannon announced new details about it Genesis engine series, a performance, tuned version of Continental’s popular IO-520 and IO-550 lines that are the […]

Renting an airplane away from home has always been a hassle, but OpenAirplane aims to make that process “as easy as renting a car.” The company has made progress since its launch earlier this year. Co-founder Rod Rakic gave an update to AVweb’s Mary Grady at AOPA Summit in Fort Worth, Texas on Saturday. Note: […]

A new free app from King Schools makes it easy for users to transfer their content to a variety of electronic devices, John King told AVweb in an interview at AOPA Summit in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday. “You can now be in an airliner and put on your earphones and take a course on […]

SocialFlight, a free app and web tool that helps aviators find local aviation events, now will be listing online events such as interactive seminars or webcams at airshows, company president Jeff Simon said Friday, at AOPA Summit in Fort Worth, Texas. “Now anyone can host an event,” said Simon. “That’s the key.” A variety of […]

CSC Duats, which provides free FAA weather, flight planning, and flight-plan filing at its website, is now working to bring free Duats weather services into the cockpit, program manager Leon Thomas said at AOPA Summit on Friday. The company is working with a satellite provider to develop a system that will deliver full current weather […]

When leaders of the Recreational Aviation Foundation work to protect access to backcountry airstrips, one objection they often hear from park officials is that the noise disturbs wildlife, says RAF executive director John McKenna — a claim he hopes to dispute, thanks to a $10,000 research grant from AOPA’s new “Giving Back” grant program. “We […]

Mark Scheuer, the founder of PS Engineering, came to AOPA Summit this week to announce a special offer for pilots who are now flying with Garmin’s GMA340 — ask your avionics shop to swap in a PMA8000B audio panel for a free trial, and fly with it for up to two weeks. “Really, you’re going […]