Accessories and Consummables

Its possible to simultaneously make much of and nothing of last weeks announcement from the FAA that five entities have submitted nine proposals for an unleaded replacement for leaded avgas. Ive spoken to several sources in the industry about this and no one seems to have much detail on the proposals. But one thing seems […]

AVwebs weekly dig into aviation developments uncovered news that two states passed laws that include aviation in recreational activity protections, Lightspeed launched its long-promised Zulu PFX headset, the Cessna TTx was approved for flight into known icing (FIKI) and Zenith Aircraft set the date for its annual Hangar Day. On June 25, California Governor Jerry […]

Lithium-ion batteries, which have three times the power of lead acid aircraft cells, are starting to find their way into new aircraft. Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics has formed a new division called True Blue Power to serve this market. In this AVweb video, MCI’s Todd Winter discusses the new battery products. view on YouTube

The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday voted to provide $15.7 billion to the Federal Aviation Administration in fiscal year 2015, representing a slight increase from the current $15.6 billion funding level. AOPA is reporting that the bill prohibits the imposition of aviation user fees and also fees for digital navigational charts. The bill also directs […]

If you were asked to describe the great technological challenge of the age, what would it be? Cracking fusion as an energy source? The 1000 wh/kg lithium-ion battery? Cheap turbine engines made of plastic? For me, it would be a flashlight that does what its supposed to for, say, at least a year after purchase. […]

The Lear 60 is a fast, affordable business jet. But like most airplanes, it could do well with additional baggage space. Raisbeck Engineering, a well-known STC house, has developed just such a product. AVweb takes a look at it in this brief product video. view on YouTube

Our survey of the news of the week uncovered two new releases, Conklin and de Deckers latest Aircraft Cost Evaluator and ASAs upgraded aviation dictionary app, as well as the identity of this years winners of the EAA/Daher-Socata scholarships and details of the first California Pilot Safety Tour. Conklin & de Decker has published the […]

GoPro action cameras capture cool in-flight video, but when shooting from inside the cabin, the propeller disk and cabin windows can blur otherwise good footage. The EAGLE360 from Airborne Sensor is an STC-certified belly pod that houses up to three GoPro cameras. Company CEO David Tenenbaum gave AVweb a demo at Sun ‘n Fun 2014 […]

ASA has 39 specialty training apps for pilots and dozens of aviation e-books. At Sun ‘n Fun, ASA’s Brian Snider showed AVweb some of the more popular apps. view on YouTube

At Sun ‘n Fun 2014, Airborne Sensor introduced the Eagle360 GoPro camera pod. It’s an STC-certified external pod housing that can accommodate up to four GoPro cameras. Weighing under 5 pounds, the Eagle360 is easy to install on the belly of the aircraft and is designed with four camera bays for placing the GoPro forward, […]