Aircraft Upgrades

Frakes Aviation, which acquired the Mallard amphibian from Grumman and modified it with turbine engines, is in search of a new buyer who will take the airplanes back into production. “We’re looking for someone to take on the entire project,” Sam Jantzen, of Mallard Aircraft, who is working with Frakes, told AVweb this week. That […]

BendixKing has a new integrated avionics suite for the turboprop market. The AeroVue, which trickles down from advanced avionics found in transport category and business jets, is a three-screen system with autopilot, dual AHRS, cursor-control device (CCD), plus cabin internet connectivity. In this video, Aviation Consumer‘s Larry Anglisano takes a look at the system in […]

A year ago, Continental Motors invested heavily in aircraft diesel technology when it bought the former Thielert works in St. Egidien, Germany. AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli recently visited the plant and prepared this detailed video on how the engines are made. view on YouTube

An occupational hazard of being a journalist is that you’re occasionally-wittingly or unwittingly-a shill for some product, a service, an organization…you name it. One reason for this is that much of what we do on AVweb is bulletin reporting. By that, I mean if a development happens or someone says something, we report it straight […]

AVweb’s weekly review of what’s going on in aviation turned up news that Power Flow had broken its own record for sales of Tuned Exhaust Systems at AirVenture, Oxygen to Go, LLC and its founder Dr. Brent Blue were recognized by Delta Airlines for significant contributions to persons with disabilities, the NTSB has proposed changes […]

Thanks to AVWeb for supplying the opportunity for EAA’s guest blog posting about the new FAA hangar-use policy. Anytime we can work together to bring more knowledge and information to aviators, the better it is for all of us. AVweb’s “Hangar Policy Lunacy” editorial last Friday makes the point exactly right: None of us are […]

AVweb’s weekly review of what’s happening in aviation found everything from a flight program for young cancer survivors through new Hartzell props for the world’s fastest turboprop to the newest recipient of the EAA’s August Raspet Award and an NTSB training program in emergency communications. Summit Aviation and Eagle Mount announced a partnership to bring […]

As the market for refurbished and reconditioned aircraft gains momentum, both appraisers and banks face the daunting challenge of determining higher values for older airplanes brought to near-new standards by remanufacturing. “This is a fairly new thing and we’re just now going about how to value an airplane that is totally reconditioned. The problem we […]

Adept Airmotive is a South African company with a V-6 gasoline engine. After a couple of years of flying the engine experimentally, the company is funded for a two-year certification effort. CEO Richard Schulz brings us up to date. Duration: 10:52 File Size: 9.6 MB download here

2020 is no longer some far-future date you’d see in a summer blockbuster – and that means the clock is ticking on equipping your airplane for next-generation airspaces. NavWorx may have the friendliest price point for entering the ADS-B equipment market, so we spoke with CEO Bill Moffitt at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. Duration: 4:57 […]