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Talk about the current market of new million-dollar piston singles and inevitably someone will argue that you could buy a twin turboprop for less. The Cessna 425 Conquest I is one of them. The current Aircraft Bluebook pegs a 1981 425 at $620,000 (down $200,000 from ten years ago), and for those looking to move […]
Textron Aviation has announced that it is now offering a tank of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as an option for customers taking delivery of new Beechcraft turboprop and Cessna turboprop and jet aircraft. In addition, a SAF refueling option will be provided for customers at the company’s service center in Wichita, Kansas. Textron noted that […]
AOPA is warning aircraft operators to be careful in choosing the disinfectants used to keep aircraft COVID-19 safe. A Florida flight school had to remove the instruments and switches and resurface the panels of two Cessna 172s after a well-meaning renter used ethanol-based sanitizer to clean the yokes of the aircraft. The overspray hit the […]
The Business Aviation Coalition for Sustainable Aviation Fuel has published a new guide on how to incorporate sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) into operations from the perspective of the business aviation community. According to the coalition, the free online guide was designed to serve as a resource on topics such as the practicalities of SAF development, […]
Phillips 66 announced on Wednesday that it plans to reconfigure its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, to produce sustainable diesel, gasoline and jet fuels. The conversion would move the refinery from using crude oil for fuel production to using cooking oil, fats, greases and soybean oils. Phillips 66 estimates the “Rodeo Renewed” project will […]
Continental Aerospace Technologies has announced that its CD-170 engine has been granted type certification by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The four-cylinder, liquid-cooled CD-170 is the latest edition to the company’s CD-100 engine series, which has collectively logged over 7.1 million flight hours worldwide since its introduction. The CD-170 is capable of operating […]
Wisconsin-based aviation engine developer Engineered Propulsion Systems (EPS) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to a petition submitted to the Western District of Wisconsin bankruptcy court on July 29, “there are currently no investors willing to continue to support the ongoing operations of the Company outside of a restructuring process” and it is “at […]
Staggerwing. Caught you. It only took one word. You started dreaming. It’s okay, we did too. In our mind’s eye we saw that sleek work of art smoke over us at 200 MPH, 450-HP Pratt rumbling as it dwindled away toward the horizon. Unless one’s blood is the consistency of water, at some time every […]
Honeywell announced on Thursday that it has received a Technical Standard Order (TSO) from the FAA for its IntuVue RDR-7000 weather radar system. The IntuVue RDR-7000 offers weather detection, analysis and avoidance capabilities such as automated 3D volumetric scanning up to 60,000 feet and out to 320 nautical miles, turbulence detection out to 60 nautical […]
Blackhawk Aerospace has received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for its XR Upgrade Kit for King Air 350 series aircraft. Along with replacing the original engines and propellers with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A engines and MT five-bladed composite propellers, the XR kit includes new heavy-weight landing gear, high flotation tires, fully enclosed landing […]
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