Tires/Brakes

Between 2009 and 2017, GoGo Business Aviation delivered more than 4,000 connectivity systems. At AEA’s 2019 convention, AVweb talked with GoGo Regional Sales Manager John Hinton about the company, its products and where it’s headed in the future. Duration: 5:41 File Size: 5.2MB download here

Garmin announced at the 2019 Aircraft Electronics Association Convention that its G3X Touch flight display has been approved for nearly 500 certified aircraft. Garmin’s Jessica Koss demonstrated the unit for AVweb at the show. view on YouTube

Goodyear presented a concept for a tilt-rotor-type device that would work as a tire on the road and a propeller in the air at the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland on Tuesday. The Goodyear AERO concept involves a non-pneumatic structure with the flexibility to dampen shocks when driving and the strength to rotate at high […]

Wheel and brake company Beringer came to AirVenture 2018 with a freshly patented shock absorbing wheel, certification for its Alaskan Landing Gear (ALG) and two new STCs for wheel/brake/master cylinder packages. The company is in the process of developing a bolt-on oleo strut system it is calling the Shock-Wheel. The Shock-Wheel is intended for flight […]

Remember that great closing scene in The Bridges at Toko-Ri where admiral Tarrant, upon contemplating the loss of Brubaker, ruminates, “Where do we get such men?” For all the wrong reasons, I thought of that the other week when I was talking to Dave, one of the local IAs here. While I was fooling with […]

Beringer Aero brings its motorcycle racing brake technology to aircraft with a complete line of lightweight wheels and brakes, including an anti-skid device. In this video, Aviation Consumer editor Larry Anglisano takes a look at the product line with Claire Beringer at the 2015 U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida. view on YouTube

Saturday, Oct. 5, at all three locations (Corona, Ca.; Peachtree City, Ga.; and Brantford, Ontario, Canada) Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Company will host Customer Appreciation Day, offering reduced pricing and representatives from some of aviation’s leading product lines. Product demonstrations will be available from Garmin, Lightspeed, J.P. Instruments, Hartzell, Scheyden, PTI, Icom, Dynon and more. […]

Berringer, which produces wheels and brakes, including an anti-lock system for Cirrus aircraft, is currently acquiring worldwide patents for a new tailwheel that the company believes could greatly reduce the possibility of ground-loops in taildragger aircraft. The system is built as a drop-in replacement for Scott tailwheels, which it matches in weight and attachment configuration. […]