Dynon Certified autopilot approved for Beechcraft Baron
Expanding its already expansive list of approved aircraft, Dynon Certified announced the SkyView HDX avionics and autopilot system has received FAA approval for Beechcraft Baron 58 and 58A models. Additionally, the company’s electronic trim control and auto-trim offerings have been expanded.
Aircraft Maintenance: Corrosion prevention for wheels, brakes
Aircraft wheels and brakes are remarkably simple and reliable. Unfortunately, it isn’t wear and tear that sends them to the scrapyard but corrosion. Aircraft owners, it turns out, are well equipped to win this particular battle.
Who Can Fly My Plane?
A common theme of aircraft insurance coverage denials stems from having an unapproved pilot at the controls.
Shifting a runway
Pilots in Driggs, Idaho, are petitioning to retain the first 2,000 feet of a Driggs/Reed Memorial Airport runway after the city announced plans to remove it as part of a current airport improvement project design.
Van’s Aircraft reports progress toward reorganization
Van’s Aircraft pledged January 20 to close the loop soon with customers awaiting word on new prices for kits that include engines.
Hal and Sandy Shevers hang it up
After more than 60 years of growing their business from humble beginnings to one of the biggest general aviation mail-order companies in the United States, Hal and Sandy Shevers decided to retire.
AOPA provides support, recommendations on MOSAIC
In comments to the FAA on January 22, AOPA collaborated with aviation organizations to ensure the much-anticipated rulemaking on the expansion of light sport aircraft and sport pilot privileges will go far enough to meet the needs of the pilot population and make sense within the national airspace system.
Many Van’s Aircraft customers still await word on price hike
Five of the hundreds of Van’s Aircraft customers who must decide by January 30 whether to accept a steep price hike or join the pool of unsecured creditors in the ongoing bankruptcy case voiced frustration during a January 16 hearing before Judge David W. Hercher, and were told by the company’s attorney that answers to […]
Pivotal opens sales for light eVTOL Helix
Light electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) manufacturer Pivotal, formerly known as Opener, has started selling Helix, the company’s first scalable production aircraft.
AOPA urges swift action on FAA reauthorization
AOPA is again urging members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee to act on the FAA reauthorization bill.
