Aloft Has Enhanced Its Functionality And Added Features To Match A Constantly Evolving Industry
All-in-one UAS support specialist Aloft Ai offers a suite of tools to assist drone operators with all portions of their flight, assisting with pre-flight planning, airspace authorizations with LAANC, checklist compliance, risk assessment, Dynamic Airspace, and user credential tracking. These features are available on their new web interface at Aloft.ai as well as their mobile apps for iOS and Android.
Gulfstream has taken the wraps off two all-new aircraft -- the Gulfstream G800, the longest-range aircraft in Gulfstream history, and the Gulfstream G400, an airplane they call the first new entrant to the large-cabin class in more than a decade. The G800 offers customers the longest range in the Gulfstream fleet with its 8,000-nautical-mile range at Mach 0.85 and 7,000-nm range at Mach 0.90. The G800 is powered by Rolls-Royce Pearl 700 engines and features the Gulfstream-designed wing and winglet introduced on the Gulfstream G700. William Shatner,
Aero Linx: Northern California Business Aviation Association (NCBAA)
Northern California Business Aviation Association (NCBAA) -- Our mission is to Connect, Inform, and Grow the business aviation community in Northern California. We aim to deliver a series of events that allows everyone in the NorCal area an opportunity to connect with other business aviation professionals, learn about topics of interest and grow our aviation community.
Interrogator
The ground-based surveillance radar beacon transmitter-receiver, which normally scans in synchronism with a primary radar, transmitting discrete radio signals which repetitiously request all transponders on the mode being used to reply. The replies received are mixed with the primary radar returns and displayed on the same plan position indicator (radar scope). Also, applied to the airborne element of the TACAN/DME system.
“Building upon the success of our existing Caravan engine upgrades, adding the Pilatus PC-12 platform to our growing list of STCs was a natural evolution for the aftermarket engine upgrade business that Blackhawk was built on.”
Source: Jim Allmon, Blackhawk President and CEO, commenting on their newest STC for the Pilatus, wherein the stock Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-67B engine is replaced with the improved PT6A-67P iteration. Referred to as the XP67P Engine+ Upgrade, flight testing is forecasted to start in late Q1 of 2022.
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