All Had Been Aboard A Cessna Aircraft That Was Forced To Ditch
A Cessna airplane that had departed from Crooked Island in the Bahamas Monday was forced to ditch off the coast of New Providence southeast of Nassau just before dark. Fortunately, all five people aboard, including an 8-month-old baby, managed to board a liferaft and survived the ditching.
Third Modified Cessna 182 To Enter Service With North Carolina-Based SIM
SIM USA, based in North Carolina and operating in Niger, Africa, recently welcomed its 3rd C182 upgraded with an SMA STC after a 37-hour flight (averaging 9.4 gph) across the Atlantic from Bangor, Maine to Niamey. All three of SIM’s SMA powered C182s have been ferried to Africa by Wings of Eagles and its pilot, Bill Scott.
Enables the Display Of FreeFlight RANGR ADS-B In Data
FreeFlight's certified ADS-B RANGR systems are now fully compatible with the ForeFlight Mobile app version 7.1 that was released last week. With the software update, users can now view ADS-B In weather and traffic data from FreeFlight Systems' RANGR series of ADS-B receivers via the ForeFlight Mobile app.
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