Brings WSI InFlight Weather, Sirius To Avidyne EX500, EX5000
MFDs
At a Tuesday gathering at AirVenture 2007, Avidyne Corporation
unveiled its new MLB700 Broadcast Datalink Receiver for WSI
InFlight weather service and Sirius Satellite Radio programming,
expanding the range of weather and digital audio programming
options available for Avidyne EX500 and EX5000 multifunction
displays (MFDs).
Pilots want it... the FAA wants it... so ADS-B appears to be
here to stay. Garmin International announced this week at
AirVenture 2007 the advance of Automatic Dependent
Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) avionics in the general aviation
market segment, by enabling its GTX 330 and GTX 33 transponders
with 1090 MHz Extended Squitter (ES) transmission capabilities.
Eclipse CEO Vern Raburn, On The ECJ Single Engine Jet
Concept
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 07.24.07 (ANN's Special
Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 07.24.07 (ANN's
Special Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- What's In Store For The ECJ?:
07.24.07 (ANN Special Feature, with Eclipse Aviation CEO
Vern Raburn.)
Aside from the unquestionably high performance of each product
it produces, Oregon-based Epic AIR appears somewhat torn between
selling fully certificated aircraft, and experimental-category
kitplanes.
It's happened to all of us, and it doesn't take much: a fouled
plug, spongy brake, or a corroded electrical connection. It's
enough to spoil a day of flying around the home field, but what
happens when you're at AirVenture?
On behalf of Symphony Aircraft, investor Lou Simons presented
the AirVenture crowd with a look into the not-so-distant future
during its opening day press conference at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
Simons is currently the largest investor in Symphony... which has
had financial trouble in the
past, and is under liquidation proceedings in
Canada.
In a joint news conference Monday at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh,
Aviat Aircraft and Forward Vision announced the Forward
Vision EVS-100 (Enhanced Vision System) will be available as
optional equipment on new Aviat Huskys and as a retrofit item for
existing Husky aircraft, making Aviat the first GA aircraft
manufacturer to offer the system.
Chart/Training Publisher Embraces The Tech Trend At OSH
Following the wave of new technology sweeping the grounds at OSH
this year, Jeppesen announced a new series of GPS training courses
-- and part 91 pilots can make the switch to electronic charts with
a sense of security.
They come in as a trickle on Monday, build to 600 a day, and
conclude with the two veterans who staff EAA's US Post Office
wrapping and mailing anything from landing gear to propellers to
outlet purchases that can't fit into the plane.