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August 01, 2022

SnF's Aerospace Expo Updates For 2023 And Beyond

Conrad Shares Updates & Future Of Sun n Fun Since Taking Helm

Sun n Fun’s Gene Conrad, President and CEO of the Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) was excited to share their progress to date, a future look to Sun n Fun 2023, and beyond. He began by showing a video montage, and shared a little about his beginnings in aviation, specifically that he was born in the city of Oshkosh, grew up around Mr. Steve Wittman and his wife Dorothy… the PB&J sandwiches she used to make him, being around all things aviation, which also included a stint as Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) manager for 12 years, serving in the same role for a similar duration at Lakeland Linder International A

Murphy Aircraft Focuses On Moose After Pandemic Shutdown

By Suzanne Collins Anton Fix and Tim Gai of Murphy Aircraft were on hand at discuss their lineup of certified aircraft at AirVenture 2022. Murphy Aircraft, in business since 1985 closed its doors during the pandemic, and in late 2021 found new life following a purchase, change of hands, and subsequently rebuilding/rehiring the workforce. Having worked through the challenges, Murphy Aircraft believes its ready to resume supplying kits. Murphy Aircraft, headquartered in Chiliwack, British Columbia, Canada offers factory tours to its owners, and the chance to meet the dedicated staff who are responsible fo

METARmaps Introduces New Features For 2022

We checked in with Mr. Richard Freilich at EAA AirVenture 2022, and he shared with us that new for this year in version 4.0 of METARmaps are the following features: off-panel processing (the work is being done in the cloud) which will facilitate easier over-the-air (OTA) updates and feature enhancements to the map, geo-dimming (real-time sunrise brightening or sunset dimming), in addition to the lightning indications (via LED flicker), general wind, and sustained wind-gust information (via LED pulse at programmed rates) that was previously available.

Skeeter Enterprise’s Laser Altimeter Ready For Showtime

On site at EAA AirVenture 2022, we bumped into Mr. Sean Sherman of Skeeter Enterprises tent in the South 40 (Vintage side of the house) to ask about the little white boxes attached to the mock strut which served as his prop display. Mr. Sherman confirmed that the STADIA model is a laser altimeter that was designed and developed specifically with General Aviation in mind, and that this model is intended for land-based aircraft, with a water-landing model currently in the works. Once turned on, the STADIA is in standby mode, and kicks in at 130ft (vertical detection), and at 100ft its truly awake to within 2 to 3 inches, which is significant