Check Out The New Progressive Aerodyne Searey Elite and Searey Adventure at OSH Display #193

Progressive Aerodyne was founded in 1991 by Kerry Richter and his business partners, Wayne Richter and Paige Lynette. With a long family history of building ultralight amphibious aircrafts, the company took the opportunity to create a new amphibious aircraft design and named it the Searey. Thus, the Searey took form and began flying in November 1992. The next year, the Searey Classic was introduced to the general public and was very well received, assuring two years worth of orders for the company and marking a place for the Searey name in aviation history. Since then, Progressive Aerodyne has enjoyed a dominant position in the light sport amphibious experimental aircraft market.

Will Deliver Final Aircraft To The School Next Month

Piper Aircraft, Inc. will complete delivery of UND’s trainer order for 2017 next month (August).  The order received from the University of North Dakota John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences for 2017 is for a total of 20 aircraft including 16 Archer TXs and 4 Seminoles which completed delivery earlier this month.

Sonex Aircraft and AeroConversions Products exhibit at AirVenture 2017 -- Located in booth 605/622 in the North Aircraft Display Area

Be sure to catch the Sonex Aircraft Open House and Homecoming Fly-In the day before AirVenture begins, Sunday July 23rd, at Sonex Factory Headquarters, on the east side of Wittman Field. On display for the second year at AirVenture will be Red One, the factory prototype Waiex B-Model. The tricycle gear Sonex B-Model will also be on-display for the first time at AirVenture 2017, featuring the Dynon SkyView HDX Quick Panel. New for 2017 is the addition of the Xenos Motorglider to the B-Model lineup. The Xenos now includes all new B-Model Sonex and Waiex features, and B-Model Conversion Kits are also now available for Xenos. The Xenos brings unmatched affordability to the motorglider market. Continuing the Sonex heritage of serving the soaring community with a 24:1 glide ratio kit aircraft with all the great features of the Sonex and Waiex designs.

Upgraded Airplanes Fresh Out Of Certification

Mooney received certification on both their M20 U and V models in March of 2017. They delivered the first Acclaim Ultra, serial number 330002 to their customer earlier this year and the second, serial number 330003 this week. Earlier this month the company was awarded TIA on the revolutionary Garmin 1000 TXI avionics package. Along with the new avionics the new models bring additional improvements such as a pilot-side door (and wider doors to boot), center-console data entry and a totally new luxury interior.

OSH2017 Sponsor: Sandia Aerospace

Located in the high desert of Albuquerque, New Mexico, SANDIA Aerospace was founded in 1997 by a group of avionics professionals to provide high quality avionics products to General, Corporate and Regional airline markets. Major product offerings include the company's STX 165 Transponder with Built-in Encoder, the SAI-340 Quatro, the STX 360 Sentinel, SAE 5-35 Altitude Encoder, SAC 7-35 Airdata Computer, Avionics Cooling Fans, and MARC 70 interface modules. SANDIA products are offered worldwide by both avionics modification centers and aircraft manufacturers.

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Announces EASA Approval For G1000Nxi In The P2006T Twin

Tecnam Aircraft held a press briefing Wednesday announcing several newsworthy items. Tecnam has received EASA approval for G1000Nxi in the P2006T twin. The G1000 features a number of significant avionics enhancements and brings the P2006T to a state of the art level with wireless database updates, enhanced situational awareness, cockpit connectivity, and synthetic visual approaches.

Staying Power... Grip Lock Ties Brings You Oshkosh 2017!

Utah based EAA Members invented GripLockTies for their Air Racers to solve the problems of ordinary zip ties that are either too tight and break or too loose and move around. GripLockTies Innovative Rubber Lined Zip Ties solve the problems of damaged hoses and wires and cuts into structure. Everyone in aviation knows (or should know) not to put ordinary zip ties on Engine Mounts. Old-style slip ties will loosen and cut the wires or worse, cut through the paint and structure and cause damage and at worst engine mount failure. But with Rubber-Lined GripLockTies the rubber lining pads the wires and structure and holds it stable under vibration and eliminates the damage of old slip ties saving time, weight and money over Adel Clamps. 

Wisconsin Native Accepts Honor In Home State During AirVenture 2017

Phillips 66 Aviation is happy to announce this year’s EAA Young Eagles Leadership Award winner, Eric Whyte, of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Whyte’s experience with the EAA Young Eagles program is unique, holding the distinction of being the first individual to transition from Young Eagle to Young Eagles volunteer pilot. He took his first Young Eagles flight on August 5, 1992 and has been active in multiple capacities with the EAA for the past 25 years. To date he’s flown nearly 600 Young Eagles.

Bright, Powerful, Intuitive: MGL Avionics Is A Next Generation EFIS.... Today!

Since 2001, MGL Avionics has been producing avionics for the Experimental and Light-Sport Aircraft markets. The flagship product is the iEFIS - a comprehensive flight, engine and navigation instrument designed to meet the demands of the modern pilot. It is the next generation EFIS system utilizing a custom developed, pressure sensitive, sunlight-readable touchscreen that can also be operated using gloves.