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February 05, 2024

Airborne 02.05.24: SkyView HDX For B58, U/L Petition, 250th HondaJet

 Also: Midwest Aviation Expo, CMoH Recipient Larry Taylor, ‘No Drone Zone’, CAF Hall of Fame

 
 
Dynon's SkyView HDX is now available for Beechcraft Baron 58 and 58As, offering a cost-effective upgrade and 3-axis autopilot system. The system is capable of flying instrument approaches when combined with a compatible IFR nav device, which altogether packs quite a bit of capability into a flight deck. When added to an existing SkyView HDX, the 3-axis autopilot lists at $11,192 for the hardware, modules, servo harnesses, and brackets. Another aviation-oriented Change.org petition has surfaced... at least until it offends someone and the Change.Org folks take it down... this time, the petition addresses the serious deficit in our u

250th HondaJet Heads For the Skies

HondaJet Global Fleet Has Surpassed 210,000 Flight Hours

Honda Aircraft has delivered the 250th HondaJet since it began customer deliveries in late 2015. The 250th HondaJet recently rolled off the production line and completed the Standard Certificate of Airworthiness (SCoA), and Honda Aircraft Company associates celebrated the milestone with a special event at HondaJet HQ in Greensboro, North Carolina. The HondaJet earned its type certification from the FAA in 2015. To date, the aircraft holds 14 type certifications around the world. Since then, the bird has evolved from the original HondaJet (2015), to the HondaJet Elite (2018), the Elite S (2021), and the latest Elite II (2022). 

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Loft Dynamics Opens VR FlightSim Facility

Virtual Reality Flight Simulation Hub First in North America

Loft Dynamics (formerly VRM Switzerland) has opened its first Virtual Reality Flight Simulation Hub at its North American headquarters, located at the Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO). The hub features the company's Airbus H125 VR Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD). Loft Dynamics' full-motion FSTDs reportedly deliver high-fidelity, immersive pilot training at 'one-twentieth the cost and one-tenth the size' of legacy simulators. "We recognized a significant unmet demand to experience our technology in person in the U.S. Establishing a physical space became the obvious solution, making it more accessible to fly our sims, practice a range of maneuvers, and fully grasp th

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