"We are grateful to Globalair.com
and to those who have contributed to this gift," said Cameron
Johnson, co-founder, along with John Armstrong, of Proclaim Aviation
Ministries. "Proclaim offers training to mission aviators while
helping them meet their financial obligations, freeing them to pursue
overseas missionary service. We do this in a way that allows the
candidates who enter our program to build their flight and aircraft
maintenance experience."
TM Technologies’ Aero-Metal
forums return to AirVenture
TM Technologies will be offering its popular Aero-Metal Workshops at EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh 2006. TM owner Kent White has been demonstrating
aluminum repair techniques and teaching metalwork for aviation
enthusiasts at Oshkosh since 1994. TM Technologies runs classes for up
to eight hours a day over all seven days of AirVenture.
TM Technologies provides
instruction in welding aluminum, constructing tanks, shaping fairings
and wheelpants, repairing damaged parts, and teaching the English wheel
and the air power hammer.
Kent’s complete line of comprehensive
metalworking instructional videos and DVDs can be found at AirVenture
2006 at his company’s booth #1013 in Exhibit Hall A. For more
information on TM’s workshop programs, online catalog, and store,
visit www.TinManTech.com or call 530-292-3506.
Unleashed Racing powered by Superior’s
XP-400 engine
The Unleashed Racing Team this week said it selected the Superior
Air Parts’ XP-400 engine to power its modified Lancair 360 Sports
Class racer in this year’s Reno Air Races. Superior announced the
availability of the new XP-400 engine in early April at Florida’s Sun
’n Fun Fly-In. The XP-400 engine powering the Unleashed Lancair this
year features a counter-weighted version of Superior’s new
electro-slag remelt crankshaft along with advanced roller lifters and
camshafts. It will also have angle-valve cylinders with bigger valves
for better breathing and more fin area for better cooling.
"We are extremely
pleased that the Unleashed Racing Team has selected our brand new engine
for this year’s race," explained Timothy T. Archer, Superior’s
president and CEO. "Like all of Superior’s products, the XP-400
sets new standards for design, quality, and innovation."
"Racing is all about
innovation and bringing something new to the table," added Scott
Germain, the team’s pilot and owner. "I really can’t wait to
get it mounted on the airplane and see what it can do."
While 2006 will be Germain’s sophomore
year at the Reno Air Races, he has been a race team crew member, race
photographer, and reporter since 1986. When he’s not racing, Germain
serves as a first officer flying the Airbus A319 and A320 for US
Airways.
Spectrum 33 prototype crash kills
two
Tuesday’s fatal crash of a business jet prototype during takeoff
from the Spanish Fork (Utah) Airport was still under FAA and NTSB
investigation Wednesday. The prototype Spectrum 33, a lightweight,
all-composite business jet powered by two Williams FJ33 engines, was
destroyed. Both pilots aboard the experimental jet—Glenn Maben,
Spectrum Aeronautical LLC’s director of flight operations, and Nathan
Forrest, vice director—were killed in the crash.
The Spectrum 33 is a brainchild of
industry veteran Linden Blue—who as the then-president of Beechcraft
helped bring the Beech Starship to market—and was introduced last
November. It first flew in January. Rocky Mountain Composites Inc.,
which makes the high-tech carbon materials used in its structure, and
Spectrum Aeronautical LLC were jointly developing the new business jet.
No word was available on what effect Tuesday’s crash would have on the
companies’ plans to bring the jet to market.
Volunteer drawing
The following volunteers received $25 gift certificates in the
nightly drawing held at Theater in the Woods.
Glenn Brasch, Camp
Scholler – 24 Hr. Gen; Kim Brown, Ultralight Barn; Sue Villalobos,
Activity Center; Judy Janusevic, Sweepstakes; Russ Ostrand, Flight Line
Ops; Mary Murphy, Program Sales; Don Tupper, Vintage; Janet Sloan,
Activity Center Craft Tent
Blackhawk Modifications receives
STC for upgrades
Blackhawk Modifications Inc. said it received a supplemental type
certificate (STC) to upgrade original King Air 200 airplanes with
factory-new PT6A-42 engines.
The Blackhawk King Air
200XP upgrade exchanges the King Air’s original 3,000-hour time
between overhauls (TBO) PT6A-41 engines for new 3,600-hour TBO PT6A-42
engines. The change allows older King Air 200s to achieve the same
performance as the faster, current King Air B200.
The Blackhawk King Air 200XP is a
bolt-on installation requiring no airframe modification. Installation
time averages two weeks and is available at any Blackhawk Authorized
Installation Center worldwide. For more information, visit Blackhawk’s
booth in Hangar D, phone the company at 254-755-6711, or visit its
website at www.BlackHawk.aero.
Production Software Inc. releases
PalmPlates 1.01
Now in an updated version, Production Software says its PalmPlates
product is the first approach plate program designed to run on a Palm OS
device as well as Pocket PC, Windows Smartphone, Symbian, and Windows PC
(or Tablet PC) devices.
By using advanced
compression technology, all 12,500 (IAPs, SIDs, STARs and Airport
Diagrams) of the FAA/NACO Terminal Procedure Publications (TPP) can be
compressed to fit on a single (1 GB) memory card. Each region is
contained in a single database file. So if you only fly in one region,
you don’t need to download all 12,500 charts (25 regions).
Each chart can be viewed
as a small image (thumbnail) or zoomed in with a single click. To make
sure you are using current charts, an expiration date is printed at the
bottom of the page.
For more information on
PalmPlates, stop by the company’s booth in Hangar D.
