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Avionics Shops: Made Better Through AEA
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (1057+ words) Avionics Shops: Made Better Through AEA'AvBrief.com Avionics Shops: Made Better Through AEA Trade groups that work hard for the membership are worth talking about, and aircraft owners and pilots might not appreciate that the AEA (Aircraft Electronics Association) is…...
AWACS Destroyed in Iranian Attack
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (102+ words) AWACS Destroyed in Iranian Attack'AvBrief.com AWACS Destroyed in Iranian Attack Analysts quoted by the magazine said the aircraft, known in the AWACS community as Captain Planet was attached to Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City and was in…...
uAvionix AV-30: Now IFR and Wireless
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (80+ words) uAvionix AV-30: Now IFR and Wireless'AvBrief.com uAvionix AV-30: Now IFR and Wireless The latest uAvionix AV-30 retrofit flight instrument has grown in capability from earlier versions and now has a capable IFR interface that's compatible with WAAS navigators, autopilots,…...
Bitten Below the MDA
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (477+ words) So, how is it this pilot left the MDA at night with two layers below and began descending to the runway?I've seen some speculation that the pilot might have seen vertical steering from the Garmin +V advisory vertical guidance…...
Military Transport Crash Kills 66 in Colombia
1+ week, 3+ day ago (175+ words) Military Transport Crash Kills 66 in Colombia'AvBrief.com Military Transport Crash Kills 66 in Colombia At least 66 people were killed when a Colombian air force C-130H carrying 128 people crashed Monday morning shortly after takeoff from Puerto Legu'zamo, in the southern part of the…...
Aspen Avionics Engine Instrument Display
1+ week, 2+ day ago (97+ words) Aspen Avionics Engine Instrument Display'AvBrief.com Aspen Avionics Engine Instrument Display Aspen Avionics says it's close to FAA certification of its Evolution Engine Instruments interface for the Evolution MAX MFD. It's a primary replacement for OEM engine and fuel gauges…...
Aircraft Electronics Convention and Trade Show Opens in Dallas
1+ week, 3+ day ago (463+ words) Aircraft Electronics Convention and Trade Show Opens in Dallas'AvBrief.com Aircraft Electronics Convention and Trade Show Opens in Dallas The Aircraft Electronics Association is an important trade organization for both avionics shops and aircraft owners, and as the 69th annual AEA…...
Swift 100R Approved For Hundreds Of Engines
1+ week, 5+ day ago (251+ words) Swift 100R Approved For Hundreds Of Engines'AvBrief.com Swift 100R Approved For Hundreds Of Engines The FAA has approved Swift Fuels 100R unleaded fuel for use in hundreds of engines as the company moves to commercialize the fuel. On March 11, the agency published…...
Negligence, Poor Coordination, and High Energy Lasers in the NAS
2+ week, 2+ day ago (231+ words) Common sense says the LOCUST beam is kept concentrated. If it spread too wide, it would lose punch. That means the glare and eye-hazard problem may reach well beyond a "2 or 3 mile range. Yet the exact LOCUST hazard envelope has…...
Website Created as Base For AOPA Reform
2+ week, 2+ day ago (365+ words) Web Site Created as Base For AOPA Reform'AvBrief.com Website Created as Base For AOPA Reform A website has been established as a clearinghouse for information about AOPA's issues and to collect proxies for use in voting at the May…...