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Liberty Completes Sales and Marketing
Expansion
With the appointment of Liberty Aircraft USA Inc., Liberty Aerospace has completed its U.S. sales and marketing
expansion. Liberty Aircraft USA Inc. now has 10 regional
sales managers representing the Liberty XL2 in strategic
locations across the country, including Tampa, Florida;
Greensboro, North Carolina; St. Louis, Missouri; Canandaigua, New York; Fort Worth, Texas; and Spokane, Washington. For information on how to become a distributor,
contact Paul Everitt, business development manager, at
321-308-9614, or visit www.LibertyAircraft.com.
367 Flights Sold in 38 Days
The Clearwater Flight School, operated by FPNA, manufacturer of the A- 22 Valor, completed a successful promotion by selling 367 Discovery Flights in 38 days. The flight
school displayed a Valor, a primary trainer, on a mock
runway in Clearwater’s Countryside Mall. Staffed by flight
instructors, the event created community awareness and
interest in general aviation and several new-student starts.
Each Discovery Flight, flown by an instructor pilot, is a
30-minute flight over the outer barrier islands of northern
Pinellas County.
Aspen Avionics Gets European Certification of
Evolution Flight Display
Aspen Avionics, maker of the Evolution flight display system, announced that the EASA has issued
European technical standards
order (ETSO) authorizations for
the EFD1000 primary flight displays (PFDs). This approval paves
the way for installation of the
EFD1000 PFDs in European aircraft (subject to aircraft-specific
installation approvals) and for
expansion of Aspen’s European
dealer network. Learn more at
www.AspenAvionics.com.
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Curtiss Jenny Datafile
If you’ve been an aviation history buff for a number of years,
you’ll probably remember the
handy monographs published
in the United Kingdom back in
the 1960s and ’70s, the Profile
Publications series of aircraft
booklets. The Windsock Datafile series of monographs are
similar in tone—each softcov-er book is focused on one aircraft type. To date, more than
130 have been published, covering standard subjects such as
the Sopwith Camel and more
obscure types such as the Felixstowe F.2A or the Pomilio
PD/PE. The Datafile publications are printed in a larger
tabloid format and are also printed in Great Britain.
Typically running about 36 pages plus covers, the
Datafile publications do their best to document the history and supply as many photographs as possible. Also
included are multiple-view drawings of the aircraft.
A recent release is dedicated to the history of the Curtiss Jenny: Windsock Datafile 132, Curtiss Jenny, Vol. 1 (a
second volume will be released in February 2009). As
quoted in the Datafile, the Aircraft Year Book of 1919
noted that 95 percent of all men who had learned to fly in
the United States learned in a Curtiss Jenny. The impact
of the Jenny on the history of aviation in the States can’t
be understated; with so many available, barnstorming
entrepreneurs often got their first taste of the aviation
business just trying to keep their Jenny in the air as they
dreamed of greater aviation success.
For pricing and additional information, write to the
publisher, Albatros Productions Ltd., 10 Long View, Chiltern Park Estate, Berkhamsted, Herts, HP4 1BY, UK, or
visit www.WindsockDatafileSpecials.co.uk.
—H.G. Frautschy
Plane Power Gear Driven Generator to Alternator Conversion Kit
Plane Power Ltd. has received supplemental type certificate/parts manufacturer approval for its new Gear Driven
Generator to Alternator Conversion Kit. The ER14-50 replaces the existing generator and generator regulator on many
small-block Continental engine-equipped aircraft such as those powered by C- 85, C- 90, C-125, C-145, and other engines. The alternator kit allows aircraft owners to replace old, heavy, poor-performing generators with a factory-new
alternator that offers the benefits of high output at low engine rpm, lighter weight ( 6. 9 pounds), and greater reliability.
Learn more at www.Plane-Power.com or call 877-934-5700.
