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Plastek, Avex Partner
Plastek LLC has signed a joint partnership agreement
with New Avex Corp. to provide repair, restoration,
and detailing services of aircraft. “Plastek will provide
the portfolio of 14 different products and proprietary
processes for restoration of acrylics and polycarbonates
and detailing of multifunction displays, and New Avex
brings its world class fixed base operation with a one-stop solution for corporate and private aircraft,” said
Gus Ordonez, CEO of Plastek LLC. Learn more at www.
PlastekLLC.com.
FIT Selects Remos for Flight Training
FIT Aviation LLC, a part of the Florida Institute of Technology, will use new Remos aircraft on its flightline. GX
2009 models will be available for primary flight training
as well as for time-building exercises relating to the university’s professional pilot training program. They will
also become part of Florida Tech’s flying club. For more
information visit
www.FIT.edu,
www.FitAviation.com, or
www.Remoss.com.
Power Flow Systems Celebrates; You Save
It has been 10 years since the first Power Flow tuned
exhaust system was shipped from Daytona Beach. The
company has since shipped another 3,500 units. To celebrate, Power Flow Systems will provide a 5 percent discount on all orders submitted before the end of August
2009. Visit
www.PowerFlowSystems.com to learn more.
Williams Int’l Completes Alternative Fuel Testing
Williams International has completed extended testing
of alternative fuel in a small gas turbine engine widely
used in the general aviation market. An FJ44-3 engine
was powered by 2,000 gallons of coal-based, alternative
fuel for 118 cycles during 21 hours of running at Williams’ Walled Lake, Michigan, facility. The synthetic fuel
performed extremely well; the engine performance was
identical to using Jet A fuel and required no special engine or test cell modifications for the demonstration.
Save $400 on PS Engineering Audio Control Panel
PS Engineering has reduced the price of its PMA7000B audio control panel with integrated marker beacon receiver.
The list price of the PMA7000B is now $1,595. “This price
decrease is possible because we leveraged improvements in
technology with improved manufacturing efficiency,” said
Gary Picou, vice president of quality systems. “We used the
collective experience of a decade of PMA7000 production
to cut production costs, and we pass that along to the customer.” Learn more at
www.PS-Engineering.com.
Air Conditioning now Available for Diamond DA40
Premier Aircraft Sales Inc., the authorized Diamond
Regional Distribution Center for the southeastern United
States, has received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate
SA03674AT for installation of a fully integrated vapor cycle
air conditioning system for all Lycoming-powered Diamond
Aircraft DA40 series aircraft. For more information, visit
www.DiamondAircraft.com.
Tecnam Donates Plane to Embry-Riddle
Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam Srl. and Michael and
Lynne Birmingham, U.S. distributors for the Tecnam aircraft line, have donated a 2009 Tecnam P92 Echo Classic,
a light-sport aircraft valued at $125,000, to Embry-Riddle’s
Daytona Beach flight team. The flight team will be the first
in the nation to fly the new plane in the upcoming National
Intercollegiate Flying Association’s SAFECON 2009 competition May 17-29 at Parks College of St. Louis University.
Learn more at
www.EmbryRiddle.edu or
www.Tecnam.com.
Your Storm Rally on Floats
Light Sport America is now offering an amphibious float
kit for the Storm Rally LSA, said J. Phil McCoy, president of
Light Sport America. The 15-foot floats are manufactured
by Puddlejumper Floats of Outremont, Quebec, a company
that has been making bolt-on float kits for ultralight and
light-sport aircraft for more than 20 years. The 15-foot fiberglass floats have a displacement of 1,500 pounds. Visit
www.LightSportAmerica.com or e-mail
MccoyPhil@aol.com.
Fat Gecko Camera Mount
Delkin now offers a dual suction cup mount called the Fat Gecko
that enables aviation enthusiasts to quickly and easily create
videos of their flying for training, business, legal reasons, or fun.
The suction cups enable the Fat Gecko to attach to the inside
of any window, windshield, or non-porous canopy. The mount is
removable and can be placed in any location that is out of the
way to capture video inside or outside the cockpit, including
landings and takeoffs. Fat Gecko is available at photography and
aviation supply stores worldwide or through the manufacturer’s
website at
www.Delkin.com for $89.99.
24 JUNE 2009
