News from the aviation industry*
Latest news
28/07/2009 - TCM'S Turbo And Fuel Initiative
When Teledyne Continental said it wanted to prove that high-performance engines could operate on unleaded fuel a few months back, it generated some doubting glances.
12/06/2009 - "Green" Flight Grabs Attention
The FAA and American Airlines have wrapped themselves in the eco banner in selling the benefits of the NextGen airspace system.
02/06/2009 - Switch to 406!
The International Cospas-Sarsat System has ceased satellite processing of 121.5/243 MHz beacons on 1 February 2009. All beacon owners and users should replace their 121.5/243 MHz beacons with 406 MHz beacons as soon as possible.
01/07/2009 - New GA Fuel Promises Better Range, Lower Cost
"Not only can our fuel seamlessly replace the aviation industry's standard petroleum fuel [100LL], it can outperform it," says John Rusek.
01/07/2009 - Lycoming Announces Auto-Gas Approval Program
Recognizing global concerns about the immediate and long-term availability of aviation-grade 100LL fuel, Lycoming Engines *announced* this week that it is working to get approval for the use of unleaded automotive gasoline for its standard-compression-ratio O-360 and IO-360 product lines.
*Collected by John Weijers
