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MakerPlane and Vx Aviation Introduce Industry’s First pre-Stall Warning Haptic Stick-Shaker for E-AB Aircraft. Simple to install Stick Shaker uses EFIS AoA information from Dynon, Garmin and Grand Rapids Technology to provide tactile feedback of impending stall. TORONTO, CANADA 21 July 2014—MakerPlane and its development partner Vx Aviation today announced a low-cost, easy-to install haptic […]

TORONTO, CANADA 16 July 2014 — MakerPlane and its development partner Vx Aviation today announced an enhanced version of the popular M-PWR-2 trim controller. The M-PWR-2AT adds automatic pitch and roll trim control to aircraft that use Dynon SkyView autopilot systems. The M-PWR-2AT provides two independent trim motor control channels, with selectable trim motor speeds […]

The idea behind MakerPlane is to create an “open source aviation project” that allows people to build their own aircraft using personal Computer Numerical Control (CNC) mills and 3D printers. In that way, MakerPlane hopes to create an environment where people can produce aircraft largely “built on a computer controlled mill at home.” The man […]

Commissioners advance long-planned expansion amid community concerns.

Brigade pairs unmanned systems with rotary-wing platforms as field production expands.

Aerotime says the Moscow Times is reporting that Aeroflot has deactivated the brakes on at least six widebody airliners and three single-aisle because it can’t get replacements for worn-out parts due to trade sanctions. Pilots have been told to compensate for the missing brakes when landing. Aerotime apparently translated the Moscow Times story and some […]

On one of aviation’s most visible international stages, Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, said at the Paris Air Show, “We are incredibly proud of the progress with Overture and Symphony from our global team of partners and suppliers who continue to operate at an accelerated pace toward the future of sustainable supersonic […]

On December 24, 2017, a Cessna 340 crashed at Bartow, Fla., during an attempted predawn IMC departure. All five aboard the airplane died. At the time this article was written, it was not yet known what factors, if any, beside the weather may have contributed to this Christmas Eve tragedy. Regardless, the circumstances should remind […]

The images above show the busy view outside of Garmin’s King Air somewhere around Memphis cruising northwest-bound, and how it looks on the GWX 70 Doppler weather radar. Plan your path through—we’ll come back to it later. ADS-B may pause an active radar upgrade decision for anything but twins and turbines, but radar is far […]

Airbus announced on Tuesday that it has wrapped up wind-tunnel testing of its eXtra Performance Wing demonstrator. Alongside fello’fly’s widebody formation flights and AlbatrossONE’s flapping wings, the eXtra Performance Wing is one of the company’s “biomimicry” projects that engage in “the study and imitation of nature … to help solve human challenges.” Launched last September, […]