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Aircraft
Lycoming Extends TBO to 2,600 Hours for Many Engines
Lycoming Engines announced an 18 percent extension to the TBO, or time between overhauls, on many of its piston engines, giving owners of eligible aircraft hundreds of additional flying hours before their next overhaul. The company said it raised the base TBO for most of its factory-new and rebuilt engines for fixed-wing aircraft to 2,600 […]
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Aircraft
Aircraft
Swift Fuels Joins FAA Tech Center to Accelerate Engine Testing Program
Swift Fuels is working with fuel testing experts at the FAA’s William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to test its 100R unleaded aviation fuel on seven high-performance aircraft engines. Among the company’s goals are the addition of these powerplants to the growing list of those with FAA approval to run on […]
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Accessories
Accessories
Lightspeed Tunes ANR to Boost Cockpit Comfort in BRP-Rotax Powered Aircraft
Most pilots know a Rotax engine when they hear one because their sound differs in frequency from that of traditional piston aircraft engines. Now, for the first time, pilots who fly Rotax-powered aircraft will have easy access to an active noise reduction (ANR) profile tailored to their engines. Lightspeed Aviation and BRP-Rotax released a new […]
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Avionics
Aircraft
uAvionics Agrees to Supply AV-30 Instruments for Extra Aerobatic Aircraft
Electronic aircraft instrument manufacturer uAvionix entered a partnership with Extra USA under which it will supply and install certified and experimental versions of the popular uAvionix AV-30 EFIS in Extra aerobatic aircraft. The partnership is designed to give owners of the specialized Extra high-performance aircraft a factory-approved program for updating their panels with the latest […]
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