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Pilatus: the entrepreneur unlocking new horizons for business aviation in Japan

Aerotime

Pilatus On March 14 th , 2025, Pilatus Aircraft announced the launch of the new model, the PC-12 PRO the Most Advanced Single – highlighting its outstanding features: New external lights Pilatus Advanced Cockpit Environment powered by Garmin G3000 Prime Emergency Autoland cutting-edge safety system Powerful 12 Weather Radar Increased payload (..)

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Garmin Launches Pilot Web Flight Planner

Flying Magazine

Garmin, a brand synonymous with flight planning and execution, brings a new tool to the cockpit with the Garmin Pilot Web, a flight planning website that interfaces nicely with the Garmin Pilot mobile app. The pilot can also access airport information such as daily and hourly forecasts in addition to aviation-centric weather data.

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Voices from Combat: The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Becomes a Bomber

Vintage Aviation News

Note the radome above the cockpit. If conditions (weather, enemy fire, target opportunities, etc.) “Machine gun fire you could definitely hear the firing, even from the cockpit and over the noise of all four engines. If conditions (weather, enemy fire, target opportunities, etc.) Mission accomplished!”

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Daher Aircraft’s continual improvement strategy brings new avionics and systems enhancements to its Kodiak product line in 2025

Professional Pilot

Daher Aircraft acquired the Kodiak product line in 2019 and has invested millions of dollars to evolve these go-anywhere aircraft renowned for their STOL (short takeoff and landing) capabilities in remote and challenging environments, rugged durability and payload capacity.

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Boeing 707

Vintage Aviation News

With civilian and military customers seeking more payload capacity, the fuselage was widened to 144 inches for five-abreast seating, but Boeing’s main rival in the airline industry, Douglas Aircraft, promised six-abreast seating for their upcoming DC-8 jetliner which was to have a fuselage width of 147 in.

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Universal Avionics InSight Display System Upgrade Available for Hawker 800XP

Professional Pilot

The InSight Display System brings a glass cockpit experience and advanced navigation to modernize Hawker 800 series aircraft. ” Key benefits of the InSight Display System for Hawker 800/A/B/XP operators include: Increased payload and efficiency: Provides an additional 250+ lbs.

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Cream of the Crop Dusting

Plane and Pilot

Throw in occasional maintenance issues, weather issues, unplanned obstacles (think people on the ground who have a front-row seat to your field), and other one-offs, and you can see that your typical day may not be so typical. (For Therefore, your chemical payload will be anywhere from 3,000 to 8,000 pounds.)

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