http://pacificwingsmagazine.com Leading the Way in Aviation Coverage | Aviation News and Events | The Magazine for Aviation & Aircraft Enthusiasts Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:33:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sounds Air Travel & Tourism Ltd. has purchased another Cessna C208 Caravan, ZK-TZR. The aircraft will operate between Wellington and Picton, Nelson, Blenheim and Kaikoura in conjunction with Sounds Air’s two existing Cessna Caravans. The latest Sounds Air Caravan was built in 2002 and imported into New Zealand by Izard Pacific ... http://pacificwingsmagazine.com/2008/11/01/sounds-air-expands-caravan-fleet/ In the mid-1960s, New Zealand's National Airways Corporation (NAC) was looking for a replacement for its Vickers Viscounts on its main trunk domestic routes. The jet age had arrived and, as the company's report stated, its aim was: "To select a modern long-life aircraft which is best suited to the ... http://pacificwingsmagazine.com/2008/11/01/the-boeing-737-40-years-new-zealand-service/ The Boeing 737—40 Years’ New Zealand Service NAC was one of the first airlines in the world to embrace the type that has become the world’s most popular airliner. Graeme Mollison outlines the 737’s first 40 years of successful service with NAC and Air New Zealand. AVEX 2008—Small Steps to a Big ... http://pacificwingsmagazine.com/2008/11/01/november-2008/ America’s Transportation Security Administration is in the process of writing some rules that it says “will increase the security of general aviation”. General aviation covers everything that isn’t a military or scheduled commercial flight. If adopted, the new rules would apply to all general aviation aircraft over 12,500 pounds, a ... http://pacificwingsmagazine.com/2008/11/01/tsa-proposal%e2%80%94further-erosion-of-aviation-freedom/ NASA is working with Gulfstream to test a “fly-by-cam” system in which the pilot of a supersonic business jet would be able to land an aircraft using a video feed from a high definition camera. According to The Register, the system is aimed at solving one of the vexing issues ... http://pacificwingsmagazine.com/2008/11/01/virtual-reality-landings-a-reality/ TracPlus USA Inc. and DAC International, Inc. have announced a worldwide distribution agreement that will see DAC International distribute TracPlus’s next generation tracking, messaging and data service. DAC International, which is an operating subsidiary of The Fairchild Corporation, has been operating since 1981. It is an avionics sales and distribution company ... http://pacificwingsmagazine.com/2008/11/01/tracplus-usa-and-dac-international-sign-worldwide-distribution-agreement/ The largest airship in the world, the Airship Ventures Zeppelin, recently completed a trans-oceanic crossing from Hamburg, Germany, to Beaumont, Texas, aboard a container ship. It has since completed a flight under its own power from Texas to its new home—the former naval air station at Moffett Field in Mountain ... http://pacificwingsmagazine.com/2008/11/01/zeppelin-returns-to-the-us/ The 25th of October marked the first year of airline service for the Airbus A380. The first production A380 was handed over to Singapore Airlines on 15th October 2007 and made its first operational flight for the airline 10 days later with a special charity flight between Singapore and Sydney. Since ... http://pacificwingsmagazine.com/2008/11/01/a380-celebrates-first-year-in-service/ Palmerston North-based satellite tracking solutions company spidertracks announced at the end of September that it has reached an agreement with the Cessna Aircraft Company to have its new product distributed through Cessna’s global aircraft support network. Spidertracks uses GPS coordinates and the Iridium satellite network to track aircraft or other vehicles ... http://pacificwingsmagazine.com/2008/10/01/cessna-adopts-spidertracks-tracking-system/ Hawker Pacific has been appointed as the distributor for the all-composite range of Diamond Aircraft throughout Australia and New Zealand. The agreement covers the twin engine DA42, the single engine DA40 and DA20, and the soon to be released DA 50 Magnum. The DA42 is available with either TDI (diesel) or Avgas ... http://pacificwingsmagazine.com/2008/10/01/hawker-pacific-to-distribute-diamond-aircraft/