Helicopter Trade Show and Exhibition

Posted on March 15, 2013 by admin

Las Vegas, 2013

Maxcraft’s President with our Director of Business Development went to one of the world’s largest helicopter trade show and exhibitions held in Las Vegas, Nevada. This exhibition and tradeshow had over 700 exhibitors and over 20,000 attendees.  One of the largest international helicopter exhibitions to date.

Bell booked 50 orders at Heli-Expo

American Medical Group Holdings placed a significant order for 30 Bell helicopters.

From there, orders came in from international customers which ranged from Latin America, to Europe and Asia. Orders were placed for an additional 20 Bell helicopters.

Eurocopter books orders at Heli-Expo

A total of 69!  During this month’s Heli-Expo event in Las Vegas, Eurocopter took a total of 69 bookings ranging from single-engine AS350s to the 11 ton EC225.  It was an amazing exhibition for these major helicopter companies.

Helicopter Community

Our customer Paul Spring of Phoenix Heliflight determining antenna location for our pending next glass panel upgrade with our president and the Eurocopter representative at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas

This helicopter trade show and exhibition is where the world of vertical aviation connects, catches up, and does business.

Look for HELI-EXPO 2014, February 24-27 (exhibits open Feb. 25-27) in Anaheim, California

See you there!

 

 

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades like the Garmin GTN series, including installation of everything from a basic VHF Radio and simple Garmin portable GPS all the way to TCAS, EFIS, and autopilot systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and we have over 20,000 unique part numbers in our in inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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GTN gets optimized for Helicopter Operations

Posted on March 7, 2013 by admin

Yes, Garmin does it again!

 

Straight from Garmins press release:

Garmin has optimized the GTN GPS/NAV/COM touchscreen series with new features and capabilities that address the specific needs of helicopter operations. These enhancements include; environmental qualification, meeting stringent helicopter vibration and temperature testing standards optional Night Vision Goggle (NVG) compatibility, optional built-in Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System (HTAWS).

The GTN series

The GTN series for helicopters incorporates three helicopter specific databases.  Obstacle – that adds nearly 30,000 additional low altitude obstacles.  Terrain – that has been enhanced to display up to 2.5 arc second terrain resolution, the highest resolution terrain available in the industry, and helicopter navigation database that lets operators navigate to over 7,000 additional heliports without having to create user waypoints at these locations.

Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning Systems

HTAWS is an option available to provide operators with visual and audible alerts of potential terrain and obstacle conflicts along the flight path.  Garmin HTAWS incorporates a high-resolution, five-color terrain scale, voice callouts, optional radar altimeter input, and in addition Garmin’s HTAW’s offers a Reduced Protection (RP) mode that allows low-level operations with minimal alerting while continuing to provide terrain and obstacle protection.

Night Vision Goggles

The GTN series is optionally available with NVG compatibility straight from the factory, reducing the need for aftermarket NVG modifications.

To further help reduce pilot workload, the GTN supports the installation of remote switches on the cyclic or the collective allowing the pilot to create fly-over Mark on Target waypoints or remotely tune frequencies, all with out letting go of the controls.

Want to know more about this new product?  Call us for pricing and information.

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades like the Garmin GTN series, including installation of everything from a basic VHF Radio and simple Garmin portable GPS all the way to TCAS, EFIS, and autopilot systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and we have over 20,000 unique part numbers in our in inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

 

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Puyallup was a success!

Posted on March 4, 2013 by admin

Our staff went and loved it!

An amazing event once again put on by the Washington Aviation Association in Puyallup.

With seminars and exciting workshops, it was an event to attend.

Some of the highlights of seminars and workshops were:

Mountain Flying Workshop: Fundamentals of Mountain and Canyon Flying – Lori MacNichol

Helicopter Workshop: Physiology and Psychology of Mountain and High Altitude – Jason Cammisa

ADSB Explained, How the Mandate will Affect You – Wayne McGhee

These were just some of the workshops we attended.  Our staff had the pleasure of listening to some great keynote speakers.   One being Craig Fuller, president of the AOPA.  Also in attendance was JJ Greenway, Kristine Hartzell, Jim Herbert and many more.

But of course, the highlight, the tradeshow!  Steve ran our Maxcraft booth and met some great people.  Hope he had a chance to meet you all.  If not, we look forward to seeing you all next year!

 

 

 

 

Some upcoming events in Canada:

March 2, Shoal Lake, MB  – Shoal Lake Flying Club – annual supper, auction, awards and social at the Shoal Lake Community Hall at 5:30pm

March 2, Kars, ON – Ottawa Valley RAA Chapter 4928 – having their 11th Annual Ski Fly-In at 11:00am

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades like the Garmin GTN series, including installation of everything from a basic VHF Radio and simple Garmin portable GPS all the way to TCAS, EFIS, and autopilot systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and we have over 20,000 unique part numbers in our in inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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Garmin’s new all-digital radar altimeter

Posted on February 21, 2013 by admin

Garmin did it again!


Garmin Altimeter

The new high performance, all digital GRA 5500 radar altimeter for helicopters general aviation and more. The GRA 5500 works to provide smooth altitude tracking resulting in consistent and high accurate altitude above ground indication. This meets the highest altitude accuracy standards only previously seen in products for transport and military aircraft.

Garmin Altimeter display
(shown on G500 EFIS)

The design

The digital design allows the GRA 5500 to process hundreds of altitude measurements per second and apply advanced digit filters to help detect and mitigate false altitude returns. In addition, the robust and rugged hardware is designed to withstand even the harshest environmental conditions, meeting the latest and more rigorous flight test standards recently issued by the FAA.

all digital radar altimeter

 

 

What else?

With simpler installation, easy calibration and eliminating the requirements for long lengths of antenna cables, this GRA 5500 is revolutionary.

Need a new altimeter? Call us, or visit us and we will get you set up with another amazing safety enhancing piece of technology for your aircraft!

 

 

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades like the Garmin GTN series, including installation of everything from a basic VHF Radio and simple Garmin portable GPS all the way to TCAS, EFIS, and autopilot systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and we have over 20,000 unique part numbers in our in inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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Puyallup here we come!

Posted on February 8, 2013 by admin

Northwest Aviation

Conference and Tradeshow

What’s happening in Puyallup…

Well,  Puyallup is having their annual conference and tradeshow.  Offering exceptional aviation exhibits and seminars in the Pacific Northwest.  This is an annual tradition that is getting bigger and better every year with exhibits like us, Maxcraft Avionics, and companies offering;  interiors, navigation software, airports, fly-in destinations, engine repairs, schools, avionics, pilot supplies and novelties, and more.

Are you going?

We encourage everyone to go!  It promotes aviation business in the Northwest and keeps everyone flying.  Maxcraft will be attending this annual event as well as many of your local aviation vendors.  This will be an event to remember.

See you there!

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades like the Garmin GTN series, including installation of everything from a basic VHF Radio and simple Garmin portable GPS all the way to TCAS, EFIS, and autopilot systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and we have over 20,000 unique part numbers in our in inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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New series of VHF NAV/COM radios

Posted on January 25, 2013 by admin

The GTR and GNC series

Replacing the popular SL30 and SL40 models, the GTR series COM transceivers and GNC series NAV/COM radios offers features never seen before!

The stand alone COM radio reduces pilot workload while also offering an affordable solution to meet the requirements of the 8.33 kHz channel spacing mandate recently enacted by the European Union under the Single European Sky (SES) initiative.  The database makes it easy to find all the frequencies associated with any airport or facility by entering the location or name.  Pilots can find the nearest airport, control center, flight service station, weather frequencies and VORs.    All models also include a COM monitor function, which provides the utility of two receivers in one.  The GTR and GNC series automatically store the 20 most recently called frequencies plus allowing for storage up to 15 favorite frequencies such as the pilots home airport or other frequently visited destinations. These series are more powerful than the SL series with 10 or 16 watt transmit power.

The GNC series NAV/COM

This radio offers all the same COM features with more.  Adding Navigation capability with VOR/ILS with Glideslope.  Works well with select  Garmin flight displays including the G500, G600, G500H and G3X to display the NAV indicators in the primary field of view, and can integrate with most autopilots.

All products in the series have received the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Technical Standard Order (TSO) authorization and are expected to be available in February.

Come talk to us about this new product! We would be happy to walk you through it!

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades like the Garmin GTN series, including installation of everything from a basic VHF Radio and simple Garmin portable GPS all the way to TCAS, EFIS, and autopilot systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and we have over 20,000 unique part numbers in our in inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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Happy New Year from Maxcraft Avionics

Posted on January 22, 2013 by admin

Home for the holidays

Our staff Christmas party started the holidays off a few days before Christmas.  Celebrating our successful 2012 year and looking forward to our upcoming year.  We left our pencils on our desk, and our computers turned off and went home for the holidays.  Some of us for the big day, some of us (like me) for 3 weeks.

Maxcraft welcoming 2013

Another year behind us and a new one to look forward too, we are back and working hard.  There is new technology and new information coming out every day in aviation and we are are ready.  Our hangar is full and the staff are back from their well rested holiday and ready to go. We have a lot going on  for the new year and we are expecting to send out some exciting announcements!  Keep watching the posts and reading our newsletter  for new products, and new changes and great announcements!

But are you ready?

Are you prepared for 2013? Now is the perfect time to do your annual/100hr maintenance on your aircraft. Update your data programming, software and firmware.   We can help.

 

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades like the Garmin GTN series, including installation of everything from a basic VHF Radio and simple Garmin portable GPS all the way to TCAS, EFIS, and autopilot systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and we have over 20,000 unique part numbers in our in inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit

 

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Christmas Ideas? What about those hard to find items…..

Posted on December 21, 2012 by admin

Used instruments and avionics

Check out our used instruments and avionic list on our webstore.  You will find those hard to find items from transponders, indicators to gyro’s.  We just might have what you are looking for in our used section.Used GNS430W is a just a sample of what we offer!

Used System # 1    Price: $6,975

  • Certified Garmin GNS430W WAAS Receiver, Part Number 011-01060-45. (28 Volt Only Version)
  • New Garmin GA-35 antenna
  • Mounting Rack and connector kit

Used System # 2    Price: $7,975

  • Certified Garmin GNS430W WAAS Receiver, Part Number 011-01060-40 (Dual 14/28 Volt unit)
  • New Garmin GA-35 antenna
  • Mounting Rack and connector kit

**Installation service is available if required

Check out our full used equipment and avionic list on our webstore and see what you can buy!

Other gift ideas:

The Spot

The perfect stocking stuffer for the pilot.  The SPOT 2 tracker offers  emergency assistance when you need it.  It gives family and friends  a little bit of ease knowing when you are flying.  Not just for the pilot, but great for hikers too.  With a $50 mail in rebate.

 

Lightspeed

We have the Zulu.2 headset.  This headset is loaded and in our opinion is the best on the market.  State of the art ANR, weighing

Mountain High Oxygen

Weighing only 13 oz , Bluetooth connection, auto shutoff and stainless steel headband it’s a must have.  Leading supplier of oxygen aircraft systems.

If your pilot likes to fly high, they will love this electronic pulse demand oxygen system. The Dual Place Electronic Delivery System with AL-415 and Full pack, (02D2 with Aluminum Cylinder)

Blulink

Looking to use the phone while flying? This cell phone adapter with Bluetooth allows the use of Bluetooth with any general aviation headset. Great for filing a flight plan to calling a taxi.

 

Garmin

The pilot that has everything? Perhaps not a trip around the world, but a new Garmin Aera 796 would be perfect!

Aera 796

Garmin is offering fabulous rebates on all portables from now until Dec. 31, 2012 you can save from $50 to $200 on various portables.

Garmin GTN650/750 or G500 – Has your pilot been nice?  Good all year?  How about a Garmin upgraded instrument panel! $2,500 rebate on purchase of a G500 combined with GTN 650 or 750. See us for details  Rebate ends Dec. 21, 2012.

 Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades like the Garmin GTN series, including installation of everything from a basic VHF Radio and simple Garmin portable GPS all the way to TCAS, EFIS, and autopilot systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and we have over 20,000 unique part numbers in our in inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit
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SafeTaxi – available for Canadian Airports

Posted on November 22, 2012 by admin

Garmin has expanded its Canadian database!

Whether it’s an Aera 500, our popular 796, or G1000 that you fly with, you can download the new SafeTaxi database which now includes Canadian airports.

SafeTaxi shows you runways, taxiways, hangars and where you air on the field.  It helps you navigate in unfamiliar airports.    SafeTaxi is also integrated with the existing basemap data and the airport information is automatically appearing.  SafeTaxi is geo referenced, so that you can see your aircraft icon move across the navigation screen.

SafeTaxi is now available for over 266 airports across Canada.  You can install SafeTaxi now with Maxcraft Avionics, or at  home.  Subscription is  currently for Nov. 15, 2012 – Jan 9, 2013 for approx. $49.95 US.

For a full Canadian list click here:  SafeTaxi Coverage

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades like the Garmin GTN series, including installation of everything from a basic VHF Radio and simple Garmin portable GPS all the way to TCAS, EFIS, and autopilot systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and we have over 20,000 unique part numbers in our in inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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Garmin has a rebate offer on portables

Posted on October 30, 2012 by admin

Garmin Portable Rebate

It’s  here!  Garmin is offering rebates on their portables.  Save up to $200 US on Garmin products such as the Garmin Aera 500,510,550,560,795 and their latest product, the Garmin 796.

Also included in this rebate offer is the GPSMAP 695/696.

This is a mail in rebate offer.  To qualify, purchase a Garmin product from October 22, 2012 through December 31, 2012 and receive the mail in rebate.

 

Quick, its a limited time offer!  Check out our webstore for portable products that we offer, or come see our demo units on display.

 

 

 

 

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades like the Garmin GTN series, including installation of everything from a basic VHF Radio and simple Garmin portable GPS all the way to TCAS, EFIS, and autopilot systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and we have over 20,000 unique part numbers in our in inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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