Lightspeed Trade Up Program

Posted on March 15, 2023 by admin

Welcome to the Trade Up Program!

With the generous Trade Up Program, you’ll earn up to $400 trade-in credit towards the latest in aviation headset technology.

 

 

 

Whether it’s an old Lightspeed headset, or another brand, this program allows you upgrade to the newest in Active Noise Reduction (ANR) technology and enjoy superior comfort, quiet, and clarity in a Lightspeed Aviation premium ANR headset.

What’s my old headset worth?

Lightspeed has the perfect chart click here to see what your headset is worth.

 

Need more information?  Call our team at Maxcraft and click here to learn more!

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades, including installation of everything from basic VHF Radios and flight instruments, all the way to sophisticated GPS, TCAS, EFIS, and glass cockpit systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and over 20,000 unique part numbers in our inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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Electronic International New Year Rebate

Posted on December 22, 2022 by admin

Maxcraft is proud to offer this New Years rebate from Electronics International Inc.  with rebates offered from $20 – $1,600!

Starting Sunday, January 1st, 2023, some of the most popular instruments will have rebates! To qualify for these great savings, purchases must be made between January 1st and January 31st, 2023.

Purchase any of the items through Maxcraft, and we fill in and mail in your rebate form!

The completed rebate form must arrive at Electronic International before May 31st, 2023.

EI-January-2023-Rebate

Call us or visit our Maxcraft team for more information!

 

 

 

 

 

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades, including installation of everything from basic VHF Radios and flight instruments, all the way to sophisticated GPS, TCAS, EFIS, and glass cockpit systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and over 20,000 unique part numbers in our inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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Garmin Holiday Promotions 2022

Posted on November 22, 2022 by admin

Aviation Holiday Promotions by Garmin

You can save on some the of the best aviation gifts for the holidays!  These gifts are the perfect stocking stuffers for your aviation lover.

This is a limited time offer, effective November 11 – December 25, 2022

Aera 660 & Aera 760 – Save $75.00 – $100.00 USD

Fly confidently with our rugged, reliable, purpose-built GPS that includes our latest in-flight features, including IFR approaches, arrivals and departures, plus our familiar touchscreen interface.

 

 

 

D2 Air X10 (Black and Ivory) – Save $50.00 USD

Get aviation tools you’ll want preflight, in-flight and postflight — plus health and fitness features and the convenience of making calls from your wrist when paired with your compatible smartphone.

 D2 Mach 1 (Titanium and Leather) – Save $100.00 USD

With classic style and a vivid AMOLED touchscreen display, this premium aviator smartwatch offers advanced tools for flying — plus health and fitness features that enhance your pilot life.

 

 

Note: the in-Reach Mini offer is effective November 11 – November 28, 2022

in-Reach Mini – Save $50.00 USD

Go off the grid but stay in touch with two-way messaging by connecting to a reliable satellite network. Perfect for your most remote adventures.

 

 

 

 

 

Need more information? Call us or visit us at Maxcraft Avionics and see our items on display.

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades, including installation of everything from basic VHF Radios and flight instruments, all the way to sophisticated GPS, TCAS, EFIS, and glass cockpit systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and over 20,000 unique part numbers in our inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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EI Fall Rebates

Posted on October 14, 2022 by admin

 

 

Electronics International Inc. is offering a fall rebate!

This mail in rebate is for a limited time only.  Purchase your item between October 10th – October 31st, 2022 to qualify. (all rebates in US$)

 

 

 

 

View the products here included in this rebate below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Call our team at Maxcraft Avionics for more information on these products.

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades, including installation of everything from basic VHF Radios and flight instruments, all the way to sophisticated GPS, TCAS, EFIS, and glass cockpit systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and over 20,000 unique part numbers in our inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

 

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New from Lightspeed Aviation

Posted on September 7, 2022 by admin

The Delta Zulu Aviation Headset – Better hearing. Smarter tech. Safer pilots.

 

Built- in carbon monoxide sensor, HearingEQity and more!

A new era in safety wearable communications devices

Read all about the features of the new Delta Zulu headset from Lightspeed below:

Improved pilot safety

Built-in carbon monoxide sensor – Always on and always monitoring cabin carbon monoxide, the new CO sensor is optimally calibrated to provide audible and visual warnings at preset or user defined CO thresholds.

HearingEQity™ for custom sound – Based on results from a custom 12-frequency hearing test in the new Lightspeed app, HearingEQity automatically adjusts Delta Zulu to optimize every ATC call and conversation specifically for your individual hearing profile. Individualized profiles can be saved, and different headset users can switch profiles.

 

 

Greater personalization

The Lightspeed App – Allows you to check sensor data visually during flight, supplying you with instantaneous readouts and historical data. Review safety metrics from prior flights, record conversations, playback transmissions, draw diagrams, and archive flight recordings onto your phone or mobile device for post-flight briefing and training

Other modern conveniences and sustainability

UAC plug – Delta Zulu is the first headset to adopt the UAC plug, allowing you to connect to other devices directly from the headset for charging, audio, and data transmissions. It can also be charged while flying via USB. Delta Zulu has options for 4 cable configurations, from UAC to USB-A (included), USB-C, 3.5 mm and Lightning plugs (optional)

 

 

 

 

Changeable battery packs – Easy-to-replace battery pack gives you the option of using rechargeable lithium-ion batteries or AA batteries.

Community participation in safety

Personal Safety Data Partnership Program – An invitation to join the cause of reducing aviation accidents. By opting into the ANONYMOUS collection of sensor data from their headset, customers are providing data that will be used by General Aviation experts and scientists to improve the community’s understanding of safe piloting practices.

Watch the Introductory video here!

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades, including installation of everything from basic VHF Radios and flight instruments, all the way to sophisticated GPS, TCAS, EFIS, and glass cockpit systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and over 20,000 unique part numbers in our inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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TRIG the new NAV/COM

Posted on July 27, 2022 by admin

Trig Avionics has announced the new TX56 Nav/Com.

The company is now shipping their slimline TX56 Nav/Com, which completes the Trig stack – ideally suited to GA, experimental and light sport pilot’s needs.

Read below the announcement from TRIG:

This is an important milestone, as the Nav/Com completes the Trig stack product line. The TX56 is a slimline unit, at only 33mm high this makes it easier to install, saving valuable space in any avionics stack.

Trig CEO Andy Davis said, “Trig’s Nav/Com product family has landed. Customers can now order their Nav/Com from our Approved Trig Dealers. We know customers are excited by the TX56’s space saving form factor and its compelling list of pilot friendly features.”

“CUSTOMERS ARE EXCITED BY THE TX56’S SPACE SAVING FORM FACTOR AND ITS COMPELLING LIST OF PILOT FRIENDLY FEATURES.”

The TX56 uses a bright high-resolution display, with the clearest presentation of Nav and Com information. The unit has a customisable frequency database which holds over 200 com and an additional 200 nav frequencies, loaded via a USB stick. Dual Watch allows the monitoring of two com frequencies at the same time. Monitoring of a second Nav VOR is also possible – improving navigational accuracy. Trig’s popular ‘Say Again’ feature is a single touch button which instantly re-plays the last received transmission, meaning you don’t have to transmit, ‘say again’. The Nav/Com includes a two-place intercom, with support for stereo music. All TX56 models have a built-in digital course deviation indicator (CDI). The Nav supports VFR and IFR navigation, including ILS approaches. Trig’s TI106, Course Deviation Indicator is also available, as the ideal panel mounted companion to any TX56 model.

Call or visit our team for more information!

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades, including installation of everything from basic VHF Radios and flight instruments, all the way to sophisticated GPS, TCAS, EFIS, and glass cockpit systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and over 20,000 unique part numbers in our inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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EAA AirVenture July 25 – July 31, 2022

Posted on July 23, 2022 by admin

Another year has passed and the time has come for aviation enthusiasts from all around North America, and the world to gather in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for the annual EAA AirVenture airshow and convention. AirVenture is a week long aviation celebration with daily airshow performances, seemingly endless displays of aircraft of all sizes from large military cargo planes, to ultra-lights, and everything in between. EAA AirVenture will see over 10,000 aircraft descend into Wittman Regional Airport, which for one week becomes the world’s busiest airport.

With EAA Airventure being one of the most important dates in aviation, many industry leaders choose to announce their latest and greatest products during the convention. We will be sure to post the biggest announcements from EAA AirVenture on this blog, so be sure to check back throughout the week. You can learn more about EAA AirVenture on the EAA website.

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades, including installation of everything from basic VHF Radios and flight instruments, all the way to sophisticated GPS, TCAS, EFIS, and glass cockpit systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and over 20,000 unique part numbers in our inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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uAvionix tailBeaconX STC

Posted on June 8, 2022 by admin

With the upcoming ADS-B mandate in Canada, Maxcraft is excited to share with you the newly approved, economical solution for general aviation and experimental aircraft. We believe the tailBeaconX will be a popular upgrade and compliance path to meet the Canadian satellite-based ADS-B tracking requirements.

uAvionix announced in early April it received the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) and initial Approved Model List (AML) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the revolutionary tailBeaconX 1090 MHz ADS-B transponder.

tailBeaconX is a highly integrated 1090 MHz ADS-B transponder that replaces a rear navigation light by combining it with ADS-B OUT / Mode S transponder, SBAS GPS, antennas, and rear LED position light. The initial STC-AML utilizes the uAvionix AV-30-C multi-function display to be installed as the control head. In this configuration, the AV-30-C is able to leverage the tailBeaconX SBAS GPS for its GPS track display. In the future, uAvionix anticipates adding additional means of control through uAvionix and third-party devices.

tailBeaconX is uniquely designed to meet the challenge of worldwide adoption of both ground and space-based ADS-B for Air Traffic Surveillance, including CANADA’s upcoming mandate over the next few years. NAV CANADA’s performance requirements “can be met either through antenna diversity (the use of a top and bottom antenna) or with a single antenna that is capable of transmitting both towards the ground and up towards satellites.” tailBeaconX is the only non-diversity solution, saving aircraft owners thousands of dollars for equipment and installation as compared to a full diversity system.

The Approved Model List (AML) for tailBeaconX contains over 550 aircraft make and models for which this STC is valid, including most major models from Cessna, Piper, Mooney, Beechcraft, and others. Additional models, including light twins, are expected to be approved in the next months.

For the Canadian market, tailBeaconX will initially be available for 336 models on the FAA AML, whose type certificates were accepted in Canada without the issuance of an equivalent TCCA type certificate (See the TCCA U.S. Eligible Aircraft List). STC validation for an additional 56 models has been filed with Transport Canada and is expected to be approved shortly.

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades, including installation of everything from basic VHF Radios and flight instruments, all the way to sophisticated GPS, TCAS, EFIS, and glass cockpit systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and over 20,000 unique part numbers in our inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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Special Day for Tim Cole

Posted on May 27, 2022 by admin

One of Maxcraft’s long time customers and friend, shared his wonderful story with us. Read more below about Tim’s fantastic day.

May 14, 2022

A special day for me! On May 14, 1972, Fifty Years Ago, was the first day I flew CF-BXR a Grumman Goose, G21A serial # 1059. I flew this old girl in 1972/73 for Laurentian Air Services based out of Ottawa. I roamed mostly over Quebec and Labrador. During that time, in addition to landing in numerous lakes, I landed in the Atlantic Ocean, the Arctic Ocean & Hudson’s Bay. Today on the anniversary of my very first flight in this airplane we landed in the Pacific Ocean 50 years later to the day of my first flight! This was made possible by Captain Gordon Jenkins, a 26,000 hour veteran West Coast pilot, and Chief Pilot for Wilderness Seaplanes based in Port Hardy, BC. He invited me to ride right seat for him on a ferry flight from Everett, WA (KPAE) to Vancouver (CYVR) and Pitt Meadows (CYPK) in the same airplane, serial #1059 now US registered as N39FG. This beautiful old airplane, built in 1939, is in mint condition and is an award winner at Reno in 2019. It was a wonderful flight with water landings at YVR and YPK. It brought back so many fond memories of years gone by. Well wishers and cameras were bountiful on departure and at each stop. Prior to departure from PAE, I was joined by Allen Stayman of N. Seattle. As a child he and his siblings often rode as passengers in this airplane to their summer holiday camp in the Laurentian Mountains in Quebec. In addition when Allen was a teenager he worked as our dockboy in Northern Quebec in 1970. I hadn’t seen him since then, 52 years earlier. A special thanks to Steve Nunn who provided transport down to PAE in his amphib Cessna 206. Many thanks to Gord Jenkins and the owners of N39FG, it was wonderful experince for an old pilot. May you all have “Tight Floats & Tailwinds.”

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Tim on the dock today at YVR with #1059 N39FG

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tim on the dock at Parc la Verendrye, PQ in 1973 with #1059 CF-BXR with a new Laurentian Air Services paint scheme.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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#1059 N39FG with her current paint scheme as “Summer Wind” the oldest G21A still airworthy and still flying 83 years young.

 

 

 

 

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#1059 CF-BXR in her 1972 Laurentian Air Services paint scheme.

 

 

 

 

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Veteran Goose Pilot, Captain Gordon Jenkins at Pitt Meadows, YPK.

 

 

 

 

 

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Tim remembering the left seat 50 years later.

 

 

 

 

 

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Allen Stayman, a dock boy 52 years later and a retired US Senate Aide!

 

 

 

 

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Steve Nunn and his Cessna 206 with Gord Jenkins

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades, including installation of everything from basic VHF Radios and flight instruments, all the way to sophisticated GPS, TCAS, EFIS, and glass cockpit systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and over 20,000 unique part numbers in our inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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Tradeshow Season is here

Posted on May 6, 2022 by admin

Maxcraft team has been busy with various tradeshows and conventions and we have many more to come!

NAC – Feb. 25-25, 2022

In February, we sent a team to the Northwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show in Puyallup Washington.  Steve, and Alex spent two days demonstrating avionics in our booth, sharing ideas and creating new relationships with aircraft owners and pilots.

 

 

With over 75 hours of safety seminars to choose from and over a 100,000 square feet of displays (ours being one of them) NAC is a must attend event!

AEA -March 28-31, 2022

The 65th Annual Aircraft Electronics Association International Convention & Trade Show was held in New Orleans, Louisiana  this year.

 

 

 

 

Steve and Daryl set off to attend the largest gathering of general aviation avionics manufacturers and distributors around the world!

The pandemic has kept us away from this valuable shoe so it was even more valuable to attend this. We spend considerable time with our vendors, other avionics shops, and attend many knowledgeable training seminars. One of the most valuable parts of the convention is the new products that are introduced from vendors around the world! (read our April newsletter for more details)

HAI – March 7-10

Steve, Daryl and Alex made their way to Dallas, Texas for the largest helicopter expo in the world!

 

 

 

 

At the HAI, our Maxcraft team got to connect with over 600 plus suppliers, meet with over 15,000 industry professionals.  We had the opportunity to meet with established customers and get to know new potential customers and importantly, let them know of our capabilities and of our in depth certification (STC) portfolio.

NATA -May9-11, 2022

 

Upcoming is the Northern Air Transport Association conference and tradeshow that Marnus and Daryl will be attending in Yellowknife!

 

 

 

 

 

The NATA conference does not just have a tradeshow but has important updates for all those in aviation. It’s a great opportunity for us to meet with our northern neighbours and better understand the challenges they have operating in their unique environment

  • Aviation Labour Law Update
  • An overview of the new Canada Labour Code rules as issues with post COVID employment
  • Post COVID Perspectives on Northern Economic Development
  • Developing an Effective Pro Aviation Lobby
  • Northern and Remote Aviation Accident/Incident Review and TSB Chair’s Overview
  • Alternate Runway Materials Development Project Update
  • Transport Canada Civil Aviation Report on Rule development
  • Special Update on Flight Duty Rules and Fatigue Resource Management
  • Flight & Duty Time Rules
  • How to work with the new Flight & Duty Time rules for Northern and remote operators

CBAA -June 14-16, 2022

 

 

 

 

We will sending Steve and Marnus  to attend the Canadian Business Aviation Association Convention and Exhibition in Toronto.

CBAA 2022 connects Canada’s leading business aviation operators, owners, chief pilots, maintenance engineers, government officials and vendors at YYZ for three days of extraordinary speakers and sessions, awesome networking opportunities, Canada’s largest static display of business aircraft, and the latest and greatest aviation products and services.

More tradeshows that Maxcraft will be attending.  Hope to see you there!

July 25-31 EAA Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Sept 22 KingAir Summit Winnipeg
Sept 9-10 AOPA  Fly In Spokane, Washington
Sept 29 – Oct 1 MMOPA Tuscon, Arizona
Oct 18 – 20 NBAA Orlando, Florida
Oct 31 – Nov 4 HAC Calgary, AB

Maxcraft Avionics is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades, including installation of everything from basic VHF Radios and flight instruments, all the way to sophisticated GPS, TCAS, EFIS, and glass cockpit systems. We have the largest avionics facility in Canada and over 20,000 unique part numbers in our inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.

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