{"id":436,"date":"2012-03-27T12:37:17","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T19:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/blog\/?p=436"},"modified":"2012-03-27T12:37:17","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T19:37:17","slug":"spring-and-your-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/spring-and-your-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring and your aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Spring is in the air!<\/h1>\n<p>How can you tell? \u00c2\u00a0The obvious signs. \u00c2\u00a0 There is \u00c2\u00a0a buzz overhead and it&#8217;s the aircraft coming out of their winter hangars and \u00c2\u00a0spreading their wings in the sun. \u00c2\u00a0Our hangar is busy with many aircraft being upgraded, maintained and re-certified for the new flying year to come. \u00c2\u00a0 Now is the time for that overhaul and\/or \u00c2\u00a0annual and a perfect time to install the new avionics you always wanted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_438\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2012-02-27-15.55.30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-438\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-438 \" title=\"Citabria\" src=\"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2012-02-27-15.55.30-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Citabria<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_439\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2012-02-27-15.51.32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-439\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-439 \" title=\"Citabria panel\" src=\"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2012-02-27-15.51.32-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Citabria panel<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With different types of aircraft coming in, the Citabria was an adorable plane to see in our hangar. \u00c2\u00a0 It had been in our hangar last year, but this year I got to get a closer look. \u00c2\u00a0 We installed a SL30 which is compact yet includes a 760 channel VHF comm, DME display, built-in course deviation indicator and more. \u00c2\u00a0The owner\/pilot also put his new acquired toy, the Garmin Aera 796 into the cockpit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_440\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC01896.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-440\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-440\" title=\"Cessna 172\" src=\"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC01896-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cessna 172<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">We also had another repeat customer pop in with his Cessna 172. \u00c2\u00a0With an already perfect panel (that we did last year) he decided to add the \u00c2\u00a0S-TEC30 autopilot to his aircraft.\u00c2\u00a0It is designed to provide an economical solution for aircraft owners who need Altitude Hold, but don&#8217;t want the additional functions of pitch command \u00c2\u00a0or vertical speed control. \u00c2\u00a0It smoothly holds existing altitude and can be activated during climb or descent.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_441\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC1291-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-441\" title=\"Cessna 172\" src=\"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC1291-2-e1332441247678-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cessna 172<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Stay in touch<\/h2>\n<p>Watch our blog, newsletter and our website for more projects completed or on the go.<\/p>\n<p>Any questions? \u00c2\u00a0Email us at<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">\u00c2\u00a0 sales@maxcraft.ca<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>More spring signs?<\/h3>\n<p>Sun &#8216;n Fun in Florida. \u00c2\u00a0Everyone&#8217;s favorite airshow, or one of mine anyway. \u00c2\u00a0It is the pilot&#8217;s version of spring break. \u00c2\u00a0Many pilots enjoy lots of sun and aircraft of all kinds. \u00c2\u00a0click here for more info:\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"Sun'nFun\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-n-fun.org\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Sun &#8216;n Fun<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sun-n-fun.org\/_Images\/logo.png\" alt=\"Sun 'n Fun Logo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maxcraft Avionics<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic\u00c2\u00a0system upgrades like the Garmin GTN series, including installation of everything from a basic\u00c2\u00a0VHF\u00c2\u00a0Radio and simple Garmin portable GPS all the way to\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/index.php\/product-lines\">TCAS, EFIS,\u00c2\u00a0and autopilot\u00c2\u00a0systems<\/a>. We have the largest avionics facility\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><em>in Canada and we have over 20,000 unique part numbers in our\u00c2\u00a0in inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is in the air! How can you tell? \u00c2\u00a0The obvious signs. \u00c2\u00a0 There is \u00c2\u00a0a buzz overhead and it&#8217;s the aircraft coming out of their winter hangars and \u00c2\u00a0spreading their wings in the sun. \u00c2\u00a0Our hangar is busy with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/spring-and-your-aircraft\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[14,28,32,35,44,69,70,71,76],"class_list":["post-436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-avionics_news","tag-autopilot","tag-cessna-172","tag-citabria","tag-dme-display","tag-garmin-aera-796","tag-s-tec30","tag-sl30","tag-sun-n-fun","tag-vhf"],"better_featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}