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AVweb’s search of aviation news worldwide found the first delivery of the Seeker 360-A2, a first upgrade by Gulf Coast Avionics for a Pilatus PC-7, and Android release for spidertracks, and Garmin GPS cables from ELITE Simulation.

AVweb's search of aviation news worldwide foundthe first delivery of the Seeker 360-A2,a first upgrade by Gulf Coast Avionics for a Pilatus PC-7, anAndroid release for spidertracks,and Garmin GPS cables from ELITE Simulation.Seeker Aircraft America Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CSI Aviation, hasdeliveredthe first production Seeker 360-A2 surveillance aircraft to its owner in Australia. The delivery marks a milestone in the evolution of the Seeker product line. The company has made improvements to the outstanding 360A model with the new 360-A2 model by certifying a higher maximum gross weight and installing the more powerful Lycoming IO-390, 210 horsepower engine.Rick Garcia, President and CEO of Gulf Coast Avionics Corp.announced that the company has recently completed a full-panel upgrade on a former Austrian Air Force Pilatus PC-7 for Legacy Warbirds. They also installed the Garmin GTN 750 touchscreen at their West Coast reassembly location before flying the PC-7 to Gulf Coast Avionics' facility in Lakeland, Florida.
New Zealand-based real-time aircraft tracking company spidertracks has releasedits 'spidertracks' app for Android, enabling even more people to access flight information from almost anywhere. Spidertracks' Chief Customer Officer Luke McCarthy says the Android app was a natural progression for spidertracks as more customers begin to use the system outside of the traditional office setting.ELITE Simulation Solutions now offers GPS interface cables to connect your own flight simulator to Garmin 696 and 796 handheld GPS units. The cable connection to the handheld GPS allows it to show live georeferenced position reporting of your flight simulator's position so you can fly your flight simulator the same way and with the same devices you would in a real aircraft.
