AITHRE BLOG

Oximeter Placement: Forehead, Ear, or Finger?

Oximeter Placement: Forehead, Ear, or Finger?

While the finger pulse oximeter is a popular means of monitoring for SPO2, it is actually not the best location.  True blood oxygen can only be determined by a blood...
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Aithre Founder Jim Ruttler @ NWAC Forums

Aithre Founder Jim Ruttler @ NWAC Forums

This year Jim will be improving the presentation on hypoxia above 8K feet with a review of a 25 year old study from the FAA.  This study offers statistically significant...
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New 2 & 4 Place Built-In Smart Oxygen Systems

New 2 & 4 Place Built-In Smart Oxygen Systems

Aithre is doing final testing of our two and four place built-in smart oxygen systems, the AVI32EX and AVI64EX.  These build upon our popular 2 place semi-built-in portable systems, but...
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FAA 1997 Study on Mild Hypoxia's Affect on Pilot Performance

FAA 1997 Study on Mild Hypoxia's Affect on Pilot Performance

While researching for my upcoming presentation at the NW Aviation Conference in Puyallup, I came across a study sponsored by the FAA on mild hypoxia.  I've been  doing presentations on...
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New Exclusive South American Aithre Dealer/Installer - AeroLite of Columbia

New Exclusive South American Aithre Dealer/Installer - AeroLite of Columbia

We are pleased to announce an exclusive arrangement with our new South American dealer and installer, AeroElite out of Columbia.  AeroElite is also a dealer for the Ekolot line of...
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SINGLE PLACE AVI - SMART PULSE IN YOUR POCKET

SINGLE PLACE AVI - SMART PULSE IN YOUR POCKET

We are almost ready to release our single place Aithre Avi smart pulse system.  The 1-place Avi is the little brother to the 2-place Avi8, but otherwise shares the same smart...
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AVI8 Smart Oxygen System Finally Fully Installed in our RV-10

AVI8 Smart Oxygen System Finally Fully Installed in our RV-10

The O2 button is finally fully installed in our experimental RV-10 to enable push button activation of the smart oxygen control system located in the baggage compartment.  This is only...
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First Full Health Panel on Advanced Flight Avionics

First Full Health Panel on Advanced Flight Avionics

Advanced Flight Systems is the first avionics manufacturer to incorporate the Aithre Integrator.  The Integrator acts as a data hub for Aithre devices and converts the Aithre data received to a...
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Legend skydiver dies attempting World Record

Legend skydiver dies attempting World Record

Thomas Noonan died recently after attempting a World Record breaking tandem skydive from 41,000.  Noonan was a legend in his field with 10,000 jumps over 25 years and instructed privately...
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Aithre, Midwest Panels & Sling

Aithre, Midwest Panels & Sling

Midwest Panels just finished the first two installations of the Aithre built-in smart Avi8 oxygen system into two Sling TSI aircraft at the Sling Factory in Torrence, CA.   I...
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Aithre & Hooker Harness Seatbelts

Aithre & Hooker Harness Seatbelts

We visited Scott at Hooker for some new seatbelts for our RV-10.  We have Crow because they were cheap and looked OK, but they didn't fit the colors or style...
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Aithre Moving to 4WA9

Aithre Moving to 4WA9

We are excited to announce that we've secured a new lease at the Port Orchard airport just East of the Bremerton National Airport, in Puget Sound, Washington.   While the...
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First Aithre Avi8 Smart O2 Systems Shipped

First Aithre Avi8 Smart O2 Systems Shipped

After a copper shortage, some of our custom parts were delayed 2 months, forcing us to accumulate orders for our AVI8 smart pulsed oxygen system.  The good news is that...
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Oxygen System & Use Regulations in Aviation

Oxygen System & Use Regulations in Aviation

OXYGEN REGULATIONS FOR PRIVATE PILOTS AND UNPRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT There is a lot of confusion regarding the regulations surrounding oxygen use and oxygen systems in aircraft.  Within Title 14 of the...
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Smoke & Carbon Monoxide

Smoke & Carbon Monoxide

The smoke across the United States is particularly bad this year.  It has been bad during Oshkosh for a few years now, but this year was terrible.  The weather tools...
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Hail Oshkosh

Hail Oshkosh

We like to fly into Oshkosh in our RV-10 that we actually built, which becomes interesting when you are also a vendor and traveling with kids.  But, that is part...
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AVWeb Featured Aithre's Avi8 Smart Pulse Oxygen System

AVWeb Featured Aithre's Avi8 Smart Pulse Oxygen System

Aithre's Avi8 smart pulse oxygen system was featured on AVWeb the first day of AirVenture 2021, resulting in lots of interest and sales at the show.  We let Larry know...
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AirVenture - 71 days

AirVenture - 71 days

In just over 8 weeks, we will by flying our RV-10 from Washington State to Wisconsin along with tens of thousands of others.  This year will be bigger than ever...
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