AITHRE BLOG

Precautions When Flying During the Coronavirus

Precautions When Flying During the Coronavirus

During our current time of the pandemic, the world has been asked to social distance yourself to help keep others safe and healthy. If you find that you need to fly for a health related mission/essential tasking or if are able to take a safe solo/ immediate family flight, here are some prudent safety measures that can be taken. Always follow your community, local, state and federal guidelines on social distancing and stay in place orders, and review the CDC guidelines. 
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Sporty's iPad Pilot News - Top Aviation Apps for Apple Watch- Featuring Aithre Connect!

Sporty's iPad Pilot News - Top Aviation Apps for Apple Watch- Featuring Aithre Connect!

Sporty's iPad Pilot News - Top Aviation Apps for Apple Watch- Featuring Aithre Connect!
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How A Cracked Muffler Caused A Fatal Accident

How A Cracked Muffler Caused A Fatal Accident

It's winter time which means the use of your airplane heater to keep you warm as you cruise the skies. In this detailed and informative article by Swayne Martin, featured in Boldmethod, he discusses the importance of airplane maintenance and the carrying of a carbon monoxide detector as important first line measures against carbon monoxide poisoning. 
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A Pilot Passed Out While Flying an F-15 Over Oregon

A Pilot Passed Out While Flying an F-15 Over Oregon

In late March of 2019, in a military operating area over Oregon, a student pilot and instructor were conducting a two-aircraft training mission on basic fighter maneuvers. Each Aviator was...
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Sporty's Pilots Behind The Products- Aithre Aviation

Sporty's Pilots Behind The Products- Aithre Aviation

Aithre Aviation featured in Sporty's Fast Five: Pilots Behind The Products, where passionate and creative pilots who invent new products are showcased for their innovation. In this January edition, Jim...
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Hypoxia Risks Are Important to Understand - From A Former F-15 Pilot

Hypoxia Risks Are Important to Understand - From A Former F-15 Pilot

I was a fighter pilot in the USAF for approximately 27 years. I actually flew for about 20 of those years, having time in all models of the F-4 and...
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Aithre Plane Gets New Illyrian Inspired Art

Aithre Plane Gets New Illyrian Inspired Art

Most airplane builders don't update their paint job every couple of years, if it all. Well, we are not most builders. Our homebuilt RV-10 represents to us a special symbol...
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Why a Special Light Sport Aircraft (SLSA) might be great!

Why a Special Light Sport Aircraft (SLSA) might be great!

There are a number of really great Special Light Sport Aircraft (SLSA) being manufactured in the last few years since the introduction of the category by the FAA. (here's a...
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Illyrian Headset or Forehead Oximeter Launch

Illyrian Headset or Forehead Oximeter Launch

The first customers will take delivery of our Aithre Illyrian headset oximeters next week.  This oximeter is unlike the finger devices everyone is familiar with.  Instead, this oximeter features a...
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Discoveries in Hypoxia win the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Discoveries in Hypoxia win the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine

The 2019 Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to three doctors "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability." Gregg Semenza, William Kaelin, Jr and Peter...
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Aithre Shield EX 3.0 Upgraded to Capture Pilot SPO2

Aithre Shield EX 3.0 Upgraded to Capture Pilot SPO2

We have added support for the Illyrian pulse oximeter to the Aithre Shield EX 3.0.  This means that the EX 3.0 now wirelessly collects both oxygen levels of the pilot...
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Aithre Adds Support for Apple WatchOS

Aithre Adds Support for Apple WatchOS

Aithre Adds Support for Apple WatchOS
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Aithre Illyrian Headset Oximeters Available for Pre-Order

Aithre Illyrian Headset Oximeters Available for Pre-Order

Our highly anticipated headset oximeters continue to make a splash with headset companies, aircraft manufacturers, and pilots showing strong interest in the product.  These low profile USB powered and BLE...
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Vans Aircraft To Offer Aithre EX as Factory Option in RV-12iS

Vans Aircraft To Offer Aithre EX as Factory Option in RV-12iS

  We are excited to announce that Vans Aircraft has decided to make our Aithre Shield EX 3.0 carbon monoxide detectors a factory option for the new RV-12iS aircraft. The...
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Sporty’s Features Altus in Newsletter

Sporty’s Features Altus in Newsletter

Sporty's Pilot Shop tested the Altus oxygen tank monitor and has given it rave reviews.  They loved the ability to put psi, flow rate, and time remaining wirelessly on your...
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Sporty's iPAD Pilot News - September 6, 2019

Sporty's iPAD Pilot News - September 6, 2019

Sporty's iPAD Pilot News- September 6, 2019

Earlier this year we reviewed a unique new carbon monoxide detector, the Aithre Shield, that used a free app to offer precise monitoring of the cockpit environment. Now the company has added oxygen system monitoring to the mix, with an updated app and a new accessory called Altus.

 

Altus on bottle

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Official Sponsor of the Thunder Mustang Air Racing Team!

Official Sponsor of the Thunder Mustang Air Racing Team!

Aithre is proud to be an official sponsor of the Thunder Mustang Racing Team, which is getting ready for the big STIHL National Championship Air Races and Air Show hosted in Reno, NV, Sept 11th - 15th! The Thunder Mustang Air Racing Team will be racing with our flagship, Aithre Shield 4.0, portable carbon monoxide detector.      

                              

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Well Documented Case of Hypoxia Induced Crash

Well Documented Case of Hypoxia Induced Crash

The Air Transporation Safety Board of Canada has prepared one of the best documented cases of a hypoxia induced airplane crash. The case documented is of a 2018 PA-31 twin...
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