AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - April 2019 - 40

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additional patents pending.

THE FIRST TIME you solo is when you can
really call yourself a pilot, and that's an
emotion shared by many. Caroline Foss and
her brother, Charlie Hettinger, are pilots
and the owners of Trim Aviation, and they
have designed a wristwatch that celebrates
the milestone.
"That's the moment a pilot is born,"
Foss said.
Each Solo watch can be engraved
with the pilot's initials or N number,
plus an airport identifier and diagram. If
you look at the diagram with a jeweler's
loupe, Hettinger said, you can read runway numbers, VASI/PAPI markings, and
displaced threshold markings. He's right:
We have a jeweler's loupe in the office, and
we were able to see the engraved airport
diagram complete with runway numbers
and more.
The Solo has a Swiss movement and
a sapphire crystal lens. It has nine jewels.
The outer bezel and blue Zulu hand display Zulu time. Foss and Hettinger said
they sought a Zulu conversion feature but

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did not want a digital display that would
detract from the watch's aviation heritage. The luminosity on the dial is used on
dive watches and is exceptionally bright,
Hettinger said.
Constructed of 316 stainless steel, the
watch is meant to be durable as well as stylish, Hettinger said. He and Foss designed
the linked wristband, which is adjustable.
The watch's owner's manual is
designed to look like a pilot's operating
handbook.
The Solo is available in three styles:
black, silver and black, and silver and gray.
Each style is available in two sizes: 39 millimeter or 41 mm. "We had this idea to make
a watch that was proportionately made for
large or small pilots, [as opposed to] for
boys or girls," Foss said.
Trim Aviation has produced a limited edition of 600 pilot watches. Each is
priced at $895. For more information, see
the website (www.trimaviation.com).
EMAIL jill.tallman@aopa.org
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