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I often get requests in which the user is not quite sure if they can or should use a galvanized aircraft cable. In most applications, the environment or price point will dictate whether or not ...

It’s that time of year again: sails are being unfurled, hulls are being painted, rigging is being polished. Take a look at your Life Line Cable. Is it looking run down or dirty? Sagging and worse...

As you know, Loos & Company manufactures plastic jacketed aircraft cable for custom cable assembly. There are a variety of colors to choose from when it comes to jacketed aircraft cable, also known...

People new to wire rope and cable often have many questions about the various products we offer. Today, we are going to answer questions about Lubricated and Non-Lubricated wire rope and cable.

As worldwide leaders in the manufacture of Aircraft Control and Military Specification Cable, we know a thing or two about quality. Safety and performance are critical to cable used in aircraft, and...

Here's a follow up to my article of a few weeks ago: Deciphering Military Aircraft Cable Call-Outs.

This month's issue of Wire Rope News and Sling Technology features our very own Mike Wallace lending his knowledge of aircraft cable to an article entitled : "Untwisting the Largely Unknown History...

Have you ever seen statements such as, "Meets the strength requirement of MIL-DTL-83420?" We have, and it's those statements that confuse the consumer. Wire rope catalogs and websites are plastered...

Aircraft cable ships on reels. If you're anything like us here at Loos Wires, you're reminded of that fact every morning when you sit down, flip on the computer, and kick your feet up on the reel...