Amir Tirosh, a former Israeli Air Force pilot and founder of avionics company AirGator, died Friday in the crash of a Piper PA-28 near Dutchess County Airport in upstate New York. A passenger was critically injured and airlifted to a hospital where he remains in critical condition.
Founded by Tirosh in 2000, AirGator developed its NavAir series of navigation software and assembled hardware packages, often using off-the-shelf computer products with internally produced software programs. Last month, the company introduced its NAVPad 8X and 10X electronic flight bags (EFBs).
