by Isabel Goyer

At its Tuesday morning Sun ‘n Fun press conference Garmin’s aftermarket manager Jim Alpiser announced the availability of accessories for Garmin’s hot selling and long battery-life Virb action cam, a move that puts the new product on even better footing compared with the ubiquitous GoPro cam. The two new Garmin accessories are both ones that […]

We cruised along under a high gray overcast at 13,500 feet, solitary in the sky over the winter patchwork Kansas countryside. On the gauges were figures that a pilot of any single-engine nonturbine airplane would be delighted to see: 210 knots true while burning 18 gph. This was the kind of true airspeed that 30 […]

The tragic presumed crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Saturday that apparently claimed the lives of 239 people remains a mystery, but it is a mystery that can be solved if searchers find the wreckage, which is still a big “if” at this point. The Boeing 777-200ER that presumably crashed into the ocean was […]

After 18 years in business, one of the world’s coolest aviation attractions, Kermit Weeks’ Fantasy of Flight, will close as a public attraction as of April 6, according to an announcement released by the organization today. Located just off of I-4 less than half an hour southwest of Orlando, Fantasy of Flight offers a world-class […]

Propeller maker Hartzell has gotten the FAA’s approval for a new five-blade composite prop for existing Socata TBMs, from the 700 though the 850 series. We flew the new prop on a TBM 700 last month and were impressed by its smooth operation, great runway performance and impressive climb rates. Hartzell president Joe Brown says […]

PBS correspondent Miles O’Brien, a fixture in the U.S. GA community as a pilot, aviation expert and unofficial spokesman for GA flying, had his left arm amputated above the elbow following what at first seemed like a minor accident. O’Brien was moving some equipment boxes after an assignment in Asia when a large box fell […]

At the General Aviation Manufacturer’s Association state of the industry press conference GAMA president Pete Bunce and GAMA chairman Steve Taylor, who is president of Boeing Business Jets, shared a promising picture of the health of the GA manufacturing sector in 2013, with overall sales experiencing a modest bump in activity and sales of high-end […]

Illustrations by Luis Ruiz| The accident statistics don’t lie, and they are chilling. Since the FAA began collecting records in the early 1980s on the number of fatalities, the number of deaths in general aviation accidents has topped 400 every year. The good news is the number of accidents, fatal accidents and fatalities has dropped […]

When I set out to write a roundup of the Android apps available for aviation, I was ready for a quick assignment, as the words “Android” and “aviation” have not, up to now, been closely associated. Happily, this is changing. Today, there are several aviation apps with individual features that approach or, in some cases, […]

The march of integration at Garmin continues, and the latest piece in the high-tech toolbox is the company’s update of its portable datalink receiver, the GDL 39, which now tacks “3D” onto its name. The new box is identical in appearance to the previous model but boasts a high-quality solid-state attitude sensor to go with […]