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Flight Guide Introduces Traffic Alerts on iPad

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Key Takeaways:

  • Airguide Publications' Flight Guide iEFB v4.1 now integrates a TCAS-like traffic alert feature, developed in partnership with Zaon Flight Systems.
  • The system utilizes Zaon's PCAS XRX unit, connected to a Flight Guide Fly-Wi GPS, to wirelessly transmit traffic data to an iPad, displaying alerts on various moving maps.
  • Traffic icons on the georeferenced charts indicate relative altitude and ascent/descending status for aircraft within a six-mile radius.
  • The Zaon PCAS XRX unit costs $1,495, with the traffic alert feature included as part of Flight Guide iEFB monthly subscriptions ($9.95-$19.95).
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Airguide Publications has partnered with Zaon Flight Systems to add a traffic alert feature as part of its recently released Flight Guide iEFB v4.1. By attaching Zaon’s PCAS XRX unit to the Flight Guide Fly-Wi GPS unit, you can get TCAS-like traffic alerts overlaid on the moving map display.

The Zaon unit interrogates an area within a six-mile radius. The information is then sent wirelessly from the Fly-Wi unit to the iPad where any traffic is displayed on Flight Guide’s seamless WAC, sectional, low en route, and high en route charts. Track up is available for the georeferenced position of the airplane, making the traffic easy to spot.

Pia Bergqvist

Pia Bergqvist joined FLYING in December 2010. A passionate aviator, Pia started flying in 1999 and quickly obtained her single- and multi-engine commercial, instrument and instructor ratings. After a decade of working in general aviation, Pia has accumulated almost 3,000 hours of flight time in nearly 40 different types of aircraft.

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