The criteria we use to select our annual Editors’ Choice award winners are fairly simple: We look for the best products, technologies, ideas and innovations that emerged in the preceding year.
Best of 2016: Flying Editors’ Choice Awards
Key Takeaways:
- The annual Editors' Choice awards recognize the most innovative and noteworthy general aviation products and technologies from the preceding year.
- Award-winning aircraft include the HondaJet for its innovative design and performance, the Piper M600 for its significant revamp and enhanced capabilities, and the CubCrafters XCub as a highly capable, fully certified backcountry plane.
- Key avionics winners are the Garmin G5 and Dynon D10A, lauded for their revolutionary FAA approval in Part 23 aircraft despite originating in the experimental market.
- The SiriusXM SXAR1 portable receiver was also honored for expanding access to comprehensive inflight satellite weather services to a wider range of pilots.
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