Gear

With the ADS-B mandate quickly approaching here in the United States, Garmin has come up with a new solution for a growing list of business jets that the company says will satisfy ADS-B requirements globally. Rather than having to install expensive upgrades to the flight management systems, operators will be able to install three Garmin […]

Operators of Honeywell’s Primus Epic Integrated Navigation (INAV) and Primus Apex avionics systems can now forget about memory sticks and other hardware used to update their avionics databases as charting giant Jeppesen and Honeywell Aerospace have joined forces on a new database update program. The Integrated Navigation Data Service (INDS) Data Manager (IDM) for Windows […]

Avidyne introduced an ADS-B In datalink receiver designed to display traffic and weather information on the avionics maker’s IFD540 and IFD440 touchscreen navigators as well as EX600, EX500 and EX5000 multifunction displays. The MLB100 receiver presents FIS-B weather information, including Nexrad radar and TFRs, through a free service provided by the FAA over ADS-B’s 978 […]

Lightspeed has added its recently introduced Zulu PFX active noise reduction headset to its headset trade-up program. The purchase of the $1,100 headset qualifies for a credit of up to $400 for customers who trade in their old headset, whether it is a Lightspeed headset or not. The level of credit depends on the quality […]

Garmin wasn’t the first out of the gate with an angle-of-attack indicator for light airplanes, but the avionics giant’s first foray into this emerging market could be just the thing to jumpstart interest among pilots who’ve been considering adding the safety equipment. Garmin’s $1,500 product offering, consisting of the GI 260 AOA indicator, GAP 26 […]

Garmin is launching a new extended service program for the G1000 avionics system called FliteLevel that gives aircraft owners — and used airplane buyers — additional peace of mind that any needed avionics repairs won’t break the bank. The FliteLevel service contract can be purchased at any time and provides complete coverage for the G1000 […]

In an FAA safety alert cautioning of temporary loss of heading and attitude display information in Garmin cockpits, the agency outlines steps Garmin has identified to prevent the issue from occurring. The safety alert for operators (SAFO) is directed at airplanes equipped with the GRS 77/77H attitude heading reference system (AHRS) installed as a key […]

Hartzell announced it has achieved supplemental type certificate approval for a propeller called the Trailblazer for the tailwheel-equipped backcountry Husky, produced by Aviat Aircraft in Afton, Wyoming. The composite swept-tip Trailblazer prop was introduced earlier this year and is available in two- and three-blade versions. The Husky uses the two-blade, 80-inch version of the Trailblazer […]

Waco, Texas-based Blackhawk Modifications announced at AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a new engine upgrade program for the Cessna 208A Caravan and 208B Grand Caravan. The new program replaces the 600-horsepower and 675-horsepower Pratt & Whitney turboprop engines of those airplanes with an 867-horsepower PT6A-140 engine. While no numbers are available yet, Blackhawk said the upgrade […]

Piper owners and students training for their multiengine ratings will have an easier time flying their Seneca Vs as Piper has achieved an amended type certificate adding Garmin’s GFC 700 autopilot, which is integrated with the G1000 avionics system. The FAA sign-off was achieved a little more than one year after Piper started installing the […]