Gear

Soon after the Wright brothers’ famous flight in 1903, the ways that we humans had previously devised to find our way around the globe proved obsolete, as, unbridled from the Earth, we flew over mountain chains and wide rivers that previously would have stopped us in our tracks. Without roads or rivers to guide us, […]

Garmin today announced a major upgrade for its popular Garmin Pilot iPad app — we’ve already been flying a beta version of it for a week now — and this one might be a game changer. There are a few cool new features: version 5.0 adds track up, chart annotating and cloud-based syncing (so your […]

Avidyne announced on Tuesday that it supports and will participate in the industry standardization agenda for ADS-B display commonality. Avidyne has made interfacing with other companies’ equipment a priority in the design of its own avionics, and the announcement at the Aircraft Electronics Association show in Las Vegas comes as no surprise. The Capstone Data […]

On the heels of the introduction of a new line of avionics for the experimental and LSA market, Garmin has received Technical Standard Order (TSO) authorization for two new active traffic systems for the general aviation market, the GTS 825 Traffic Advisory System (TAS) and the GTS 855 Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS […]

Garmin announced at the AEA Convention in Las Vegas that it has created an entire lineup of avionics for the amateur-built market focused around its G3X system. Over the past couple of years Garmin assembled a team of engineers, dubbed Team X, to work on these avionics components and flight-test them in their own amateur-built […]

Garmin said it has added new features and capabilities to its GTN touchscreen GPS/nacom navigators to meet the specific needs of helicopter operators. Enhancements include environmental qualification to meet stringent helicopter vibration and temperature testing standards, optional Night Vision Goggle (NVG) compatibility, optional built-in Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System (HTAWS) and more. The GTN […]

Piper has selected the Garmin G1000 integrated flight deck for its Seneca V piston twin as an upgrade over the previously available G600 suite. The G1000 system in the Seneca V includes three 10.4-inch displays integrating all primary flight information, navigation data, communications, terrain awareness, traffic, weather and engine data. The G1000 for the Seneca […]

Garmin has introduced its first radar altimeter, the GRA 5500, an all-digital design intended to bring extremely high altitude accuracy to general aviation aircraft. The GRA 5500 is able to process hundreds of altitude measurements per second and apply advanced digital filters to help detect and mitigate false altitude returns, Garmin notes. The result is […]

Rockwell Collins has decided to bid adieu to its well traveled and much beloved North American Sabreliner 50 avionics test bed, an airplane the company has owned since 1976. The airplane has been used over the decades for testing a variety of groundbreaking avionics developments, including early satellite communications, radio altimeters, the first Mode-S transponder, […]

Flying editor-in-chief Robert Goyer presented Garmin with a 2012 Flying Editors’ Choice Award at the company’s headquarters in Olathe, Kansas, for the innovative G2000 integrated avionics suite, which received TSO approval last year. The presentation ceremony took place in front of 200 employees from Olathe and was webcast to Garmin facilities in Wichita, Salem, Oregon, […]