avionics

Garmin International has introduced a WAAS/SBAS GPS navigator that allows pilots to fly GPS approaches, including LPV approaches, while also complying with the upcoming ADS-B mandate. The GNX 375 is a standalone certified IFR navigator that offers a color touchscreen display with the latest features and capabilities, along with ADS-B Out and dual-link ADS-B In […]

It seemed like it would be a routine Sunday trip back to Wichita for the crew of a corporate Cessna Citation CJ3. But when a handful of abnormal alerts popped up on the ECAM (electronic centralized aircraft monitor) display, the pilot in command went on alert as well. With a “PFD Compare Fail” noting a […]

When pilots install the latest Garmin software update and use a compatible ADS-B In receiver, they can view new FIS-B weather products on the moving map display of the GTN 650/750. The new weather products include lightning, cloud tops, turbulence, icing (current and forecasted), graphical AIRMETs and center weather advisories (CWA). When these Garmin units […]

The latest version of ForeFlight, release 11.4, adds a new Takeoff & Landing Performance feature for calculating critical distance and speed metrics for both takeoff and landing, as well as a new way to share flights with other pilots. The new Takeoff & Landing Performance capability, available to purchasers of a ForeFlight Performance subscription, provides […]

To many GA pilots, asking whether a pilot’s iPad is ForeFlight-equipped has become nearly as generic a question before takeoff as wondering if there will be Kleenex aboard. In early March, aerospace giant Boeing added Houston, Texas-based ForeFlight to its stable of subsidiaries that includes Jeppesen and its entire line of navigation databases, charts, aviation […]

MyGoFlight, the Denver-based company you might be familiar with for its line of iPad mounts, flight bags and other pilot accessories, says it’s closing in on FAA certification for its SkyDisplay head-up display, a lower-priced alternative to large, expensive HUDs designed for transport-category airplanes. Testing has been ongoing in a Cirrus SR22 for the past […]

Garmin said yesterday a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) makes many operators of King Air series aircraft – King Air 200/250/300/350 – eligible to upgrade their aircraft cockpits to an updated version of the G1000 NXi integrated flight deck. One feature, a Bluetooth-enabled audio panel for the G1000 NXi, offers an expanded feature set alongside innovative […]

Tactical Air Support, Inc, has completed a first on a Northrop F-5 equipped with Garmin‘s G3000 integrated avionics system. The supersonic airplane will soon be used by the U.S. Navy for air-to-air combat training, close-air support training, tactics development and evaluation support, Garmin said. “The maiden flight of the G3000-equipped F-5 is a significant achievement […]

If you’re an aircraft owner and have not yet installed ADS-B Out equipment in your airplane, you’re running out of time. The mandate goes into effect Jan. 1, 2020, and if you’re not compliant you won’t legally be able to fly in most controlled airspace. And if you don’t act quickly your airplane might be […]

Since glass displays first emerged in general aviation cockpits, most systems have been designed with one stand-alone primary flight display and a separate multifunction display. Some displays have been split in two, having a smaller PFD on one half and an MFD on the other. When introducing its new Avilon system, Sandel Avionics chose a […]