avionics

Remember all the dire predictions about the FAA’s upcoming ADS-B equipment mandate, the ones that warned aircraft owners of a projected logjam of necessary installation work as the January 1, 2020, deadline approached? It’s looking more and more like those prognostications were spot on. With a year and a half left to go before the […]

Textron Aviation said its integrated terrain awareness and warning system (iTAWS) is now standard equipment on Collins Pro Line Fusion-equipped Beechcraft King Air 350i/ER turboprops. The new iTAWS works side by side with the Fusion’s synthetic vision system adding aural and visual warnings that appear on primary flight and multi-function cockpit displays. The integration effort […]

A new version of the Garmin Pilot app for iOS out just in time for the start of the spring and summer flying season adds several new features that pilots should appreciate. Garmin Pilot Version 9.3 adds weather enhancements, airspace alerting, traffic display and runway extended centerlines, among other enhanced features. A new flight profile […]

Tracking devices can provide peace of mind for both pilots and family members, and, like most electronic devices, these portable units have become smaller as technology has progressed. Garmin recently introduced the inReach Mini, a pocket-size satellite communicator that is small enough to fit in a pocket and weighs only 3.5 ounces. The inReach Mini […]

Many thousands of general aviation pilots are benefitting from the free in-cockpit weather information broadcast over the FIS-B link accessible by 978-MHz universal access transceivers – what most of us call ADS-B In. Now, a host of new weather products are coming to the service to provide pilots with even more information they can use […]

Levil Aviation’s Broadcasting Outer Module (BOM) officially went on sale this week at Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida, bringing a unique sensor suite to a wide range of certified and non-certified light aircraft. The FAA last year approved the BOM avionics pod for installation on certified aircraft as a secondary source of flight data […]

Marking the company’s first foray into the market for experimental avionics, BendixKing this week introduced the xVue Touch primary flight display for kit-built aircraft. Billed as a low-cost alternative to traditional six-pack instruments, the new display features a vibrant near-4K-resolution display and is packed with technology borrowed from the certified market. BendixKing says the new […]

The Prodigy Flight Deck in the cockpits of Embraer’s Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 are getting an upgrade with Garmin’s latest G1000 NXi system. This is not a simple software upgrade; NXi provides a significant upgrade to an already stellar package, adding visual approach capabilities (which can be coupled with the autopilot); SurfaceWatch (a runway […]

Textron Aviation is now offering a portable, carry-on head-up display from a Maryland company called Epic Optix for single-engine piston Cessna and Beechcraft models. Priced at $2,000, the product is being billed as the first ever full-color HUD for light general aviation airplanes. Textron Aviation is showcasing the Epic Eagle HUD in its Cessna 182 […]

Jeppesen has updated its Jeppesen Distribution Manager (JDM) and added wireless updating capabilities through Bad Elf’s Wombat portable device. The new system allows operators to complete the entire process of updating panel-mounted avionics right at the airport with a smartphone or other portable Internet-accessible device. The process works for a variety of legacy avionics. Previously, […]