avionics

GPS, datalink weather and autopilots have dramatically changed how pilots fly, but you wouldn’t know it visiting some flight schools these days. Many student pilots will learn more about VORs and telephone weather briefings than the tools they will actually use after flight training. True, the recently updated FAA Knowledge Test questions and the new […]

Today is the final day to enter a contest designed to stimulate pilots to create awesome artwork in the sky. Not skywriting, but rather Lightspeed Aviation’s Wild Blue Doodle competition that calls for flying precise enough to create a piece of art aloft when tracked with Cloud Ahoy. So, why mention a contest that closes […]

Gogo has become well known to business travelers for its in-flight Internet service available on a long list of airlines. But Gogo is also taking a bite into the business jet market with its connectivity service products. The company recently achieved Supplemental Type Certification and Parts Manufacturer Approval for its AVANCE L5, formerly known as […]

With slightly more than a year’s worth of work from start to finish, Blackhawk Modifications said Friday that its efforts to earn approval for their XP67A engine upgrade STC were approved by the FAA. The XP67A STC focuses on improvements to the Beechcraft King Air 350. The Blackhawk STC begins by exchanging the stock Pratt […]

If you’re still flying behind mechanical instruments (a.k.a. steam gauges), odds are good that, probably sooner than later, one of them is going to fail. And you can only hope it will happen on a bright and sunny day. But no matter, a failed flight instrument means a trip to the avionics shop for a […]

One of many announcements made at Garmin in the past week is that of two portable units that provide a new way to display data in the cockpit through SiriusXM and the ADS-B network. The GDL 52 combines the two networks to provide weather, traffic and audio to a portable tablet or other mobile device, […]

Garmin has introduced a low-cost ADS-B Out unit designed to help light airplane owners comply with the mandate that is coming up in January of 2020. The GDL 82 incorporates with most existing Mode C transponders, mounting in between the transponder unit and the antenna for a quick and cost effective installation. The GDL 82 […]

Visitors to Dynon’s AirVenture booth last year asked the company to find an economical method to install SkyView HDX avionics in a certified airplane. With roots in light sport and Experimental aircraft, Dynon products have already been installed in over 20,000 aircraft, usually ones created by amateur builders. Dynon yesterday announced that a soon-to-be-approved supplemental […]

Yakima, Washington-based CubCrafters has pulled off what many would have thought would be an impossibility. The company has achieved certification for Garmin’s G3X glass panel, an EFIS designed for the experimental and LSA market, for installation in the Part 23-certified XCub, which was introduced last year with a basic avionics package. The G3X has been […]

Last week after Garmin announced its first retrofit autopilots, the GFC 500 and GFC 600, the aviation community cheered — and then wondered if more products from other manufacturers would quickly follow. Boy did they ever. This week at AirVenture, the autopilot party continues as sub-$20,000 systems from Genesys Aerosystems (formerly S-TEC), BendixKing, TruTrak and […]