avionics

Garmin International Inc. announced last week it received approval that gives thousands of general aviation pilots a chance to replace their old directional gyro system or horizontal situation indicator with the company’s G5 electronic flight instrument. When linked together with the appropriate VHF communications and standard or GPS navigation units, “the G5 can be considered […]

Any time you find yourself with a group of pilots, the conversation will inevitably turn to the FAA’s pending ADS-B mandate. And, yes, most of the comments are way too colorful to print here. Aircraft owners can be a surly bunch. Anyway, after the first wave of FAA-bashing commentary, I try to put a more […]

Continuing to expand its market presence in the business jet world, Garmin announced a head-up display system to supplement its integrated flight decks. The Garmin Head-up Display (GHD 2100) delivers a 30-degree wide-angle view of pertinent flight information right in front of the pilot’s head, minimizing the time spent looking down and easing the transition […]

With the FAA’s ADB-S equipage deadline looming, and certainly “not changing,” Cessna Citation CJ3 owners have a solution to meet the mandate and gain even more capabilities. The FAA granted certification to the Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics upgrade, and owners of the CJ3 business jet can now have the avionics system installed at […]

In a report released earlier this month, the FAA documents a much slower than expected response to its general aviation ADS-B rebate program. Of the 20,000 rebates available, the FAA says it has processed 5,008 reservations for the rebate, with 14,910 rebates remaining to be claimed by the September 18 deadline. That’s less than half […]

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 departed from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 passengers and crew members on board. The Boeing 777-200ER never made it to its destination, and the disappearance of the airplane has become one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. This week, Malaysia Airlines signed a new deal […]

Innovative Solutions & Support this week announced it has received FAA Supplemental Type Certification for its NextGen flight deck for the retrofit in the Pilatus PC-12. The flight deck boasts an integrated flight management system, integrated standby unit, electronic flight bag, synthetic vision and enhanced vision. IS&S’s NextGen flight deck also features autothrottle capability; airport […]

SocialFlight, an aviation app that informs pilots of events and businesses, and connects like-minded aviators, has added more features to encourage aviation activity. With its sixth major upgrade, the company has introduced what it calls FLY2WIN challenges and rewards, giving pilots the opportunity to win products and badges of honor the more they fly. More […]

TKM Avionics announced another milestone at this week’s Sun n Fun with a new slide-in replacement for King KX155/165 navcoms. Vic Casebolt, TKM’s operations manager, said the new unit will replace every variation of the original King radio and can operate on either a 14- or 28-volt system and comes standard with VOR, glideslope and […]

One hurdle for many pilots, especially those flying IFR, is interpreting the hundreds of Metars, TAFs, Sigmets, Airmets, prog charts and other weather data sources available online today. All too often, pilots choose to simply check destination weather, winds aloft and perhaps a few Metars along the route. Downloading more data is not a solution, […]