avionics

George Bye, the developer a two-seat solar-electric trainer called the Sun Flyer, said yesterday that the airplane will fly with a touchscreen cockpit from Avidyne based around the all-important assumptions that the avionics be bright enough to read in full sunlight but not so powerful that they drain the batteries down to nothing. Bye is […]

Garmin is rolling out a significant update for the G500 and G600 retrofit glass cockpits designed to give the avionics a fresh, new look while also providing faster mapping display capability to go along with a host of additional features. Garmin says improved dynamic maps in the G500/G600 flight display system are being carried over […]

Is it time to rename the 59-year-old international avionics association? The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA), currently holding its annual convention in Dallas, might want to think about calling itself the ADS-B Association. Much of the news and talk at the event, which was sold out to exhibitors and filling up with attendees by Thursday, centered […]

Aspen Avionics has revealed an unusual approach to angle-of-attack (AOA) indication for light airplanes that uses a simple software update to the company’s Evolution flight displays without requiring any extra hardware, sensors or external aircraft modifications. Instead, the patent-pending technology calculates AOA from flight envelope data received through the Evolution display’s integrated air-data computer and […]

FreeFlight Systems has introduced an ADS-B Out unit for light general aviation airplanes that’s fully compliant with the FAA’s 2020 NextGen mandate at a rock-bottom price of under $2,000. There’s “no fine print,” the company promises, and the unit includes everything you’ll need for ADS-B compliance, including a TSO’d ADS-B Out transceiver, built-in WAAS GPS […]

Aspen Avionics has received FAA approval for its entry-level ATX100G ADS-B transceiver, a single-band unit designed to meet the FAA’s upcoming mandate and present subscription-free weather and traffic information on Aspen cockpit displays. Carrying a retail price of $4,995, the ATX100G is compatible with Aspen’s Evolution primary flight displays and multi-function displays. The unit receives […]

Will we soon be seeing fully TSO compliant battery-powered ADS-B Out transceivers that are approved by the FAA for the 2020 equipment mandate? Yes, we will. But don’t get too excited just yet. Unfortunately you probably won’t be permitted to install the gear in the airplane you fly. That’s because under the new TSO guidance […]

Garmin has announced the release of a product for the Experimental market that automatically brings airplanes back to a safe flight attitude if they go beyond certain pitch, bank and airspeed limits. The Electronic Stability and Protection (ESP) concept has already been available in certified airplanes for some time, but now (ESP-X) is also available […]

Honeywell is partnering with OneWeb, a startup satellite company founded by a group of former Google execs and backed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Qualcomm, to bring broadband Internet service to aircraft anywhere in the world — and maybe even the airplane you fly. Planned to make its commercial debut about four years from […]

Abingdon Co. officially unveiled its latest women’s watch, Katherine, last week at the Women in Aviation Conference in Dallas, Texas. The new watch has a patent-pending feature that is sure to delight women pilots and is likely to intrigue some male pilots, too. The company’s founder, Chelsea “Abingdon” Welch, said that with all the new […]