avionics

Today’s flight instructors are coming to terms with a new presence in the cockpit of their training aircraft: the Apple iPad. Students are bringing iPads with them to run one of a few apps that give them unprecedented situational awareness, a level of situational awareness, in fact, that makes old-school aviators wonder how in the […]

Garmin has started shipping its Flight Stream 110 and 210 Bluetooth wireless gateway units, allowing for connectivity in the cockpit through the company’s Connext system. The units allow information from panel-mounted avionics to be streamed to a portable tablet or smartphone through the Garmin Pilot app. The Flight Stream 110 connects with Garmin’s GDL 88 […]

The leading iOS app, ForeFlight, continues to get cool new features, and the latest ones up the ante considerably, making ForeFlight the most dynamic app available on any platform. In this case, “dynamic” means an app that is not only hard hitting but also constantly updating as you go. The first new feature, called Flight […]

Aviation has never been an industry to rest on its laurels, and the past year has been no different. Thanks to a slew of innovations within the past 12 months, today’s fliers now have more information at their fingertips, more capable gadgets and better aviation gear than ever. From headsets that take noise reduction to […]

Trig’s TT31 ADS-B-compatible Mode S transponder is now certified under a blanket STC covering 650 additional aircraft types, the U.K.-based avionics maker announced. Billed as a “plug and play” ADS-B Out transponder that’s compatible with the Garmin GNS 400W and 500W series navigators as a replacement for BendixKing KT76A and KT78A transponders, the TT31 is […]

With technology constantly changing, you may use aviation apps on several platforms, some of which change shape with each new release. Whether you want to bring an iPad, an iPad Mini, a Samsung Galaxy or a Kindle Fire into the cockpit, you may have found you need a separate mount for each platform. But MyGoFlight […]

Headset maker Lightspeed is making the jump into the aviation flight gear market with the launch of the new Lightspeed Aviation Adventure Flight Bag collection. The company says the high-end bags, one made of full-grain South American cowhide, and another of ballistic polyester with full grain cowhide accents, are designed for the “modern pilot.” Each […]

Garmin has achieved supplemental type certificate (STC) approval for two additional airplane models for its G950 integrated avionics flight deck, the retrofit version of the very successful G1000 avionics suite, making the glass panel available for the Metroliner and de Havilland Twin Otter. Both of the new STC installations feature a 15-inch MFD in the […]

I doubt what we’re witnessing is any kind coordinated misinformation campaign, but I’ve been reading so much inaccurate information about ADS-B lately written by people who clearly should know better that I’m starting to wonder what’s going on. On the face of it ADS-B is a bad deal for general aviation, no doubt about it. […]

Results from an MIT survey administered last spring in Flying’s Enews reveal that general aviation pilots value ADS-B In traffic and weather information as a tool to increase situational awareness, decision-making capability and safety. Of the 1,407 pilots who responded to the survey, 56 percent indicated that they had used ADS-B traffic and weather services. […]