avionics

Industry leaders took center stage at the inaugural Flying Aviation Expo on Friday morning to discuss the effects of “disruptive technologies” in flying and how they have shaped today’s general aviation landscape. Jim Alpiser, Garmin’s director of aftermarket sales, Jerry Gregoire, founder of Redbird Flight Simulations, Tyson Weihs, ForeFlight co-founder and CEO, and Dan Johnson, […]

If you want to make the most out of your iPad or other portable tablet when you’re flying, there are many opportunities to learn about how to do so at the Flying Aviation Expo this weekend in sunny Palm Springs, California. You may have missed iPad in the Cockpit 101 this afternoon, but you will […]

Garmin is using the stage at the Flying Aviation Expo in Palm Springs, California, to provide additional details about its latest ADS-B product, designed to meet the FAA’s 2020 equipment mandate for ADS-B Out while also displaying free weather and traffic wirelessly on iPads and other tablets. The newly announced GDL 84 system includes a […]

Aviation software producer ForeFlight announced at the Flying Aviation Expo in Palm Springs, California, that it is in the final Apple review phase for its latest software update, which will bring additional capabilities to the already feature-packed software. ForeFlight Version 6.4 will introduce performance preflight planning capabilities, allowing the user to estimate taxi and takeoff, […]

The Piper Seminole is the latest to achieve type certificate change approval from the FAA to integrate the Garmin GFC 700 autopilot in the Garmin G1000-equipped piston-powered aircraft. With an Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS)-based automatic flight control system that provides flight director, autopilot, yaw damper, automatic and manual electric trim capabilities, the GFC […]

GoGo Business Aviation, for the moment the only air-to-ground data and voice service for business aircraft in North America, believes it has a crucial head start on the would-be competition, and is rolling out several new service features to keep customers satisfied. The new competition includes airborne 4G LTE services from AT&T, as well as […]

One of the top stories at NBAA this week was the emergence of not one but two new aviation cellular networks designed to grab a piece of the emerging market for cellular communications in high-end personal, business, commercial and governmental aircraft. At its turbine market forecast on Sunday, Honeywell welcomed partner company AT&T, which announced […]

Safe Flight Instrument Corp. has made a name for itself over the last seven decades by producing extremely simple and effective safety devices for aircraft. This week at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida, the company unveiled two new products that absolutely fit the bill for this approach. Flying had the chance to check out […]

Eugene, Oregon-based Rosen Sunvisor Systems has introduced what the company calls the ARC Sunvisor Assembly system, which allows airplane and helicopter pilots to protect their vision from bright sunrays more easily. The visors have been redesigned with various shapes and tints, and the new system provides a lot more flexibility in movement than previous systems. […]

As Rockwell Collins integrates its Ascend flight information services program with newly acquired flight support giant Arinc, new flight planning tools have been added to simplify flight operations. With its new identity, Arinc Direct will focus on four pillars of service for flight department customer: international trip support, cabin connectivity, flight deck connection and flight […]