avionics

The word “cheap” sometimes carries negative connotations. It can be taken to suggest inferior quality or a poor value. But pilots who are hit with shelling out upward of $5 or even $6 a gallon for avgas, plus hundreds of dollars a month in hangar or tie-down fees and thousands more on annual inspections, insurance […]

Plenty of folks are selling portable ADS-B units these days, but none we have tried can quite match the capability of the Clarity SV product from Sagetech. The unit incorporates not one but two ADS-B receivers (a 1090 MHz receiver for seeing traffic and a 987 MHz for transmitting weather data), a WAAS GPS receiver […]

Last month, Flying gave a glowing review of MyGoFlight’s high-end iPad case/kneeboard. This month, the praise continues for the Flight Bag PLC Pro. The bag is made of heavy-duty nylon and has a number of compartments, all of which are sized just right, it seems. There’s one for your laptop and iPad and one for […]

AvMap’s $1,200 Ultra electronic flight information system (EFIS) is now available for sale. This is a non-TSO’d panel-mount instrument for the experimental and LSA market. It cannot be installed legally in a certified airplane. AvMap’s Ultra competes with other 3.5-inch CRT displays such as the Dynon D6 and D10. Introduced in August at EAA AirVenture, […]

If you haven’t embraced digital chart apps, you might be disappointed to learn that as of October 1 you will no longer be able to order paper charts directly from the FAA. In a notice on its AeroNav Products website, the FAA explained that its decision to discontinue its direct-order paper service is an effort […]

NavWorx of Rowlett, Texas, has received FAA TSO approval for the ADS600-B, a Universal Access Transceiver unit that provides ADS-B In and Out capability to meet the FAA’s 2020 mandate. NavWorx says the unit sends ADS-B Out information and receives ADS-B In information including ADS-B, ADS-R and TIS-B traffic and FIS-B weather. Options for the […]

Perhaps the most interesting portable in our lineup is the SkyGuardTWX, a small and powerful ADS-B transceiver that combines a dual-band 978 and 1090ES receiver with an ADS-B transmitter. A free app lets you update the send information with your personal identification data, including your N-number, so other airplanes can see your info on their […]

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has long provided its members with online flight planning tools, but with the advent of FlyQ, AOPA has taken those services up a notch, providing fliers with plenty of capability on the go in a user-friendly, intuitive platform. While the app has some detractors who question why AOPA is […]

Once you’ve bought your iPad, downloaded your favorite app and synced it with your portable ADS-B box, the question remains: How do you work this new device into the cockpit? Those of us who have balanced, stowed, dropped and lost iPads in the cockpit know it’s not as easy as it sounds. Luckily, there are […]

Garmin announced today it has added sport video to its product line with the VIRB and VIRB Elite waterproof cameras. The HD 1080p units are protected by their own IPX-7 housing, requiring no cases to withstand the elements (they were tested for immersion in one meter of water for 30 minutes). An optional case is […]