avionics

Dual Electronics’ XGPS170 combination GPS/ADS-B receiver is now compatible with WSI’s Pilotbrief Optima iPad app. WSI’s app, available through the Apple iTunes store or at wsi.com/pilotbrief, provides what the company describes as “professional-grade weather services at a private pilot price.” It also incorporates charts and flight-planning software. Adding ADS-B via the Bluetooth connection on the […]

Sporty’s has released a new and completely revamped version of its E6B app for the iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone, including the iPhone 5. The new version includes the same features as the electronic E6B that is available from Sporty’s Pilot Shop. The app includes 22 aviation functions, conversions for 10 different parameters and some […]

The FAA has granted TSO approval for Electronics International’s CGR-30P. This multi-colored “cluster gauge replacement” unit is an electronic display designed to replace several primary aircraft instruments in certified airplanes. According to EI the CGR-30P is approved to replace the tachometer and the unit slots right into a standard 3 1/8-inch instrument hole. The instrument […]

Kestrel Aircraft’s CEO and president Alan Klapmeier and the company’s COO and executive vice president of product development Steve Serfling provided an update to the media on the Kestrel single-engine turboprop project in a press conference at AirVenture. Klapmeier said he had hoped to be able to announce full funding for the Kestrel turboprop program […]

Flight Design’s new C4 four-seater will come equipped with a Garmin glass panel, Flight Design announced at Oshkosh this week. While complete details of the avionics deal have not been announced, Garmin and Flight Design hinted that features such as angle of attack, dual air data heading reference system and synthetic vision will all be […]

Bendix/King is gaining speed in its attempt to bring its brand back to a competitive position against the formidable competition. At a press conference on the first day of the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh show, Bendix/King’s Roger Jollis announced a brand new product, the KLR 10 Lift Reserve Indicator, which is indeed an angle of attack […]

It took 14 long months but in the end the FAA sided with Icon Aircraft by granting a weight increase of up to 250 pounds for the Icon A5 light-sport amphibian. Icon CEO Kirk Hawkins announced at an AirVenture press conference this morning that the good news means the company can increase the A5’s max […]

Lightspeed took the wraps off of its new Zulu PFX headset at AirVenture on Monday, unveiling what it claims is “the quietest aviation headset available.” The company says the PFX, which stands for “personal flying experience,” was developed over the course of two-plus years using a number of new features to improve noise cancellation and […]

At a news conference at AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Jeppesen introduced several new aviation programs for the iPad. Responding to the popularity of Garmin’s G1000 integrated glass-panel avionics, which is now the standard package for most new training airplanes, Jeppesen has introduced a G1000 avionics training app. The G1000 avionics training covers VFR and IFR […]

Just a few months after Garmin introduced its G3X avionics system, the manufacturer has unveiled its newest product for the experimental and LSA markets: the GTR 200 comm radio. Designed by Team X — the Garmin group behind the new line of homebuilt avionics — the GTR 200 features a two-place auto-squelch stereo intercom, 3D […]