Garmin

Gear: Portable Weather

Garmin’s new GDL 52 combines GPS, ADS-B and Sirius XM to provide a full package of data to a portable tablet or smartphone, and even some panel-mounted avionics. The wireless device connects to iPads and smartphones through Garmin’s Pilot app as well as Garmin’s portable GPS systems, such as the aera 660, 795 and 796. […]

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Garmin Adds Features to Pilot App

Garmin has made changes to both the Android and iOS versions of its Pilot app, providing new features to tablets and smartphone users. Garmin’s version 9.1 for iOS products now offers a feature called OpenStreetMaps, providing detailed maps to help pilots verify their location whether on the ground or in flight. In addition to streets, […]

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Garmin Unveils Three Clean-Sheet Touchscreen Displays

Calling them the TXi series, Garmin says its new family of touchscreen flight and engine information displays announced this week, the G500 TXi, G600TXi and the G700TXi will deliver vibrant presentations while incorporating new situational awareness tools. TXi offers customers three display options — one large 10.6-inch display and two seven-inch versions. These translate into […]

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Garmin Introduces Portable SiriusXM/ADS-B Units

One of many announcements made at Garmin in the past week is that of two portable units that provide a new way to display data in the cockpit through SiriusXM and the ADS-B network. The GDL 52 combines the two networks to provide weather, traffic and audio to a portable tablet or other mobile device, […]

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Garmin Offers Path to Low-Cost ADS-B Compliance

Garmin has introduced a low-cost ADS-B Out unit designed to help light airplane owners comply with the mandate that is coming up in January of 2020. The GDL 82 incorporates with most existing Mode C transponders, mounting in between the transponder unit and the antenna for a quick and cost effective installation. The GDL 82 […]

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Certified XCub Gets Garmin G3X Panel

Yakima, Washington-based CubCrafters has pulled off what many would have thought would be an impossibility. The company has achieved certification for Garmin’s G3X glass panel, an EFIS designed for the experimental and LSA market, for installation in the Part 23-certified XCub, which was introduced last year with a basic avionics package. The G3X has been […]

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Garmin Introduces Retrofit Autopilots

Thousands of legacy airplanes flying today are several decades old but still maintained in terrific working condition. A growing number of owners have updated or are updating their panels with new glass. But so far there have not been a lot of choices for those who have their minds set on installing an autopilot. Garmin […]

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Flying Innovation Award Nominee: Garmin G5 Flight Display

FAA approval of Garmin’s formerly experimental-only G5 electronic flight instrument in certified airplanes represented one of the first examples of a relaxation of regulations aimed at bringing lower-cost safety gear to more airplanes. The G5 display is designed to replace failure-prone mechanical gyro-driven attitude indicators as a standalone primary source of aircraft attitude and turn […]

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Garmin Gains Approval for G5 as Directional Gyro Replacement

Garmin International Inc. announced last week it received approval that gives thousands of general aviation pilots a chance to replace their old directional gyro system or horizontal situation indicator with the company’s G5 electronic flight instrument. When linked together with the appropriate VHF communications and standard or GPS navigation units, “the G5 can be considered […]

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Garmin Cranks Up the Action with the VIRB 360 Camera

Garmin‘s new VIRB 360 action camera is sure to be a hit with everyone from pilots to thrill seekers when it is released next month. Billed as a “compact, rugged and fully spherical 360-degree camera,” the VIRB 360 records high quality video at 5.7K/30fps, while providing action junkies and outdoor photography enthusiasts the extremely convenient […]

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