Garmin

The list of aircraft eligible for Garmin’s integrated flight deck upgrade just got a little longer today when the company added the Cessna Citation Excel and XLS. Garmin estimates replacing the airplane’s original avionics will shave 200 pounds off a Citation, translating into additional baggage or fuel capacity. The G5000 flight deck features three high-resolution […]

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They say that when one door closes, another opens. The trick is to stop looking at the closed door long enough to see which door is ajar. For Piper, the closed door was the abortive Altaire single-engine jet, an airplane many likened to a mini DC-10 with its Williams turbofan engine integrated weirdly into the […]

Time is running out to pre-register for the Flying Aviation Expo, which promises to offer something for any pilot or aviation enthusiast. The Expo, held this year for the first time at the Palm Springs International Airport, runs from October 20-22. The highly anticipated event will feature displays and demo flights from aircraft manufacturers such […]

Textron Aviation began the week on uplifting news of Saturday’s successful 2-hour and 2-minute first flight of the company’s new Longitude super midsize business jet. The Longitude, announced four and a half years ago and unveiled at last year’s NBAA Convention in Las Vegas, departed Beech Field on the east side of Wichita, with experimental […]

The addition of Garmin G3000 touch-screen avionics and interior improvements took this turboprop to a different level when it debuted in 2016.

A few years back, my parents bought a beautiful tiled wood stove for their home. The first year, they bought a light truckload of wood. But Dad found buying wood to be a pricey way to feed the stove. Being retired with spare time on his hands and the desire for physical work, he decided […]

Garmin is breaking ground on a $200 million facility expansion at campus in Olathe, Kansas, creating room for up to 2,600 new employees. “Our vision is to be an enduring company that is a leader in all markets that it serves. To accomplish this, we need a world-class facility that can attract and retain the […]

Garmin’s G5000 integrated flight deck has achieved STC approval for retrofit in the Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400XP. The avionics suite features two touch-screen controllers and three 12-screen displays capable of displaying as many as six independent pages simultaneously in the landscape orientation. The touch-screen controllers are mounted in portrait orientation below the displays. Instrument […]

There’s a new hauler in town. Textron Aviation announced last week the introduction of the Cessna Turbo Stationair HD T206H, which brings greater carrying capacity and versatility. The single-engine airplane, which is powered by a turbocharged 310-horsepower Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A engine spinning a McCauley propeller, offers five seating configurations for as many as six people. For […]