Gear

Seattle-based Raisbeck Engineering is working with Hartzell Propeller on a new project for the King Air 350, bringing a swept blade propeller design to the largest model of Beechcraft’s twin turboprop. Two versions are in development: a five-blade composite and a four-blade aluminum propeller. Raisbeck said the four-blade aluminum prop is close to achieving FAA […]

From Garmin’s latest offerings comes the GTC 580, a new touchscreen controller option for the G2000, G3000 and G5000 integrated flight decks. The high-resolution landscape display adds standby flight display capabilities while using the same GTC 570 interface that provides full flight deck management control, such as flight planning, radio and audio management, and weather […]

“Centerline!” called Martha. She was using our standard call-out for advising the pilot at the controls that he is wandering off the taxiway centerline. We were at Dallas Love Field. There were piles of snow all around the place, and the taxiways had patchy ice. It was a good time to stay on centerline. The […]

Garmin is expanding its online course curriculum with a course designed to help pilots interpret onboard weather radar data. Weather radar is a terrific tool for pilots to avoid adverse conditions in the sky and help them make better weather-related decisions. Garmin’s Weather Radar Operations eLearning Course teaches pilots basic and intermediate weather radar operations, […]

Plan your flights on your desktop or laptop computer, automatically sync them to ForeFlight Mobile on your tablet and then use ForeFlight Connect to sync directly with your avionics in the cockpit. That’s the vision ForeFlight’s creators have for their flight planning subscription service with new web browser capability now in beta testing. Whether they […]

FlightSafety International is in the process of building a new full flight simulator to train King Air 350 pilots flying behind Rockwell Collins’ new Pro Line Fusion avionics suite. The new Level D FS1000 simulator will be introduced at the FlightSafety Learning Center in Atlanta and is expected to enter service early next year. The […]

Operators of many of Garmin’s G1000 avionics suites can now upgrade their systems to meet the ADS-B requirements set for implementation in 2020. The company has matched its GDL 88 ADS-B box with the integrated avionics suite as well as several other systems. The GDL 88, which is part of Garmin’s Vantage ADS-B suite of […]

Safe Flight Instrument Corp. received FAA approval for its SCc angle of attack system, launched at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh this week. The product, which is a follow-on to a similar AOA indicator introduced for the Experimental market last year, is available now for installation in Part 23 certified aircraft. The product includes a lift […]

SocialFlight, which, just like it sounds, is a website/application for finding social opportunities in the flying world, has added a new spin to its services that lets pilots find cool new places to fly into. These new SocialFlight destinations, called Hotspots, include both famous and little known sites to flight plan to, along with member […]

Aspen Avionics and L-3 Avionics Systems have teamed up to connect ADS-B capabilities with primary flight and multifunction displays. L3’s new Lynx NGT-9000 multifunction transponder with LCD touch screen will integrate with Aspen’s Evolution line of PFDs and MFDs. As a Mode S extended squitter transponder with ADS-B In and Out capabilities and an integrated […]