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Since we launched our second “Flying Is…” video contest late last year, we’ve received a slew of amazing aviation footage submitted by our readers. Here are five great videos that showcase the amazing kinds of flying performed by pilots like you around the world on any given day. Flying Is a Door to New Worlds […]

Gulfstream has selected an ADS-B Out avionics package from Garmin for the G150, offering worldwide NextGen air traffic control compliance for operators of the midsize business jet. The upgrade is being offered at Gulfstream’s service center in Dallas. It involves replacing the G150’s existing transponders with Garmin GTX 3000 Mode S Extended Squitter remote transponder […]

Sometimes the best way to fly is without any boundaries between you and the outdoors. Flying reader Michael Daniels recently did just that, enjoying the openness of a Quicksilver S2. Check out the great footage he captured during the flight. Want more? Head over to our “Flying Is” channel for all reader videos. Get exclusive […]

With the iPad propped up on the restaurant table, I picked away at my veggie omelet. Not entirely confident that the almost cartoonish radar data of the flight planning program was presenting an accurate picture, I switched to my professional weather rock — the WSI program. I thought it apropos that I had spent the […]

Building your own airplane can be a daunting task and one of the trickiest parts is to properly assemble the avionics equipment and all the cables that go with it. Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Company has just started a program that makes this work much easier. The company’s harness assembly shop offers services ranging from […]

Flying reader Gene Lee recently captured these spectacular upside-down views while performing stall and spin recovery in a Van’s RV-7A. Check out the video and see the amazing way the world takes shape from a pilot’s seat in the heat of a spin. (Video Editor: Jim Smith) Want more? Head over to our “Flying Is” […]

Our friends over at PopSci recently demonstrated landing an airplane using an iPad in a simulated emergency. Using Xavion, the app monitors airspeed, altitude, position, heading and wing speed and steers aircraft to landing via Wi-Fi interface with airplane’s autopilot system. Watch the video and check out what they had to say about the innovative […]

ADS-B. It’s an acronym only an engineer’s mother could love. Three letters followed by a hyphen and another letter hanging off in la-la land. What does it stand for again? Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast. What in the world does that mean? Not only is ADS-B confusing, but it’s expensive too. When all is said and done […]

Synthetic vision is coming to ForeFlight Mobile, and from the early screenshots posted on the app maker’s website the upgrade looks like it will be well worth the extra $25 a year the upgrade will cost subscribers. The SVS update, set for release around the first of the year as part of ForeFlight Mobile Version […]

If you love going to airshows to watch military jet teams such as the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds, next year will present opportunities to enjoy the performance of one of the best aerobatic formation teams in the world — the Breitling Jet Team. The team will make its North American debut on April 26 at […]