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Get Your Gulfstreams Here

If you’re interested in getting a great used widebody bizjet, we’ve got just the ticket. Gulfstream this week launched an iPad app that highlights pre-owned Gulfstream aircraft available for sale. The app, available at the Apple App Store for free, features a wealth of information about the planes for sale as well as great photos. […]

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BendixKing Launches Inflight Internet Service

This past spring BendixKing announced the AeroWave 100 inflight Internet system for general aviation. Now the avionics maker has revealed a pricing plan for the service that’s unique for charging customers not for how much data they consume but for the amount of time they’re logged on. The AeroWave 100 system transmits its data through […]

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WingX App to Offer Rewind Feature

Pilots and flight instructors may soon have a whole new way to evaluate their flights or those of their students. Hilton Software, the creator of the WingX Pro aviation app, has announced that it will soon offer what it calls WingX Rewind, a feature that allows the user to record flight parameters and later replay […]

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MyGoFlight Announces Portable HUD

Head up display systems have been around for decades in military airplanes and have started to emerge into the cockpits of business jets in the past few years. While some companies have tried to introduce the system into light aircraft, the effort has yet to see any success. This may change with a new system […]

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Levil Technology Unveils Wearable HUD

Levil Technology, a maker of portable GPS and AHRS (attitude heading and reference system) products, has partnered with startup firm Aero Glass of San Diego to introduce eyewear that puts a full-featured flight display right in the pilots forward field of view. Levil Technology has been selling beta units this week at Oshkosh consisting of […]

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Low-Cost FreeFlight Rangr ADS-B Unit Certified

FreeFlight Systems has received FAA certification for its Rangr FDL-978-RX ADS-B receiver with optional built-in WAAS GPS receiver. The Rangr unit receives ADS-B Flight Information Service Broadcast (FIS-B) data services including graphical weather. It also receives ADS-B Traffic Information Service-Broadcast (TIS-B) data when integrated with a certified ADS-B Out transmitter, and “sees” other traffic directly […]

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Blackhawk Announces New Caravan Engine Upgrade

Waco, Texas-based Blackhawk Modifications announced at AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a new engine upgrade program for the Cessna 208A Caravan and 208B Grand Caravan. The new program replaces the 600-horsepower and 675-horsepower Pratt & Whitney turboprop engines of those airplanes with an 867-horsepower PT6A-140 engine. While no numbers are available yet, Blackhawk said the upgrade […]

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Garmin Autopilot Certified for Piper Seneca V

Piper owners and students training for their multiengine ratings will have an easier time flying their Seneca Vs as Piper has achieved an amended type certificate adding Garmin’s GFC 700 autopilot, which is integrated with the G1000 avionics system. The FAA sign-off was achieved a little more than one year after Piper started installing the […]

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BendixKing KSN 770 Navigator Certified

The FAA has certified BendixKing’s KSN 770/765 all-in-one touchscreen GPS navcom navigator, providing an upgrade path for owners of legacy BendixKing GPS receivers and radios. The $13,995 KSN 770 includes an integrated navcom radio and WAAS GPS receiver, plus a cursor control device that can be used in addition to the unit’s touchscreen. The KSN […]

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Aspen Avionics Expands ADS-B Offerings

Aspen Avionics is expanding its line of ADS-B products to include more options to meet the FAA’s upcoming 2020 mandate and allow customers to take advantage of additional optional features. Aspen will soon begin offering a number of single- and dual-band ADS-B transceivers allowing basic compliance with the NextGen rule plus additional capability such as […]

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