Gear

Avidyne has received FAA certification of its long-awaited touchscreen IFD540 GPS navcom, allowing installations to begin in hundreds of aircraft types under an approved model list STC. The IFD540 flight management system is the flagship product of Avidyne’s previously announced family of panel-mounted avionics, which also includes the AMX240 audio panel and the AXP340 mode […]

S-Tec introduced a version of its HeliSAS helicopter stability augmentation system and autopilot for the Robinson R44 series, bringing big-helicopter capability to the piston rotorcraft market for the first time. The system’s two-axis autopilot provides heading and nav hold as well as vertical speed and altitude hold modes. HeliSAS provides attitude stabilization and force feel […]

Flying Magazine was among the first to try out the new Safe Flight SCx angle-of-attack indicator designed for the kit-built and experimental markets, putting the unit to the test in the company’s Cessna 172 right before Oshkosh. After our demo the only thing we disliked like about the system is that it’s not available for […]

The engineers at Garmin’s Team X have come up with yet another product to benefit pilots of amateur-built and light sport aircraft. Just a few months after the Olathe, Kansas-based company launched the G3X Touch, a smaller version of the system has been released. The new G3X Touch has a 7-inch screen, providing an option […]

Garmin is making flight planning a whole lot easier with a new family of wireless gateway products that permit users to send their flight planned route from an iPad or Android tablet straight into the panel-mounted avionics in the cockpit. Part of the Garmin Connext product line, the Flight Stream 210 wireless gateway uses Bluetooth […]

You may have noticed, if you follow the press releases, a sudden multiplication of angle of attack indicators for smaller general aviation aircraft. This burst of activity is due to a new FAA policy allowing AOA instrumentation to be installed in certified airplanes without a burdensome STC process, as long as it is independent of […]

Hartzell Propeller Inc announced that the introduction of its five-blade prop designed for Daher-Socata’s TBM series of single-engine turboprops has been very successful, with an average of five customers trading out their propellers each month — a number that exceeds Hartzell’s expectations. But the performance improvements provided by the prop, which comes standard on the […]

SocialFlight has expanded its database of features beyond just aviation events. Through the free mobile app and web-based service you can now get access to more information and also connect with aviation friends and businesses. Adding to the database of more than 15,000 aviation events, such as fly-ins, airshows, conventions, seminars and more, new features […]

The Garmin Pilot app for the iPad and iPhone now offers global coverage, providing users with worldwide charts and maps, weather information and flight plan capabilities. Garmin said it has also added radar and satellite imagery coverage for Western Europe, Canada, Australia and the U.S. along with European VFR charts from Deutsche Flugicherung (DFS) and […]

Austin, Texas-based Flying Eyes Sunglasses, which produce sunglasses specifically designed to fit underneath a headset, has added new lenses with a gradient tint. The lenses block more sunlight and glare on the upper portion, protecting the eyes while allowing for improved visibility inside the cockpit on the lighter-tint lower portion of the lenses, its maker […]