Gear

Marking the sixth major software update of the year, ForeFlight has introduced some great new features to the latest version of its Mobile flight app that received rave reviews from pilots at AirVenture last week — before the update was even available. The newest version, ForeFlight Mobile 5.3, can now overlay approach plates and airport […]

Kestrel Aircraft’s CEO and president Alan Klapmeier and the company’s COO and executive vice president of product development Steve Serfling provided an update to the media on the Kestrel single-engine turboprop project in a press conference at AirVenture. Klapmeier said he had hoped to be able to announce full funding for the Kestrel turboprop program […]

Bendix/King is gaining speed in its attempt to bring its brand back to a competitive position against the formidable competition. At a press conference on the first day of the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh show, Bendix/King’s Roger Jollis announced a brand new product, the KLR 10 Lift Reserve Indicator, which is indeed an angle of attack […]

Lightspeed took the wraps off of its new Zulu PFX headset at AirVenture on Monday, unveiling what it claims is “the quietest aviation headset available.” The company says the PFX, which stands for “personal flying experience,” was developed over the course of two-plus years using a number of new features to improve noise cancellation and […]

At a news conference at AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Jeppesen introduced several new aviation programs for the iPad. Responding to the popularity of Garmin’s G1000 integrated glass-panel avionics, which is now the standard package for most new training airplanes, Jeppesen has introduced a G1000 avionics training app. The G1000 avionics training covers VFR and IFR […]

Just a few months after Garmin introduced its G3X avionics system, the manufacturer has unveiled its newest product for the experimental and LSA markets: the GTR 200 comm radio. Designed by Team X — the Garmin group behind the new line of homebuilt avionics — the GTR 200 features a two-place auto-squelch stereo intercom, 3D […]

Italian GPS-maker AvMap is about to introduce a lightweight panel-mounted EFIS designed for light sport, experimental and ultralight aircraft. Weighing 5.1 ounces, the AvMap Ultra got its name for its ultra light design. It incorporates a 3.5-inch LCD display that slots into a standard round instrument panel hole. The unit is a full air data […]

Icon Aircraft has finished designing and testing the angle-of-attack indication system in the Icon A5 light sport amphibian and created an informative video showing just how the device works (view it below). The Icon A5’s AoA indicator is a round dial in the pilot’s line of sight showing a picture of a wing that increases […]

There were products that came before it, but the Appareo Stratus was one of a couple of portable ADS-B receivers that set a new standard for the marketplace as an affordable, compact, reliable and high-performance model that integrated with a particular app (in the case of Stratus, ForeFlight) to give users excellent access to the […]

The maker of WingX Pro7’s aviation app has teamed with Baron Services, the company behind the XM weather data service, to offer interactive weather features on an iPad or Android tablet. A weather icon on the WingX Pro7 moving map brings down a menu with several options for weather data, such as Nexrad radar, satellite […]