Instrument/Accessories

FreeFlight Begins Shipping RANGR 978 Lite ADS-B

FreeFlight’s latest ADS-B solution, the RANGR Lite, is now shipping after the company recently received supplemental type certification from the FAA. The approved model list for the RANGR Lite includes more than 400 light GA airplane models. The RANGR Lite is based on FreeFlights earlier RANGR 978 ADS-B systems; however, the Lite is not compatible […]

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FAA Certifies Avidyne IFD440

Avidyne has received FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval and an Approved Model List Supplemental Type Certificate (AML-STC) for the IFD440 touchscreen GPS/navcom, a smaller version of the IFD540 certified last year that is designed as a slide-in replacement for the Garmin GNS430. Avidyne also announced the availability of Version 10.1 software for the IFD540, […]

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Avidyne Software Addresses Emergency AD

Avidyne says it is developing revised software to address an Emergency Airworthiness Directive issued by the FAA this week warning pilots of incorrect course indications on some GPS approaches when flying with certain Avidyne avionics. The AD, which is effective upon receipt, requires owners and operators to incorporate an operational limitation in airplane flight manual […]

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Rockwell Collins to Develop Sonic Boom Display

With new supersonic jets, such as the Aerion AS2, in the works and several business jets teetering on the edge of supersonic flight, NASA is looking for ways to potentially ease the restrictions against such flights over inhabited areas. The agency has awarded Rockwell Collins with a contract to develop a display that would predict […]

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Former AmSafe CEO Buys Radio Maker TKM

There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of TKM Avionics. Or, if you have, you probably thought the company went out of business long ago. TKM is actually alive and well, under new ownership and with a new vision. And the revitalized company’s first order of business is to “reintroduce” a line of budget-priced IFR […]

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We Fly: Aspen Avionics’ AOA Indicator

I still haven’t completely wrapped my mind around how Aspen Avionics’ recently introduced angle-of-attack system for light airplanes works. And because Aspen is seeking a patent for the unique, software-only approach to AOA indication, the company isn’t ready to reveal all the details. But I had the chance to fly with the system in the […]

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Solar-Electric Sun Flyer Gets Avidyne Cockpit

George Bye, the developer a two-seat solar-electric trainer called the Sun Flyer, said yesterday that the airplane will fly with a touchscreen cockpit from Avidyne based around the all-important assumptions that the avionics be bright enough to read in full sunlight but not so powerful that they drain the batteries down to nothing. Bye is […]

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Garmin G500 and G600 Get Major Makeover

Garmin is rolling out a significant update for the G500 and G600 retrofit glass cockpits designed to give the avionics a fresh, new look while also providing faster mapping display capability to go along with a host of additional features. Garmin says improved dynamic maps in the G500/G600 flight display system are being carried over […]

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Aspen Avionics Unveils Software-Only AOA Indicator

Aspen Avionics has revealed an unusual approach to angle-of-attack (AOA) indication for light airplanes that uses a simple software update to the company’s Evolution flight displays without requiring any extra hardware, sensors or external aircraft modifications. Instead, the patent-pending technology calculates AOA from flight envelope data received through the Evolution display’s integrated air-data computer and […]

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FreeFlight Unveils Sub-$2,000 ADS-B Out Unit

FreeFlight Systems has introduced an ADS-B Out unit for light general aviation airplanes that’s fully compliant with the FAA’s 2020 NextGen mandate at a rock-bottom price of under $2,000. There’s “no fine print,” the company promises, and the unit includes everything you’ll need for ADS-B compliance, including a TSO’d ADS-B Out transceiver, built-in WAAS GPS […]

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