Instrument/Accessories

I doubt what we’re witnessing is any kind coordinated misinformation campaign, but I’ve been reading so much inaccurate information about ADS-B lately written by people who clearly should know better that I’m starting to wonder what’s going on. On the face of it ADS-B is a bad deal for general aviation, no doubt about it. […]

Garmin is using the stage at the Flying Aviation Expo in Palm Springs, California, to provide additional details about its latest ADS-B product, designed to meet the FAA’s 2020 equipment mandate for ADS-B Out while also displaying free weather and traffic wirelessly on iPads and other tablets. The newly announced GDL 84 system includes a […]

Safe Flight Instrument Corp. has made a name for itself over the last seven decades by producing extremely simple and effective safety devices for aircraft. This week at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida, the company unveiled two new products that absolutely fit the bill for this approach. Flying had the chance to check out […]

With the ADS-B mandate quickly approaching here in the United States, Garmin has come up with a new solution for a growing list of business jets that the company says will satisfy ADS-B requirements globally. Rather than having to install expensive upgrades to the flight management systems, operators will be able to install three Garmin […]

Avidyne introduced an ADS-B In datalink receiver designed to display traffic and weather information on the avionics maker’s IFD540 and IFD440 touchscreen navigators as well as EX600, EX500 and EX5000 multifunction displays. The MLB100 receiver presents FIS-B weather information, including Nexrad radar and TFRs, through a free service provided by the FAA over ADS-B’s 978 […]

Aspen Avionics has received FAA certification for the VFR version of its Evolution primary flight display, billed as the first glass panel upgrade designed specifically for pilots flying under visual flight rules. Why offer a VFR-only PFD? Aspen says its market research shows VFR pilots and non-current IFR pilots represent over 50 percent of the […]

Garmin wasn’t the first out of the gate with an angle-of-attack indicator for light airplanes, but the avionics giant’s first foray into this emerging market could be just the thing to jumpstart interest among pilots who’ve been considering adding the safety equipment. Garmin’s $1,500 product offering, consisting of the GI 260 AOA indicator, GAP 26 […]

In an FAA safety alert cautioning of temporary loss of heading and attitude display information in Garmin cockpits, the agency outlines steps Garmin has identified to prevent the issue from occurring. The safety alert for operators (SAFO) is directed at airplanes equipped with the GRS 77/77H attitude heading reference system (AHRS) installed as a key […]

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 […]

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 […]