Garmin has introduced new ways to interact with the GTN 650/750 touchscreen navigators, including voice commands, pinch to zoom and more. Additional Connext capabilities include Flight Stream 510 integration, which supports wireless Database Concierge between the GTN and the Garmin Pilot app on a mobile device. Flight plan transfer, as well as traffic, weather, GPS information […]
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Video: Sporty’s enhances Takeoff App
Launched in April, Sporty’s free Takeoff app has been enhanced. Sporty’s recently added quizzes to its daily lineup of videos, articles, photos, podcasts and aviation news. “We’ve posted more than 250 items to Takeoff already, and we’re adding content at a rate of two or three new items every day,” says Sporty’s Vice President John […]
Flight Outfitters introduces The Bush Pilot Bag
Flight Outfitters has introduced the Bush Pilot Bag. “This is the bag I have wanted for a long time,” said Flight Outfitters President Mark Glassmeyer. “The Bush Pilot Bag has that backcountry look but also has fully flight functional organization pockets that pilots need, and you just can’t find them in similar looking bags made by the […]
Airforms given FAA nod for exhaust flange
BIG LAKE, Alaska — Airforms has received FAA PMA approval for part number AF2654006-10, the Caravan Primary Exhaust Flange. The flange is a direct replacement for Cessna P/N 2654006-10, and has been engineered to reduce the incidence of cracking, according to company officials. The flanges are eligible for installation on all Cessna model 208 and 208B aircraft with […]
Plane-Power alternator line re-introduced
Hartzell Engine Technologies is re-introducing its Plane-Power C28-150 and C14-100 line of FAA-PMA certified, 28V/150 Amp and 14V/100 Amp high output, gear-driven alternators. “The Plane-Power C28-150 and C14-100 series of high output gear-driven alternators were very popular with customers, but we encountered sourcing issues that needed to be resolved before we could again meet market […]
New flightmate adds audio safety factor to the cockpit
PS Engineering has introduced flightmate, an audio storage/recall system, included in the new PMA8000G. The flightmate system allows the pilot to record alert messages that can be triggered by some event or switch in the aircraft, like a stall warning or autopilot disconnect. These four logic inputs trigger specific messages pre-recorded by the pilot. In addition, there is […]
Schweiss Doors introduces hydraulic door wind pin
FAIRFAX, Minn. — Wind pins lock the door to the building structure similar to a bolt in a standard door lock. They are an integral structural link between the door and the building to resist negative wind loads. Schweiss Doors hydraulic doors now includes the application of hydraulic wind pins. Locking in wind pins – until now – was a […]
ASA introduces remote pilot test prep
ASA has developed a complete line of study products for the new Remote Pilot FAA Knowledge Exam. Beginning Aug. 29, 2016, those who fly a drone for non-hobby operations will be required to successfully complete the FAA Knowledge Exam in order to earn a Remote Pilot Certificate with a Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) rating. […]
King Schools releases ACS version of private pilot test course
King Schools’ Private Pilot Practical Test (Oral & Flight) video course has been reshot in HD video to provide a view into a model Airmen Certification Standards (ACS) checkride. The new version of the course, which covers every task as outlined by the ACS, includes more than five hours of video. The course features a simulated ACS […]