The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has released version 1.2 of the FlyQ electronic flight bag (EFB) app for the iPad. This upgrade features terrain and obstacle warnings, expanded ADS-B support and a preflight data check, according to AOPA officials. “We’ve enhanced FlyQ EFB with features that increase flight safety, improve ease-of-use and contribute […]
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FreeFlight develops ADS-B Out retrofit for Garmin GTX 330 Mode S Transponders
WACO, Texas — FreeFlight Systems is now interfacing it Model 1201 WAAS/GPS sensor with the Garmin GTX 330 Mode S transponder to provide an additional 1090 MHz Extended Squitter (1090ES) ADS-B Out upgrade solution for GTX 330 owners. Under a technology licensing agreement between FreeFlight Systems and Garmin, FreeFlight Systems is enabling the 1201 WAAS/GPS […]
Guide to becoming a helicopter pilot now online
HowToBecomeAHelicopterPilot.org, which explains the step-by-step guide to becoming a helicopter pilot, has been launched. HowToBecomeAHelicopterPilot.org connects visitors with helicopter training courses throughout the United States and explains the average salary, training requirements, and job demand for all types of helicopter pilots. At the site’s homepage, visitors will learn the training and licensing requirements for new helicopter […]
iLog 2.0 released
Cockpit Apps, a company offering iPad solutions for the cockpit, has released iLOG 2.0, incorporating several new capabilities and enhancements resulting from customer input. Introduced last year, iLOG provides pilots with a tool to create FAA-compliant flight and maintenance logs using an iPad. The app is designed to reduce a pilot’s workload while increasing efficiency […]
Latest edition of ‘Guide to the Flight Review’ released
ASA has released the seventh edition of “Guide to the Flight Review” by Jackie Spanitz, based on the Oral Exam Guide series by Michael Hayes. Guide to the Flight Review delivers information in a question and answer format, providing a study and preparation tool for students, pilots, and instructors alike, according to ASA officials. Flight […]
Newest Top Prop STC for Pilatus PC-6
The Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter is the newest beneficiary of a Hartzell Top Prop performance conversion certification. Turned by either a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 or PT6A-27 gas turbine engine, Hartzell’s 4-blade propeller measures 96 inches in diameter for reduced noise and improved runway clearance, over the original 3-blade propeller, according to company officials. […]
PilotWorkshops releases free IFR scenario training app
PilotWorkshops.com has announced the release of its new IFR scenario-based training app for the iPad. Called “IFR Mastery,” the free app provides two IFR scenarios based on PilotWorkshops’ IFR Mastery online training. Within the app, pilots watch a video that sets the stage by putting them in a real, challenging IFR flight situation. After watching […]
Knots 2U introduces Pro-Split line of Cessna Strut Fairings
Knots 2U, Ltd. of Burlington, Wis., has released its Pro-Split Line of strut fairings for the Cessna 150, 152, 172, 180 and 182 models. The Pro-Split fairings make the installation of the strut to wing or strut to fuselage fairings significantly easier by eliminating the need to jack up the wing and remove the strut […]
WingX Pro 7.1 launched
Now available is WingX Pro7 Version 7.1, the newest version of WingX Pro7, which supports the recently TSO certified NavWorx ADS600-B. This makes WingX Pro7 the first major mobile aviation app to support ADS-B Out transceivers, which the FAA has mandated for all airplanes by 2020, according to officials with Hilton Software. WingX Pro7 now also supports […]