OSHKOSH – Jeppesen has released a mobile app to offer Garmin G1000 avionics system training program on iPad. The mobile G1000 training app covers all IFR and VFR operational aspects of using the installed avionics system in flight. Garmin G1000 avionics supported by Jeppesen data feature large-format, high resolution displays for enhanced situational awareness in […]
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GlobalAir.com releases mobile ARC
GlobalAir.com has released its newest data resource, Mobile ARC (Airport Resource Center), which is designed as an application but is entirely web based and made for the mobile user. It eliminates the need to purchase, download or update an app, and can be viewed on over 150 mobile devices including iPads and tablets, company officials […]
Jeppesen unveils Mobile FlightDeck VFR
OSHKOSH – Jeppesen has introduced Mobile FliteDeck VFR, a new iPad-based navigation and planning solution designed specifically for private pilots in the continental U.S. operating under visual flight rules (VFR) conditions. Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck VFR is now available with numerous charting navigation coverage options, including full-U.S. VFR coverage with a $49 annual data subscription, company […]
Garmin updates Pilot app
Garmin has released an updated version of the Garmin Pilot app for the iPad and iPhone that incorporates the display of both terrain and obstacles on Garmin’s navigation maps, VFR Sectionals, IFR high and low en-route charts. These terrain and obstacle overlays also include visual alerting of potential hazards and projected impact points, company officials […]
Airwolf earns STC for remote-mounted oil filter systems
Airwolf Filter Corp., specialists in remote-mounted oil filter systems for piston aircraft engines, has scored a market first. In the past 12 months the Airwolf team identified every aircraft data sheet on file with the FAA and EASA and added to its Approved Model List [AML] every remaining piston-engine aircraft powered by a Lycoming, Continental, […]
Garmin adds to its experimental offerings with GTR 200 Comm Radio
Garmin has introduced the GTR 200 panel mount comm radio for experimental and light-sport aircraft. Features include advanced auto-squelch, 3D audio, stereo intercom, stereo music input, alert inputs, standby frequency monitoring, on-screen frequency identification, and much more. “Our dedicated ‘Team X’ has done it again. As a group of Garmin engineers who are fellow pilots […]
FST introduces Android app and CMS cell service for remote pre-heater switch
RACINE, Wis. — Following the introduction of a free iPhone App at AirVenture 2012, FST LLC has just released an Android app for controlling its REGAL remote switch for aircraft engine pre-heaters. Any REGAL Remote can be operated seamlessly by either an app-equipped iPhone or Android phone. The Android App and iPhone App are both […]
Book reveals how Howard Hughes’ created a helicopter empire
Famous as movie mogul, daring aviator and eccentric real estate tycoon, Howard Hughes was not well known for starting a helicopter manufacturing empire. A newly published book, “Howard’s Whirlybirds: Howard Hughes’ Amazing Pioneering Helicopter Exploits,” published by UK-based Fonthill Media, tells the little-known story of how he started and grew that enterprise. His company, sometimes […]
New STCs approved for Cessna Caravans
Aircraft Structures International Corp. has received STC approval for its Wing Jack Pad, L.E.D. Cargo Pod Lights, and Standby Flap System Limit Switches for the Cessna Caravan 208 and 208B. These three STCs will make the Cessna Caravan 208 and 208B safer, easier to maintain, and more convenient for all who use it, company officials […]