Avionics
Article: The LSA Glass Menagerie
Once upon a time, intrepid pilots rapped with their oil-stained, gloved knuckles on balky steam gauges; needles quivered unstuck, and all was right across the skies. ...
Article: Best Handheld Products!
Like many pilots, I carry a little insurance against the possibility of an alternator failure. I have a portable GPS on my Skylane’s yoke, a handheld VHF NAV/COM in a seat-back pocket and a cell phone where I can reach it.
Article: Tech Talk: Beyerdynamic HS 600 DANR Headset
There still are a few older pilots who fly without headsets—and most have hearing damage as a direct result.
Article: 21st-Century Technology For Every Cockpit!
The world of panel-mount avionics has changed almost beyond recognition in the past 10 years, with glass panels and digital displays rapidly taking over from the “steam gauges” of the 20th century.
Article: Honeywell’s KFD 840
Eight pounds. Doesn’t sound like much. But aviators understand the significance of weight—particularly decreasing it. Eight pounds. Doesn’t sound like much....
Article: Tech Talk: Qref Books & Checklists
For most general aviation pilots today, a GPS is standard equipment, whether it’s in the panel, on a yoke mount or in a flight bag as a backup device. For m...
Article: Tech Talk: Avidyne Entegra Release 9 Integrated Flight Deck
Article: Tech Talk: Garmin G600 Glass Panel
Article: Flight Management Systems
Airline and bizjet pilots have been using flight management system (FMS) technology for...
Article: Top New Products
Article: Synthetic Vision
Over the past decade, new...
Article: High-Tech Buyer's Guide
An interesting trend has...
Article: Cirrus Perspective
When the engineers at Cirrus Skunk Works branded the...
Article: Aviat Husky A-1C
The lights of Lakeland, Fla., sparkle a thousand feet...
Article: Ab Initio Training With A Touch Of Glass
If you were to drive across the country, you could point your car in the right direction and eventually you’d get to your destination, though perhaps not by a straight-line route. Before leaving, you’d need to consult a map to ensure that you’re headi...
Article: Redressing A Skylane: Project 182, Part II
Someone in the aircraft...
Article: Project 182, Part I
Here at Plane & Pilot, we seem to enjoy...
Article: Flight Guide Online
Flight Guide Online, by Airguide...
Article: Zaon PCAS XRX
Zaon’s PCAS (portable collision-avoidance system) XRX is “the first...
Article: Staying Safe
Remember when CB radios were actually useful? Like CBs...
Article: Synthetic Vision
For instrument flight, the glass panels that are increasingly common in...
Article: October 2007 Readback
More than 560,000 visitors and 10,000 airplanes...
Article: November 2007 Readback
After introducing the 300 Knot Club, Columbia...
Article: Handheld Avionics
I’m sold on the concept that using portable avionics in the cockpit will make the flying experience safer and m...
Article: Buyer’s Guide: The Active Pilot’s Flight Bag
Flight bags have certainly changed over the years, but what has changed most is what today’s pilots...
Article: Mastering The Panel-Mounted GPS Part 1: VFR Use
Learning to use even one ...
Article: Mastering The Panel-Mounted GPS Part 2
Article: Jeppesen NavSuite
In the fall of 2004, I closed a review of Jeppesen’s JeppView/FliteDeck 3 with a complaint about the lack of serious flight-planning functions in Jeppesen’s flagship...
Article: Switching To Glass
It has finally happened. While...
