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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.

Also labeled: Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Cockpit Gadgets, Gear, Handheld Gadgets, Learning Center, New Products, Pilot Gear

Article: 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.

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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.

Also labeled: Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Gadgets, Gear, Glass Cockpits, New Products, Pilot Supplies, Safety

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....

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Article: 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...

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Article: Avidyne Entegra Release 9 Integrated Flight Deck

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Article: Tech Talk: Garmin G600 Glass Panel

Also labeled: Buyer's Guide, Columns, Glass Cockpits, New Products, Pilot Gear, Pilot Supplies

Article: Flight Management Systems

Airline and bizjet pilots have been using flight management system (FMS) technology for...

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Article: Top New Products

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Article: Synthetic Vision

Over the past decade, new...

Also labeled: Learning Center, Flying Skills, Pilot Skills, Safety

Article: High-Tech Buyer's Guide

An interesting trend has...

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Article: Cirrus Perspective

When the engineers at Cirrus Skunk Works branded the...

Also labeled: Glass Cockpits, Learning Center, Piston Singles

Article: Aviat Husky A-1C

The lights of Lakeland, Fla., sparkle a thousand feet...

Also labeled: Glass Cockpits, Piston Singles, Safety, Taildraggers

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...

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Article: Redressing A Skylane: Project 182, Part II

Someone in the aircraft...

Also labeled: Glass Cockpits, Learning Center, Modifications, Pilot Gear, Piston Singles

Article: Project 182, Part I

Here at Plane & Pilot, we seem to enjoy...

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Article: Flight Guide Online

Flight Guide Online, by Airguide...

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Article: Zaon PCAS XRX

Zaon’s PCAS (portable collision-avoidance system) XRX is “the first...

Also labeled: Pilot Supplies

Article: Staying Safe

Remember when CB radios were actually useful? Like CBs...

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Article: Synthetic Vision

For instrument flight, the glass panels that are increasingly common in...

Also labeled: Glass Cockpits, Learning Center

Article: October 2007 Readback

More than 560,000 visitors and 10,000 airplanes...

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Article: November 2007 Readback

After introducing the 300 Knot Club, Columbia...

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Article: Handheld Avionics

I’m sold on the concept that using portable avionics in the cockpit will make the flying experience safer and m...

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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...

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Article: Mastering The Panel-Mounted GPS Part 1: VFR Use

Learning to use even one ...

Also labeled: Buyer's Guide, Cockpit Gadgets, Handheld Avionics, Navigation, Pilot Supplies, User Guide

Article: Mastering The Panel-Mounted GPS Part 2

Also labeled: Buyer's Guide, Cockpit Gadgets, Handheld Avionics, IFR Flight, Pilot Supplies, User Guide

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...

Also labeled: Flight Planning

Article: Switching To Glass

It has finally happened. While...

Also labeled: Glass Cockpits, Learning Center, Safety, User Guide