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10+ Most Useful Cockpit Gadgets

 10+ Most Useful Cockpit GadgetsAlmost every pilot searches for the right tools to make any flight a safe and enjoyable one. Whether it’s a gizmo that enables us to enjoy that short $100 hamburger flight or a portable piece of equipment that can save us baggage space during long cross
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Buyer's Guide: Gotta-Have-It Cockpit Gear

 Believe it or not, there are still lots of pilots out there who are flying without a GPS. There are many portables, such as the Airmap 500, Garmin 196 and 295 and the Skymap IIIC, that will not only make flight navigation easier, but also help you find a
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Emergency Locator Transmitters

 Like most of you, I've been flying with one or another ELT for years, hoping I'd never have a reason to use one. In truth, I took them for granted, assuming the technology would save my life if it ever became necessary.
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Mastering The Panel-Mounted GPS Part 1: VFR Use
Learning to use even one of the modern IFR-approved GPS maps, let alone several of them, is challenging. Understanding
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Mastering The Panel-Mounted GPS Part 2
Mastering The Panel-Mounted GPS Part 2The Honeywell Bendix/King KLN94 and Garmin’s CNX80 and GNS 430 or 530 are representative of IFR-approved GPS units, and their commonality extends to IFR operations, in which flight plans are modified
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