Pilot Supplies
Article: Analyze This
No matter how modern an airplane’s engines and...
Article: X-Plane 9.0 Flight Simulator
You may...
Article: Apex Edge Series KSN 770
For many years, Bendix/King (a division of...
Article: High-Tech Buyer's Guide
An interesting trend has...
Article: Tech Talk: Garmin’s Synthetic Vision Technology
If there ever was a cross between a computer game and the real world, it was laid out on the panel before me. I was at the 2008 Sun ’n Fun Fly-In in...
Article: Flying the G1000 IFR Like the Pros!
Flying the...
Article: Heads Up On Headsets
Aviation headsets—now that’s a topic that’s...
Article: Aspen Evolution EFD1000 Pilot/Pro PFD
Owners and pilots of...
Article: Lightspeed Zulu
I first learned about the Lightspeed Zulu from a...
Article: Flight Guide Online
Flight Guide Online, by Airguide...
Article: Home Sims Fly To New Levels
The world of flight simulation has...
Article: 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.
Article: 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...
Article: Buyer's Guide: The New Headsets
Over the last decade,...
Article: SureCheck TrafficScope VRX
For those of us who routinely fly in busy airspace, the...
Article: Zaon PCAS XRX
Zaon’s PCAS (portable collision-avoidance system) XRX is “the first...
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: Mastering The Panel-Mounted GPS Part 1: VFR Use
Learning to use even one ...
Article: Garmin GPSmap 296
I count myself lucky that I’m allowed to fly with virtually all t...
Article: Just Tires?
When we were student pilots, we were told to ...
Article: Mastering The Panel-Mounted GPS Part 2
Article: AvMap/Navigation’s EKP-IV GPS
AvMap’s EKP-IV—which is an enhanced version of its predecessor, called the EKP-IIIC—can most likely best be described as the Rolls-Royce of portable GPS units for in-cockpit use. It’s bigger than your...
Article: 10+ Most Useful Cockpit Gadgets
Almost every pilot searches for the right tools to make any flight a safe and enjoyable one. Whether...
Article: Thunderstorms: Managing The Risk
It was June 1977, and I had climbed out of Reading, Pa., in a new Rockwell...
Article: Products to Watch
I love the aviation industry; it’s always innovating and producing newer and better things to help us fly faster/smarter/better/safer, etc. When Plane & Pilot asked me to subjectively investigate “what’s cool and what’s new,” I jumped at the...
Article: Great Handheld Gadgets!
Most airplanes in the...
Article: Mercury Computer Systems VistaNav
If you’re like me—a pilot who mainly flies airplanes with “steam gauge” instruments that look increasingly out of date—you probably salivate over the glass flight decks that are common in new airplanes. Even the latest (smallest) singles from Cessna...
Article: Face Weather With More Confidence
The trip was to be a long one: Watsonville, Calif., to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was supposed to take...
Article: TKS Ice Protection
Publishing an aviation magazine can be a lot ...
Article: Bright Idea!
Every pilot knows...
