Flight Management Systems
Airline and bizjet pilots have been using flight management system (FMS) technology for almost 30 years, but it’s new …
Avionics
In the rapidly change world of aircraft electronics, we keep you up to date with news and flight reports on the hottest new panel mount and portable avionics.
Apex Edge Series KSN 770
For many years, Bendix/King (a division of Honeywell) had a virtual lock on avionics in general aviation (GA). Get …
High-Tech Buyer’s Guide
An interesting trend has been emerging: Upgrades for existing aircraft are bringing older airplanes into the modern, electronic, glass-cockpit …
Aspen Evolution EFD1000 Pilot/Pro PFD
Owners and pilots of airplanes with traditional “steam-gauge” instrument panels will shortly be able to upgrade to a modern …
Synthetic Vision
For instrument flight, the glass panels that are increasingly common in today’s general aviation fleet may be a huge …
Bright Idea!
Every pilot knows “Hoover’s Law”: It’s not a question of if your vacuum system will fail, but when …
Chelton’s Magic Boxes
Before they were booted up, the Chelton boxes in the Malibu Jet Prop we tested looked like any number of …
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 …
