PilotPlates & Reader Plates
Ten years ago, I started off on my first really long cross-country trip: a two-week flying vacation from …
Portable Electronics
Best Handheld Products!
Like many pilots, I carry a little insurance against the possibility of an alternator failure. I have a portable GPS …
VirtualHUD
William Steele was working on developing a low-cost HUD (Heads Up Display) product when a eureka moment transpired …
Weather In The Cockpit
Ask most pilots what subject in aviation they wish they knew more about, and a majority will answer, “weather.” Indeed …
Honeywell Bendix/King AV8OR
By now, almost every pilot has had some experience with a portable GPS unit, and the AV8OR does everything that …
Garmin 696: A Giant Leap Ahead
If you hadn’t noticed, the Garmin 696 is bigger. Anyone who has seen the advertising for Garmin’s new …
Choosing Your Handheld
Pilots today are increasingly dependent on electronic navigation and communication equipment: GPS for navigation, satellite radio for weather avoidance and …
Tech Talk: Spot Satellite Personal Tracker
My first exposure to the Spot Satellite Messenger came on a rainy March afternoon when air show pilot Gene Soucy …
Control Vision Anywhere Map XP & ATC
For years now, Control Vision has offered GPS moving-map software on portable devices based on assorted versions of Microsoft …
Zaon PCAS XRX
Zaon’s PCAS (portable collision-avoidance system) XRX is “the first ever portable, passive, stand-alone collision-avoidance system for …
