Garmin Weather Receiver Flight Trial

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • Garmin's new GDL51 is a subscription-based portable SiriusXM weather receiver.
  • It integrates with Garmin's aera 660 portable GPS and the Garmin Pilot app.
  • The GDL51 represents a new generation of portable SiriusXM weather receivers entering the market.
  • Aviation Consumer magazine reviewed the GDL51 both in a bench test and in-flight.
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The market may be flooded with ADS-B weather receivers, but the market is also seeing a new generation of subscription-based portable SiriusXM weather receivers. The latest one comes from Garmin—the GDL51—which finally completes the weather interface on the company’s aera660 portable GPS, plus it works with the Garmin Pilot tablet app. In this video, Aviation Consumer magazine Editor Larry Anglisano takes a close look at the new receiver on the bench and in the air.

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