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The president of the Civil Aviation Medical Association, the group that represents aviation medical examiners (AMEs), says doing away with the third class medical is a threat to public safety. Dr. Mark Eidson has written members of Congress urging them to vote against bills in front of both houses that would eliminate the third class […]

Glasair brought a mockup of its new Merlin LSA to Sun ‘n Fun this week, along with the first Sportsman diesel. The diesel airplane features a 155-hp Centurion 2.0s engine, a Hartzel Bantam three-blade propeller and VFR glass panel avionics. “This is a major step for Glasair Aviation, and we believe the market will readily […]

At Sun ‘n Fun 2014 in Lakeland, Fla., Garmin introduced the next-generation glass cockpit for LSA applications, the G3X Touch. The G3X Touch, which is available in up to a three-screen configuration, has high-resolution10.6-inch flight displays with split-screen functionality and a host of advanced interface options.The display bezel contains four dedicated buttons and two rotary […]

iFlightPlanner officially announced the release of iFlightPlanner for iPad v2.0, the highly-anticipated upgrade to its iPad-based flight planning solution presented by Sennheiser. In addition to countless enhancements to the pilot experience throughout the app, iFlightPlanner for iPad now parallels the intuitive flight planning functionality found on iFlightPlanner.com with enhanced location-based features made possible by the […]

Compared to aviation market trends, glaciers move at the speed of light, so I wasnt too surprised earlier this month that the Aircraft Electronics Association show in Nashville didnt reveal the next big thing. Still, there are whispers in the wind, I suppose. Maybe whats more interesting was what we didnt see, making me wonder […]

OLATHE, Kan. /March 25, 2014/Business Wire — Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today G3X Touch, a large touchscreen, glass flight display system for installation in experimental amateur-built and light sport aircraft (LSA). The non-certified G3X Touch system offers pilots easy-to-read, easy-to-use, high-resolution 10.6-inch […]

For most of us tooling around the airstrip and to the occasional pancake breakfast, the size of our fuel tanks doesnt matter. But when youre planning a longer flight, your aircrafts range becomes a consideration. Put another way, if you want to travel more than 500 nm, tank-size matters, and not all of us are […]

SOUTHBURY, CT March 13, 2014 — FltPlan, the largest flight planning service in North America, now offers Velocity Weather by Baron^(TM).The enhanced features include United States and Canadian radar, visible and Infrared (IR) Satellite, Surface Analysis and Echo Tops.FltPlan’s new weather data can be accessed on all devices including desktops, laptops, tablets and phones as […]

A bill has been introduced in the Senate that would allow more pilots to fly without a medical certificate, AOPA said on Tuesday. The measure mirrors a similar bill that was introduced in the House in December. The legislation being proposed would expand the third-class medical exemption, which now applies only to sport pilots, to […]

Citing a crowded aviation tablet app market, Bendix King said it will drop its myWingMan navigation app, effective immediately. The company said that customers with existing paid subscriptions will be issued a full refund and that the decision to pull its myWingMan navigation app from the Apple store was difficult, but is the right thing […]