Avionics

They say aviation regulations are written in blood, and Alaska pilot Ross Nixon tells a story that makes that clear — when a family was lost in a California crash in 1957, it was ultimately determined they might have survived if only they’d been found in time. Thanks to that somber event, says Nixon, general […]

NavWorx says it is working to resolve an issue with the FAA, which is refusing to process $500 rebate reservations for two models of transceivers the company makes. The agency is telling those who bought ADS600-B 200-0012 and 0013 models that they don’t qualify for the rebate because they are not fully in compliance with […]

NavWorx says it is working to resolve an issue with the FAA, which is refusing to process $500 rebate reservations for two models of transceivers the company makes. The agency is telling those who bought ADS600-B 200-0012 and 0013 models that they don’t qualify for the rebate because they are not fully in compliance with […]

The FAA’s long-awaited ADS-B rebate program is now online, and despite a few first-day glitches with the system early Monday morning that were quickly smoothed out, it’s been getting plenty of takers. “We’re up to 1,360 applicants as of the end of the day on Tuesday,” David Gray, the FAA’s program manager for ADS-B, told […]

Diamond Aircraft has been working on sophisticated fly-by-wire systems for light aircraft for several years and much of that work goes on at the University of Stuttgart. AVweb recently visited and shot this video on the research being done. view on YouTube

You’re in the airplane, strapped in and about to start the checklist when it hits you—filling the right half of the windshield is The Hangar. The one in the famous picture. The picture showing a Maule M-4 blasting out the hangar’s open door in full and fearless flight. Right there is where the legendary B. […]

Dynon has continued to improve its Skyview EFIS suite, this time with added features in the new HDX model. view on YouTube

Users of the popular ForeFlight Mobile navigation app for Apple devices can now connect wirelessly (via Wi-Fi)to L-3’s Lynx panel-mountedNGT-9000 (shown above) and remote-mounted NGT-2500 series ADS-B systems. The recently announced capability enables both ADS-B traffic and weather data to wirelessly stream from the L-3 ADS-B receivers and into the ForeFlight app’s Maps view. You […]

At AirVenture 2016, Yingling showed off the next generation of its Ascend refurbished Cessna 172, which features a glass panel from Garmin. As part of AVweb’s continuing coverage, here’s a video tour of the airplane. view on YouTube

TruTrak is a mainstay in the experimental market with its well-regarded, sophisticated autopilots at affordable prices. Now, following the lead of EAA and Garmin, TruTrak aims to make its new Vizion autopilot available for certified airplanes, starting with the Cessna 172. And this is no stripped-down wing leveler, but a full-featured three-axis autopilot that even […]