Avionics

Fourteen GA groups told the FAA on Friday the agency must straighten out issues with the ADS-B Out compliance rules if aircraft owners are to meet the 2020 deadline for the new equipment requirements. In a letter to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta (PDF), they highlighted concerns including compliance for experimental aircraft, which don’t have type […]

Van’s Aircraft comes to the 2015 Sport Aviation Expo with the RV-12 S-LSA equipped with Garmin’s G3X Touch avionics and integrated action camera. In this video, AVweb’s Larry Anglisano, along with Chris Thelan from Van’s Aircraft, took the system flying for a closer look. view on YouTube

Looking to gain traction in a market saturated with portable ADS-B weather receivers, SiriusXM Aviation introduced the SXAR1 satellite broadcast weather receiver. Streaming WSI weather data, the Bluetooth receiver is compatible with newer iPad tablets and WSI’s Pilotbrief Optima app. In this video, Aviation Consumer‘s Larry Anglisano gives an overview of the interface. view on […]

While the romantic bloom toward aviation may be off the rose for the public at large, automobile companies have been smitten on and off with the idea that aircraft features can sell cars. Recall about a decade ago that several car makers–Subaru comes to mind–were flogging aircraft style dashboards. Basically, they turned the soft white […]

Continental Motors Group Ltd. has expanded its Alabama-based maintenance and service operations into avionics and aircraft interiors. Continental, a subsidiary of AVIC International Holding Corp. of Beijing, China, announced on Monday it has completed acquisition of Southern Avionics and Communications of Mobile.Southern Avionics is now a division of Continental Motors Services of Fairhope, Alabama, and […]

AVweb’s weekly search of the news in the world of aviation turned up some updates in the light airplane sector, as well as an award for Airbus’ electric trainer and a first flight for Bell’s new 505 helicopter. Van’s Aircraft and Dynon have worked to create a dual display option for the popular RV-12 LSA. […]

Buyers waiting for cheaper or at least more solutions to satisfy the 2020 ADS-B mandate have another choice to shop. Garmin this week announced a new ADS-B box that will interface with its Flight Stream onboard data network, satisfying the ADS-B Out requirement. The GDL 84 appears to be a downscale version of the company’s […]

GA pilots on the go-especially business aircraft crew-find themselves betwixt and between when it comes to acquiring and loading the latest nav data for sophisticated avionics. At NBAA last week, Jeppesen added some new capability to its cloud-based app that essentially allows pilots to quickly assess the status of nav, terrain and chart databases and […]

AVweb’s weekly foray into all that is going on in aviation revealed news of EASA certification of a new Airbus helicopter, a free ForeFlight manual, the identity of the keynote speaker at Redbird Migration next week and availability of a free insurance review. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified the new EC135 T3/P3 by […]

At NBAA, Nextant showed off a mock-up of its new G90XT King Air C90 remanufacture. The airplane will include GE engines and a Garmin G1000 suite. view on YouTube