Avionics

Nav Canada says it has implemented a grace period for aircraft operators who enter Class A airspace in Canada (above 18,000 feet, IFR only) without the ADS-B equipment that meets the newly activated mandate. The not-for-profit air traffic management company said operators who mistakenly enter Class A without antennas that send signals both up to […]

Albuquerque, New Mexico-base Aspen Avionics announced today (Aug. 15) it has teamed with Trio Avionics to integrate the Trio Pro Pilot autopilot with Aspen Avionics display packages for more than a dozen aircraft models. A package including the autopilot and Aspen’s Evolution E5 flight display is priced at $10,750. The Trio Pro Pilot is a […]

If your GPS-driven panel functions seem glitchy this week the cause might be a Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) and it’s as sinister as it sounds. The sun is reaching the end of Solar Cycle 25, which means solar flares and their resulting mayhem on radio transmissions is nearing a peak. According to datacenterdynamics there […]

Canadian operators of Piper Aircraft M600 single-engine turboprops are now cleared for the Garmin Autoland system. Piper announced Aug. 3 it has been awarded approval from Transport Canada’s Civil Aviation (TCAA) authorities for the M600/SLS HALO safety system, which includes Garmin Autoland and standalone autothrottle. According to Piper, “If necessary, HALO takes over the controls […]

One summer, while flying over the largest wilderness in the lower 48 states, I heard a radio call: “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. White Cessna… [broken and inaudible transmission].” I heard just enough to understand something bad was happening, but not where. I repeatedly tried to hail the aircraft to get them to repeat their location, to […]

Flying light airplanes can easily take you outside of cellphone range, especially for pilots who fly in backcountry environments. A forced landing, even if successful, could leave you out of touch and with no good way to call for assistance. That can be deadly if the pilot or a passenger is injured. As part of […]

Safran announced it’s buying Collins Aerospace’s flight control business for $1.8 billion. The French company says it wants the business unit to strengthen its own competing flight control enterprise. “The transaction would enable us to deliver a comprehensive offering to our clients and position us extremely well for next-generation platforms as the segments move toward […]

When we talk with busy avionics shops around the country, it’s clear that electronic flight displays are tops for major upgrades. For aging aircraft, that means yanking out spinning iron gyros and usually the vacuum systems that feed them. These upgrades replenish the used gyro market, making it easier to maintain older panels still sporting […]

Introduced in 2021, Honeywell’s clean-sheet Anthem integrated flight deck has racked up over 120 hours of flight testing in a Pilatus PC-12 turboprop, and the test bed (with pre-production test hardware) was on public display for the first time at AirVenture 2023. Aviation Consumer Editor Larry Anglisano climbed aboard the Pilatus with company flight test […]

The King KX155 and KX165 navcomm radios are two of the most popular navcomm radios of all time and there are plenty of these aging rigs still in service begging for an easy upgrade. Honeywell showed up at AirVenture 2023 with a long-awaited replacement called the KX200. Aviation Consumer Editor Larry Anglisano took a look […]