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Eclipse Aerospace Inc. has partnered with Jeppesen to offer a web-based delivery system for E-Chart and navigation subscription data updates. This digital download solution eliminates the shipping of physical disk media to Eclipse subscribers, and also puts an end to manual data entry by these subscribers into their avionics system.“This secure, web-based delivery system automates […]

Seeking to provide a flight planning app for Android users, FlightPro has launched an app it refers to as intuitive, fast and pilot-friendly. CEO T. R. Wright described the app to AVwebs Rick Durden in a podcast at FlightPros booth at Sun n Fun. Wright explained that the FlightPro team is made up of experienced […]

ASA has 39 specialty training apps for pilots and dozens of aviation e-books. At Sun ‘n Fun, ASA’s Brian Snider showed AVweb some of the more popular apps. view on YouTube

Ive long been frustrated with the misuse of the speeds known as Vx and Vy in pilot training. This article is an attempt to explain my reasons in a reasonably clear and entertaining manner. The opinions in this article are mine alone, and refer to the Bonanza. Most of the basic speeds are taken from […]

In the wake of various reports of techie pilots using Google Glass while flying, two pilots at Adventia European College of Aeronautics in Spain went public with the use of Google Glass in the cockpit to demonstrate the potential benefits of using the devices while flying an aircraft. A Google developer partner called Droiders created […]

Our weekly survey of aviation news found the newest formal recognition of top aviation professionals, an aircraft now being offered for sale on Amazon.com, a survey reporting that hiring in aviation is expected to be up this year and FltPlan now offering Velocity Weather by Baron. Every year for the past 50 years, the General […]

Probably the most difficult task on the Instrument Rating (IR) practical test is Area VII, Task D: Approach with Loss of Primary Flight Instrument Indicators. But why is the FAA so interested in this? In their own words from the IR Practical Test Standards (PTS): The FA A is concerned about numerous fatal aircraft accidents […]

Tyson Weihs, co-founder and CEO of ForeFlight, has announced the release of version 5.6 of ForeFlights intelligent app for pilots. Highlights of the update include enhanced flight plan filing options-including ICAO flight plan form support-as well as complete worldwide coverage for military pilots. Significantly, ForeFlight now primarily files flight plans directly via the modernized Lockheed […]

Aviation lore is full of heroes like Chuck Yeager, who saved the day while calmly muttering on the radio something about some little fire going in them engines or such. The quiet, unflappable, laid-back flyer has been the role model for young pilots since the days of the Lone Eagle. But, is there such a […]

As part its international youth program encouraging Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, the Think Global Flight (TGF) LiveTV team is presenting a Jan. 27 broadcastshowing how aviation uses STEM in the real world. The broadcast is one of several LiveTV events leading up to Think Global Flights scheduled April circumnavigation of the world […]