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Owners who equip their aircraft with Garmin’s G600 glass panel have been sometimes surprised to learn they still need to retain their old iron gyros to give the autopilot attitude pickoff information. Garmin has addressed this with a new product called the GAD43, which allows the G600’s digital attitude information to talk directly to autopilots. […]

GPS technology has improved life for pilots and their friends on the ground over the last decade. Now New Zealand company Spidertracks (booth 3062 at AirVenture) is leveraging the power of the Iridium satellite network to service pilots and their ground-bound friends in all sorts of interesting ways – by logging their flight paths and […]

It’s no secret that Alan Klapmeier is estranged from the Cirrus company he and his brother built during the past two decades, but Dale told AVweb‘s Russ Niles that “we’re still brothers” and the two are working together to help Alan find funding for the Vision Jet. The project is still on the table but […]

The economy hit everyone in aviation hard, but Cirrus CEO Brent Wouters says his company took early aggressive action that prepared it for the worst. Now that the worst is over, he’s predicting a strong recovery for the company. He spoke with AVweb‘s Russ Niles. This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation. Duration: […]

Garmin’s Pilot MyCast has allowed pilots to gather flight planning information and even file flight plans from their cell phones for years, but it hasn’t been available for iPhones until now. Garmin made the announcement at EAA AirVenture 2009 and AVweb‘s Paul Bertorelli spoke with Garmin’s Jessica Myers about it. This podcast is brought to […]

WingX is one of the pioneers in flight planning for mobile applications, and it’s adapting to the rapidly changing market. The company recently announced an iPhone application that brings in all the features that made it so popular for Blackberry and Windows Mobile users. AVweb‘s Paul Bertorelli spoke with Hilton Goldstein of WingX. This podcast […]

Randall Fishman has won numerous awards and accolades for his work on electric flight and already has built an electric-powered ultralight and a single-seat motorglider. (Learn more at his web site.) Now he is coming to EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh with a new design – a two-place that he plans to sell as a kit […]

Could the Transportation Security Administration finally be backing down on some of the most onerous parts of the Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP)? Martha King, the National Business Aviation Association’s representative at a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, says she thinks so, although there are no guarantees with the TSA. She spoke with AVweb‘s Russ Niles […]

For decades, the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) has represented the interests of thousands of flight instructors, but many of those instructors work for businesses or schools that don’t necessarily share that affiliation. AVweb‘s Russ Niles spoke with NAFI’s Jason Blair about the organization’s group program, which launches today. Duration: File Size: download here

Well, no one has ever accused Cirrus Aircraft Chairman of the Board Alan Klapmeier of backing down from a challenge and he’s taken on a big one. Klapmeier announced last week that he’s trying to buy the Vision SF 50 jet program from the company he and his brother Dale founded 25 years ago. The […]