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Garmin 696 With Geo-Referenced Approach Charts
Greatly improves situational awareness.Garmin recently introduced a new feature on its popular 696 portable moving map navigator: geo-referenced approach charts. This feature gives pilots a piece of...
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Flying Lessons: Technology Tales
Even with all of today's technology, sometimes the best tool for the job can still be a plotter, Leatherman, and the old-fashioned Band-Aid."This is ridiculous!"I look across the cockpit to where...
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Sporty’s Plates Delivers
In terms of price, practicality, portability and simplicity, the new chart viewer hits on all cylinders.(April 2011) WHILE APPLICATIONS FOR handheld devices have been an intriguing development for some...
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Garmin 796: We Fly It First
A large-format portable with a touch screen and features galore.In this age of iPads and Androids and apps, is a dedicated portable device still relevant? That’s the question that some might be asking...
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Flight Guide Introduces Traffic Alerts on iPad
Zaon’s traffic scanner integrates with iEFB.Airguide Publications has partnered with Zaon Flight Systems to add a traffic alert feature as part of its recently released Flight Guide iEFB v4.1. By...
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iPad Pilot Safety Alert
Pilots must exercise caution or lose charts.The release by Apple of a new operating system for the iPad, iOS 5, has raised concerns among aviation app providers that pilots’ iPads might lose charts or...
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Garmin Launches GTN 750 iPad 2 Trainer
Touchscreen simulation makes this new app a good training tool.All you wanted for Christmas may have been the new Garmin 750 for your airplane.Main Photo: Photo by: Flying Magazine EditorGarmin 750...
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Zaon’s PCAS XRX Collision Avoidance System
Is Zaon’s PCAS XRX collision-avoidance device a worthy competitor to installed technology? We fly with the unit to find out.(January 2012) I pulled the radar-detector-size electronic device from my...
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WingX Pro7 Synthetic Vision Comes to iPhone
App creator says synviz is better on your phone.Ever wished you could have synthetic-vision capability on your iPhone? Hilton Software, maker of the WingX Pro7 app for the Apple iPad, has just added...
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DeLorme Introduces inReach at AirVenture
Two-way satellite communicator keeps you connected in remote areas.Aviators will have a chance to check out the inReach personal satellite communicator for the first time at AirVenture this week....
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Flying Reviews Appareo Stratus 2
With dual-band traffic and attitude, Stratus 2 is another winner for Appareo, ForeFlight and Sporty’s.There were products that came before it, but the Appareo Stratus was one of a couple of portable...
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Flying Reviews SkyGuardTWX
Transmit your ADS-B Position.Perhaps the most interesting portable in our lineup is the SkyGuardTWX, a small and powerful ADS-B transceiver that combines a dual-band 978 and 1090ES receiver with an...
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New Garmin Portable Transforms Pilot App into Backup Panel
Unit combines ADS-B, WAAS GPS, attitude sensor.The Garmin Pilot mobile app just got a whole lot better with the rollout yesterday of a portable Garmin ADS-B and WAAS GPS receiver with an integrated...
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We Fly Garmin GDL 39 3D
New ADS-B receiver has AHRS, too.The march of integration at Garmin continues, and the latest piece in the high-tech toolbox is the company's update of its portable datalink receiver, the GDL 39, which...
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Garmin Rolls Out Weather Receiver for Portables
SiriusXM antenna includes slew of weather products.Garmin this morning launched a portable SiriusXM receiver designed for use with its handheld GPS navigators that the company says offers up an array...
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Sporty's Updates Stratus 2
New features, capabilities.At Sun 'n Fun, Sporty's and ForeFlight announced big enhancements to the Stratus 2 ADS-B receiver/AHRS unit. The Stratus 2 is a joint production of manufacturer Appareo, iOS...
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Flight Data Systems Releases Pathfinder ADS-B Receivers
More options emerge for subscription-free traffic and weather offerings.Flight Data Systems has introduced two ADS-B receivers designed for portable devices and experimental airplanes. Main Photo:...
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ADS-B Mandate: Options Demystified
Cutting through the confusion of the FAA's fast-approaching equipment mandate.ADS-B. It's an acronym only an engineer's mother could love. Three letters followed by a hyphen and another letter hanging...
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