GRT Avionics Announces New Sport EX EFIS and Special Show Pricing
With its new 7-inch Sport EX EFIS, GRT Avionics has reduced the entry-level price point for an EFIS of this size. The unit starts...
Bring Your Learning to Fly Questions with You to AirVenture
Sporty’s CFIs Offering Free Daily Office Hours It’s easy for non-pilots to be intimidated hanging out with their certificated buddies. At EAA AirVenture, with pilots...
Aircraft Spruce 2016–2017 Catalog Now Available
Aircraft Spruce will begin distributing printed copies and CD versions of their new 2016-2017 catalog at EAA AirVenture. Few people today begin a homebuilt...
Zenith "Fly in to Summer" Open Hangar Day and Fly-In –...
Zenith Aircraft is organizing their eighth annual "Fly in to Summer" Open Hangar Day and Fly-In Gathering at the Zenith Aircraft kit factory in central Missouri in June....
Whelen Engineering to Acquire LoPresti Aviation
Whelen Engineering Company announced today that it completed an acquisition and spin-off of its Aviation Division with LoPresti Aviation. Whelen's Aviation Division and LoPresti...
Zenair Founder Chris Heintz Passes
Prolific aircraft designer and founder of Zenair Chris Heintz has died. According to Zenith Aircraft, “Chris died peacefully at his home in Southern France...
Turn Your Tablet Into an ADS-B Receiver
Xradio has released an Android app that overlays ADS-B traffic and weather on a moving map. Simply attach the portable receiver and go. The...
GRT Avionics' New HUD for Experimental Aircraft
A heads up display can now be part your a GRT Avionics equipped airplane for as little as $300. GRT's pursuit of heads up display technology has led to support for the Hudly automotive after-market heads up display. Graphics optimizations in the GRT remote app, combined with the impressive readability and value of the Hudly have resulted in the first practical heads up display for experimental and general aviation (certified) airplanes.
New Cabin Heat Muff From Custom Welding Products
Custom Welding Products LLC announced a newly-designed cabin heat muff for aircraft homebuilders called Turbo Heat. This canister is distributed by Aircraft Spruce &...
MGL Avionics Partners with US Champion Rob Holland
MGL Avionics announced today an exclusive marketing partnership with Rob Holland Ultimate Airshows. MGL Avionics has been producing avionics for the Experimental and light-sport...
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All About Avionics
Sophisticated and capable audio systems used to be less common in Experimental aircraft, but now many pilots want expanded capabilities. There are ways to go about choosing and installing such systems that will alleviate unnecessary instrument noise and allow for the best audio quality possible. Avionics expert Stein Bruch walks you through the considerations and offers his top three tips for avoiding problems.
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Lycoming offers zero-time, factory-rebuilt engines to pilots and owners for the cost of a factory overhaul, in exchange for a first-run core; RPX Technologies introduces the simple and straightforward DynaVibe prop and rotor balancer. Edited by Mary Bernard.