The Smart Aviator

<p>The full-featured, well-respected ForeFlight Mobile iPad app has been in the spotlight lately with some loyal users pondering other options—of which there are plenty. But switching apps (and taking the plunge to an...

<p>While media praised the recent Garmin Autoland King Air save, the installer—Blackhawk Aerospace—also deserves credit. Installing aftermarket Autoland and autothrottle is complex, and full testing is impossible...

<p>Cockpit smoke emergencies in air carrier and commercial jet ops are more common than you might think. So common that a company called VisionSafe developed the EVAS—for Emergency Vision Assurance System. Its...

<p>Avionics buyers want options. With roots planted deeply in the experimental aircraft market, Dynon Avionics has been gaining sizable momentum in the current market with a wide range of avionics products for both...

<p>Flight1's advanced sims offer G1000 NXi realism for Cirrus and Piper pilots—ideal tools for avionics mastery outside the cockpit.</p><p><br></p>

<p>At AirVenture 2025 at Oshkosh, Nighthawk Flight Systems got a lot of attention when it showed a clean sheet integrated avionics suite called Guardian. The Guardian was an attention getter with its tight graphics...

<p>In a hardened insurance market that's causing grief for pilots of complex and tailwheel models, Maryland-based SkyWatch Aviation Insurance has been gaining attention for its modern approach to assessing risk. Using...

<p>We continue to wreck airplanes for the same reasons we always have, but there are plenty of things we can do to survive—if not avoid the mistakes in the first place. Respected aviation author Rick Durden and Larry...

<p>While not exactly turbochargers, superchargers are air compressors directly driven by the engine via a belt, gears or the crankshaft. Forced Aeromotive, with its bolt-on belt-driven supercharger mod, took an...

<p>The FAA's CPDLC Data Communication program delivers air-to-ground textual data that eases radio congestion and can reduce both controller and pilot workload. It's not exactly new technology and for airlines and...

<p>You've spent years building your experimental kit aircraft and it's finally time for its first flight. Of all the milestones in a build project it's the most serious and carries the most risk. But with the right...

<p>It's a dilemma at a lot of airports—you score the airplane of your dreams, but soon realize that sourcing a hangar to keep it in safe storage is nearly impossible. Long lead times for occupying cookie cutter T...

<p>There are plenty of good reasons to make informed decisions when investing big in a pair of eyeglasses for flying. Think of protection in case of a birdstrike and crash, optical clarity for using glass displays and...