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Portable ADS-B Just Got Longer Legs
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (907+ words) Av Brief. com Portable ADS-B Just Got Longer Legs It was the same wiggle-in-the-seat feeling I had somewhere around 1996 when Paul Bertorelli and I were flying in and around the busy New York B-space in an old Mooney tag-team evaluating…...
Upgrading the Gla Star: All the Parts and Pieces
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1310+ words) Av Brief. com Upgrading the Gla Star: All the Parts and Pieces Let's talk panel. I mentioned in my first article for this Gla Star upgrade series that my husband and I decided it was not reasonable to separate the…...
Air-Obics
3+ week, 2+ day ago (360+ words) So I am not quite as primitive as I used to be. One Christmas, I received another bit of technology: a smartwatch. One feature was a mode to record heart rate during exercise. The thought struck: How about correlating the…...
Garmin Pilot App: An EFB Built for the Panel
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1391+ words) For those with a panel full of new Garmin avionics, the Pilot app has become almost an essential accessory. Here's a warts-and-all report as we continue our series on EFB programs. That context shapes how I evaluate an EFB. For…...
u Avionix AV-30: Now IFR and Wireless
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (80+ words) Av Brief. com u Avionix AV-30: Now IFR and Wireless The latest u Avionix AV-30 retrofit flight instrument has grown in capability from earlier versions and now has a capable IFR interface that's compatible with WAAS navigators, autopilots, traffic receivers…...
Garmin Service Alert for Advisory Vertical Guidance
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (253+ words) Av Brief. com Garmin Service Alert for Advisory Vertical Guidance Garmin issued Service Alert 26027 on March 12, 2026, addressing a potential misuse risk involving advisory vertical guidance (+V) on non-precision approaches across affected Garmin retrofit and OEM avionics systems. Many Garmin systems display…...