For a while now the big players in the US app market, ForeFlight and Garmin, have been trying to carve themselves a slice of the … Read more
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Garmin Flight Stream 510$1,495
No matter how you slice it, spending just over one aviation unit (current exchange rate: 1 aviation unit = £1,000) for what looks like an … Read more
Mike Busch on Airplane Ownership£23.69 in paperback or £15.81 for the Kindle edition
I remember hearing about a question asked by a hugely keen but non-aeroplane-owning pilot. Said pilot asked how much it would cost to get into … Read more
Garmin GFC 500 Digital AutopilotFrom $6,995
A few years ago I was stupid enough to go to one of those business networking breakfasts. Over stale croissants, and between pitches from executive … Read more
DJI Osmo Pocket£329
DJI has just launched a small gyro stabilised video camera, the Osmo Pocket, and we thought it looked ideal for opportunistic inflight filming and stills … Read more
Foreflight Europe£95.99-£287.99 per year
How lucky are we? It isn’t too long ago that planning and self-briefing for a local flight took three-and-a-half weeks, but thanks to some brilliant … Read more
Bose targets professionals with ProFlight headset
Bose, makers of the market leading A20 ANR headset, has just launched the ProFlight ANR headset into the commercial aviation market. The ProFlight could be … Read more
Yaesu FTA-750L Spirit radio£380
There are lots of good reasons for buying a handheld transceiver – there’s the obvious case of main radio or electrical system failure and I … Read more
Garmin VIRB 360£650
Back in the summer of 2016, we reviewed Kodak’s 360º camera. We came to the conclusion that, if you managed to fight your way through … Read more
First test for in-flight weather uplink
U.S. pilots have long enjoyed uplinked weather reports but getting the same information into a U.K. cockpit currently involves a satellite link and the associated … Read more