It’s winter with short days, muddy strips and sometimes challenging weather nibbling away at our opportunities to fly. Never mind, read instead! Chatting away in … Read more
Reviews
Reviews of GA products by the FLYER team
David Clark Pro-X2 Headset£762
Supra-aural. It means ‘on-ear’ and is significant here, as pretty well all GA headsets fit circum-aural, or around the ear, giving the opportunity to seal … Read more
ForeFlight’s graphical notamEuropean subscriptions £95.98 to £287.98
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
Worx Hydroshot Cordless Pressure Washer£130
The idea of using a pressure washer to clean your pride and joy might raise some eyebrows. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find a … Read more
SEHT SH40-60 headset£479
The last low-cost ANR headset from SEHT we tried was the SH30-75 in summer 2017. That unit was a firm favourite of ours, and struck … Read more
Bose ProFlight 2 Aviation Headset£910
Last year I had the opportunity to review the then new ProFlight headset from Bose (FLYER October 2018), an ‘in-ear’ unit pitched at the commercial … Read more
Garmin launches emergency Autoland
+VIDEO Garmin has announced the first autoland system for General Aviation aircraft. It will be offered initially on aircraft equipped with Garmin’s G3000 flightdeck. Garmin … Read more
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
Four carbon monoxide digital monitors testedFrom £24-130
Right, it’s time for a quick flashback to the human performance section of your PPL exams. Remember learning about how firewall-forward exhaust leaks can enter … Read more