The thought of ‘what am I going to do if the pilot dies?’ probably goes through the mind of almost every non-pilot passenger who comes … Read more
Reviews
Reviews of GA products by the FLYER team
Our Favourite Books
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
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