Larry Anglisano reflects on Aviation Consumer’s legacy and why solid buying advice is still critical.

Just because you spent big on the latest digital comm transceiver doesn’t mean it will perform any better than the one it replaced. Antennas matter—a lot.

With a sharp eye you can save money on pre-owned gear, but buy from reputable sources and consult with your installer, first.

California-based Nighthawk Flight Systems has been quietly developing a modular cockpit avionics system called Guardian. It has a high-res display available in 11.6-inch and 7-inch touchscreen configurations, realistic synthetic vision, and a smart IO that can interface with a variety of existing aircraft systems, including third-party autopilots. The company said it will initially be available […]

A Cessna Cardinal radio stack makes for a good example of how you might get modern IFR capability for a rock-bottom investment.

The market for flagship aviation headsets has a new model with the $1099 Lightspeed Zulu 4 announced ahead of AirVenture 2025. It picks up where the Lightspeed Zulu 3 left off (still in the product line), using the same noise canceling electronics and physical construction, but with newly designed FrameFit earseals that are more eyeglasses […]

Operating out of unimproved runways takes a toll on a Cessna nosewheel, but upgrading the shimmy damper can help over the long term.

Cirrus Aircraft has been incrementally updating the flight deck in the popular SR-series (SR20/SR22/SR22T) airplanes and now Garmin has an upgrade for planes with the original Garmin Perspective integrated avionics to the more capable Perspective+ suite. The upgrade—retrofittable in the field via a pending STC—is fair game for Cirrus SR Series G3, G5 and some […]

New software and FAA certification add much needed real-world IFR utility to this otherwise feature-rich display.

Buying a used airplane? Don’t skip these key pre-buy checks that can save you thousands—plus, Fly With Bruno’s Bruno shares lessons from his sweepstakes aircraft purchase.

Nine years in the making, Garmin reinvented procedural charts with less clutter and a more intuitive and dynamic presentation.