Accessories

These eyeglasses designed for pilots have proven durability, good optical quality and excellent customer support.

Using sensors in the ForeFlight Sentry and Sentry Plus ADS-B receivers, the latest Reported Turbulence feature betters forecasted turbulence data.

Controlling devices inside and around your hangar remotely certainly has its benefits. We think rolling your own system makes sense for most.

We spent some time at the Bose booth with Chris Wuerlf who ran through the A30’s feature and control set, while setting the record straight when it comes to repairing the good-performing but discontinued A20.

But they’re complex and pricey, so try a full-sized tug before you buy one. Battery-powered models from AC Air, Best Tugs and AirTug are standouts.

No bottles or batteries required. Aithre’s aircraft-powered oxygen maker generates breathing oxygen for two users at altitudes up to 15,000 feet.

A hardware-agnostic tracking platform hosted on Google Cloud servers, TracPlus tames data costs by using both cellular networks and satcomm.

Know the basics before shopping and try it before you buy it from a source that will take it back.

This new composite fan-equipped iPad case saves weight and offers flexible mounting options, but only works with Apple iPad Mini tablets.

You just don’t know how we’ll a new headset will hold up until it serves hard time in the harsh flight environment. Audio cables get pulled and eventually get caught in seat tracks, microphone booms get twisted and bent, plus the headphone ear seals and main frames live hard, sweaty lives.   We wondered about […]

Based on a field without line services (and refusing to move my Rockwell unassisted after slipping and falling while hand-towing it), I’ve been learning about the four broad-brush categories of hangar tugs. This includes more traditional aircraft-specific engine-powered tugs, electric-powered under-nosewheel/tailwheel tugs and handheld tow bars that use the kinetic energy of a spinning cordless […]

When uAvionix brought the skyBeacon wingtip ADS-B Out/strobe light to market, it promised a certified companion device for the other wingtip that receives ADS-B traffic and weather. Four years later and with over 20,000 skyBeacons in service (that’s nearly one-third of the ADS-B Out market), uAvionix has TSO approval for the long-awaited skySensor—a matching electronic […]