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Avionics Survey: Mostly Satisfied

Manufacturers and installers seem to be keeping buyers content with quality products and decent support. Garmin rules the market, still.

Larry Anglisano
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Edited By:

Omar Filipovic

The first step to satisfied avionics ownership is getting a useful product demo. That’s a Garmin kiosk at Sun n’ Fun.

While we weren’t looking, even mid-priced avionics retrofits have surpassed the cost of a new engine—often making the instrument panel the most expensive piece of the aircraft. Shouldn’t buyers demand stellar quality and product support? Of course they should.

So with that simple point in mind, we put together an avionics satisfaction survey. While we concluded that manufacturers generally keep buyers happy, there’s always room for improvement in interfacing, support and compatibility across brands. The good news is that it appears the supply chain has loosened up, and buyers are mostly pleased with avionics shops and installers who know how to schedule and support the installation when the ink on that eye-watering check dries.

Larry Anglisano

Editor in Chief Larry Anglisano has been a staple at Aviation Consumer since 1995. An active land, sea and glider pilot, Larry has over 30 years’ experience as an avionics repairman and flight test pilot. He’s the editorial director overseeing sister publications Aviation Safety magazine, IFR magazine and is a regular contributor to KITPLANES magazine with his Avionics Bootcamp column.