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On Friday June 19th, a Glasair Sportsman took to the skies above Arlington, Washington. However this was no ordinary take on the popular four-place, metal and composite kit built airplane. This was the handiwork of a dedicated team of four students, one teacher and one chaperon from Cuba City, Wisconsin. The team from Cuba City [...] The post Motivated Students Build A Plane for...

Here at Garmin, we are incredibly fortunate (and completely spoiled) to have access to great aircraft that are equipped with state-of-the-art avionics that give us all of the information we could ever dream of – and more. A mere ten years ago, I recall flying with a GNS 430W in a well-equipped Cessna 172R without [...] The post Flying with ADS-B: Austin, Texas appeared...

Flying with an ADS-B-equipped aircraft provides pilots with a number of benefits today, while ensuring their aircraft are equipped to fly after December 31, 2019. The number of aircraft operating in the surrounding airspace is growing and is predicted to grow even more through the year 2020 and beyond. While the act of flying an [...] The post Flying After The Year 2020: ADS-B...