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Our commitment to our Android customers utilizing Garmin Pilot continues! Version 2.4 comes with some very exciting enhancements, allowing pilots the ability to gather and access even more information with ease during each phase of your flight. Plan: The option to schedule your flights earlier and amend them as needed, is now available. It’s also possible to save and store up to 200 trips....

ADS-B and 8.33 kHz compliancy is just around the corner for our European neighbors and Garmin is here to help! In just a few years, all aircraft operating within European airspace must have the ability to broadcast 1090 ES ADS-B ‘Out’ with a Diversity Mode – S transponder. For new aircraft, ADS-B requirements must be complied with by January 8, 2015 and for all...

Beginning May 2, 2013, the FAA will begin publishing new circling minimums on the U.S. Terminal Procedures instrument approach charts. During circle-to-land operations, pilots are given a specific radius of protected airspace around the runway threshold, which is based on the aircraft approach category. This block of airspace is designed to allow the pilot to [...] The post Lucy’s Logbook: Circle with ease using...