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There comes a point during winter where it’s been too cold for too long and there’s not much to do except watch the snow pile up in the backyard and wonder if it’s ever going to warm up. In an attempt to shift my mindset (and maybe yours!) we’re going to pretend to take a quick trip to the Florida Keys today, using flyGarmin’s...

Today we announced yet another safety-enhancing technology for aviation! The GRA 5500 is a high-performance, all-digital radar altimeter for transport category, helicopter, business and general aviation aircraft. Using patent-pending digital signal processing technology, the GRA 5500 works to provide smooth altitude tracking resulting in a consistent and highly accurate altitude above ground indication, even over [...] The post How low can you go? Now...

As pilots, part of our daily curriculum throughout any type of flight training is a post-flight debrief. As I began my flying career as a flight instructor, my post-flight debriefings occasionally went something like this: Lucy: “Flight was great, soft-field landings were spot-on today, but do you remember that second chandelle we attempted?Student: “I think so…?”Lucy: “Well, the stall-horn didn’t quite go off toward the...