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Earlier this week, we released an update for our BlueChart Mobile Marine and Trip Planning app.  Here’s what version 1.3 includes: Quatix Watch Support – Transfer your routes, waypoints and tracks (including virtual starting lines) to and from your quatix.  GPSMAP 8000 Series Support – Support for the GPSMAP 8000 Glass Helm Series, including waypoint synchronization [...] The post BlueChart Mobile 1.3 Now Available for...

Imagine if you were in the wilderness with nothing but a bottle of water and a GPS? In the new adventure racing show, “72 Hours,” that’s exactly what happens.  In this new show, three teams of strangers are dropped into the middle of nowhere with nothing but a bottle of water and a Garmin handheld [...] The post In New Show on TNT, Contestants...

Questions about the use and applicability of Electronic Flight Bags have been swirling around the aviation community for several years now. Portable aviation GPS devices went from simply displaying position and course information to providing weather, displaying approach charts, and even playing Jimmy Buffett. With portables and tablets that display sectional and approach charts, along [...] The post Lucy’s Logbook: The Lowdown on Electronic...