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Aviation tracking possibilities increased at a high rate last few years and the trend continues with this new tracking device proposed by the worldwide known manufacturer: Garmin.
You can track at a high level of precision with $199,99. Uses are multiples such as dog, car or airplane tracking.
For anxious wives or family, this tracking device put inside your aircraft will allow your beloved to live peacefully while you are flying. No need to call after each landing, just take your new Garmin GTU 10 and voila. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: flying 2.0, gadget, Garmin, gps, News, Technology
What if you land and spend some time into a really far place and want to give some news to your buddies? As many solutions as available phone networks: none! Except that you would have said that before the release of the brand new SPOT Connect.
This small squared black box is the solution for isolated flights for ultra linked pilots. You can enjoy wonderful landscapes without risking being unspotted in case of problem.
Take your smartphone and download the SPOT App to use this useful tool. You will be able thanks to a strong Bluetooth signal to send SOS messages, help requests or more conventional messages as check-ins, track progress or even mails and Facebook/Twitter notifications.
Pick it into your pilot case and you won‚Äôt get anymore problem to communicate into wild isolated places. You will be able to inform your friends and family that everything is OK or not. This item enables mix between safety and social networking without any effort. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: flying 2.0, gadget, gps, satellite, spot, Spot Connect, Technology, tracking
A few weeks ago, I got the chance to buy on the web a really inspiring aviation documentary film called “Flyabout” by Monika Petrillo. It tells the very intimate and personal story of a young pilot‚Äòs journey around Australia. With only 145 piloting hours behind her, Monika decided to undertake at the age of 24, becoming the first women to fly on a small single-engine airplane (Cessna 172) around the entire Australian continent within 28 days. If you’re a pilot who likes cross-country flights and loves flight adventures, this movie is for you! A truly inspiring movie with awesome footage and a wonderful message.
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Tags: aviation, cross country, movie, trip project
Garmin also announced at EAA AirVenture 2009 in Oshkosh the release of a new iPhone App which provides Pilot MY-CAST weather briefings, flight planning and flight filing services to U.S. and Canadian-based subscribers. No need to worry about data accuracy. The Weather information comes from a direct data feed from the National Weather Service, Environment Canada, and the Federal Aviation Administration. Pilots can create routes and see the weather in relation to their planned flight path. The weather part include features such as NEXRAD, METARs and TAFs displayed in text and graphic formats, moving weather maps, lightning data, SIGMETs, AIRMETs, PIREPs, visible and infrared satellite loops, textual winds aloft and more. AOPA airport directory information, and NOTAMs are also available.
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Tags: aviation, GA, gadget, Garmin, General Aviation, Glass Cockpit, gps, Technology
Garmin Reveals New G500 & G3X Retrofit Flight Display Systems
Garmin announced several new products at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2009 but the most unexpected was the new G500. The G500 avionics suite is a lower-cost version of the G600 display designed specifically for Part 23 Class I and Class II aircrafts, which are defined as single and twin-engine piston and turbine engine aircrafts under 6,000 pounds.
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Tags: aviation, GA, gadget, Garmin, General Aviation, Glass Cockpit, gps, Technology
Sat2Twitter’s website enables users of satellite devices such as SPOT to update their position straight into their Twitter account. The tool currently supports SPOT Messenger, Email and Iridium services.
All you need to do is sign up, select the satellite devices you’ll be using to tweet your updates, enter your SPOT ESN device number (for SPOT units) and add the special spot@sat2twitter email address into your Findmespot profile on the SPOT messenger website. ¬†That’s it! You can now send your SPOT updates into Twitter from remote regions of the world!
Tags: General Aviation, gps, spot, Technology, tracking, travelling
SPOT LLC has just unveiled their next generation satellite GPS messenger. This new version offers advanced capabilities and feature-rich enhancements. SPOT is the only device of its kind using the GPS satellite network to acquire its coordinates and then to send its location with a link to Google Maps and a pre-programmed message via a commercial satellite network. It can send position, status updates, help and emergency transmissions from almost everywhere on the planet, even where mobile phones can’t receive a signal.
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Tags: aviation, gadget, General Aviation, gps, pilots, spot, Technology, tracking
Posted in General Aviation, Web by Andr√© Carrier | 1 Comment »
Aircraft manufacturer Cirrus began this year to publicize their concept of “Flying 2.0″ for regional travel needs. Cirrus notes that traditional commercial air travel (Flying 1.0) has became cumbersome, uncomfortable and expensive and has lost its initial charm of yesteryear. Let’s be honest, who hasn’t already experienced long wait hours at the airport for a flight offered by one of the major carriers before one can finally take place onboard and take off towards one’s destination?
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Tags: buddypilots, cessna, cirrus, diamond, flying 2.0, GA, General Aviation, travelling
