One Mile at a Time
APRIL 27, 2025
Among other things: The helicopter wasnt transmitting ADS-B data, due to the confidential nature of these flights, and as a result, air traffic controllers couldnt watch the helicopters position on radar in real time (instead they had to rely on the transponder, which only refreshes every 5-12 seconds) Due to the amount of congestion at the airport, (..)
Flying Magazine
JULY 18, 2025
For ADS-B support, the Atlas was designed to feed WAAS GPS position to a variety of Mode S transponders—an important part of upgrading older turbines. I found an early 2000 TBM700B that was already equipped with a full Garmin suite including G600 TXi, dual GTN navigators, GFC 600 autopilot, and GTX 345R ADS-B transponder.
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iPad Pilot News
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
A pilot’s worst fearwas to look down at an EFB and see the infamous “blue screen of death” on an IFR flight while setting up for an approach. The scenario gets worse as you go to restart the device and see the message “Configuring Windows update 1 of 15…” as you near the final approach fix.
iPad Pilot News
JUNE 10, 2025
A pilot’s worst fear was to look down at an EFB and see the infamous “blue screen of death” on an IFR flight while setting up for an approach. The scenario worsens as you attempt to restart the device and see the message “Configuring Windows update 1 of 15…” as you near the final approach to the fix.
Aerotime
DECEMBER 27, 2024
The DHC-8, which had been tasked to transport supplies to Niigata in response to the Noto Peninsula earthquake occurring the previous day, had entered the runway at Haneda Airport as the JAL A350 was on final approach. KITTIKUN YOKSAP / Shutterstock After touching down, the A350 struck the DHC-8. No hay heridos.
iPad Pilot News
JUNE 7, 2024
The companion datalink traffic feature took a little longer to reach maturity, requiring your airplane to be equipped with an ADS-B Out transponder to get the full traffic picture. That limitation is now in the past since nearly every airplane flying in busy and high-altitude airspace is ADS-B out equipped.
Photographic Logbook
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Flying within the SFRA, whether it is within the FRZ or not, requires all aircraft to broadcast an assigned transponder code. Normally, when approaching a non-towered airport like Williamson Sodus, air traffic control will instruct the inbound aircraft to "squawk VFR" (i.e., That cannot happen in the FRZ.
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