Firewall Runway Transponder 
Plane and Pilot
MAY 3, 2025
So its been upgraded with a pair of Garmin G5 EFIS displays and a GTN 650 mated to a GTX 345 Mode S transponder. At least the Cherokee gave the pilot a better view of the runway from the patternno wing in the wayand lacked the high-wing Cessnas pitch change with flap deployment. There were 23 runway loss of control (RLOC) events.
Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
Currently, the SLSA version of the RV-12 in Standard Trainer trim costs $189,500, which includes a single-screen EFIS (Dynon HDX or Garmin G3X), Garmin GTR 200 comm radio and remote transponder. The large canopy pivots at the firewall, so it’s up and out of the way as you settle in. But it’s not difficult to learn.
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Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
Currently, the SLSA version of the RV-12 in Standard Trainer trim costs $189,500, which includes a single-screen EFIS (Dynon HDX or Garmin G3X), Garmin GTR 200 comm radio and remote transponder. The large canopy pivots at the firewall, so it’s up and out of the way as you settle in. But it’s not difficult to learn.
Plane and Pilot
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Its even better here, with generous hip- and legroom between the convex doors and the structural center console that runs from the firewall through the cabin to the baggage bulkhead. Flight Design can will the F2 with a GTN 650 in place of the 175, though Gutmann says hes also looking into using the Garmin GNX 375 GPS/transponder.
Aerotime
DECEMBER 27, 2024
On January 2, 2024, a Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350-900 operating a flight from Sapporo to Tokyo collided with a Japan Coast Guard DHC-8-300 on the runway at Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND). The Fokker 50 went off the runway and subsequently collided with a house. By this point, the DHC-8 was already alight from the initial impact.
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