Max Trescott Aviation Trends Aloft

FIKI—One more reason to consider a Cirrus SR22T

If you didn’t already have enough reasons to consider buying a SR22T, Cirrus has given you one more with their announcement that they can now equip your new SR22T Perspective with FIKI—Flight into Known Icing. Perspective is the G1000-type glass cockpit that Cirrus announced in May 2008. To learn what you need to know to fly the Perspective avionics, consider taking this four-hour online VFR Perspective course.

Recently, we awarded Cirrus Design the 2008 GAMMY award for Design Innovation. Here in Silicon Valley where innovation is everywhere, some companies have concluded that...

Zeppelins, US Air 1549, TV News & WAAS--what a day!

Wow, yesterday was quite a day. In the morning, I spent several hours with the owners and crew that manage the only Zeppelin in the U.S. If you enter your email in the upper left corner, you’ll be notified when I post a story and photos from that visit.

Over the noon hour, I was on a business call related to my Glass Cockpit Publishing business. During the call, our CFO slipped me a note telling me of the US Air 1549 crash into the Hudson. Fortunately everyone was fine. Minutes later, KNTV, the S.F. area NBC affiliate called and asked...

2008 General Aviation Gammy Awards

The quiet time over the New Years holiday is a wonderful time to reflect on the good and bad of the past year and to look forward to the New Year. While most people are familiar with the Emmy, Tony and Grammy awards, few pilots are familiar with the General Aviation Milestone or Gammy awards.

Before revealing the 2008 Gammy Awards, let me say that...