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New! Max Trescott’s GPS and WAAS Instrument Flying Handbook

Ever find yourself in the cockpit punching GPS buttons multiple times to get it to do what you want? Our recent GPS survey found that more than half of readers have difficulty some of the time getting a GPS to do what they want. I spend hundreds of hours each year teaching only in aircraft with advanced GPSs and autopilots and I became convinced that there was no one good reference for pilots teaching them everything they need to know about GPS, WAAS and operating their GPS receivers. So I decided to write the one book that tells pilots what they need to know to safely fly using a modern GPS receiver. If you’d like, skip on below to see what Rod Machado says about my new book. Or order now!

Most books treat GPS as a subtopic and don’t tell everything you need to know about using GPS. But my new Max Trescott’s GPS and WAAS Instrument Flying Handbook recognizes...

Max’s Guide to AirVenture 2009 in Oshkosh

The first airplane to pitch a tent arrived at Oshkosh yesterday, more than a week before the start of the show, according to a Twitter message I received. Now that’s planning ahead! But don’t despair. If you haven’t already made plans to go to Oshkosh, let me emphatically say IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO DECIDE TO GO! Yes, it’s a week away, but all it takes is making a simple decision right now—that you are going to do it. Here’s my money-back guarantee: If you do decide to go, it may turn out to be the best decision you’ve made all year. Really.

Yes, AirVenture is that good. In fact, it is...

Review: Aspen Avionics EFD1000 Pro—Elegant Upgrade

It's not often that a new piece of avionics comes out that changes a paradigm. The introduction of GPS certainly did that in the 1990s as did the Avidyne Entegra and G1000 in 2003 and 2004 respectively. I just flew behind the Aspen Avionics EFD1000 Pro and frankly I think it is in the same leagues with these other innovations as game changers, since it lets you upgrade any older aircraft with a glass panel at a relatively low cost. In fact it’s such a good product, I’m annoyed that I didn’t think of inventing it!

Integrated glass cockpits have been...

Innovation at the Airlines: Cheaper Tickets in the Standing section?

Would you be willing to pay less for your next airline ticket in exchange for flying in the “Standing Section” of the aircraft? Note that today in not April Fools Day and this is not part of a funny MAD TV skit. It’s a real proposal and, if Ryanair has their way, you’ll get to save money soon by standing on one of their flights.

Ryanair is of course the discount airline in the U.K. that earlier floated the idea of pay toilets on their airliners. Then two weeks ago, they proposed that...