How to mount and use your iPhone as an EFB in the cockpit

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The larger iPhones are finding a home in many cockpits, which can run full-featured versions of popular flight planning and navigation apps like ForeFlight or Garmin Pilot. Regardless of how you use your iPhone, it's smart to secure it in the cockpit. Here are a few options from Robust, RAM and MyGoFlight that offer convenient ways to keep them stable.
Flight Gear iPad Organizer Kneeboard

Accessory review: new kneeboard, flight bag, and battery pack

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To get the most out of our EFB, a few additional accessories are worth considering, like ADS-B receivers and charging products. There is always something new in this market, and in this post we'll review three products we've been testing recently.

How to use the Sentry Plus advanced features

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Sentry Plus is the most capable ADS-B receiver on the market, providing a wealth of in-flight navigation, weather, traffic and safety awareness features. Here we're going to take a look at its advanced settings, to help you best customize it for your specific flight operation.

Portable ADS-B and SiriusXM receiver buyer’s guide

For the price of a few flight lessons, you can have in-flight weather (ADS-B or SiriusXM), GPS, traffic, flight data recorder and a backup attitude/heading display, all on your iPad. There are a lot of options out there, so we assembled this buyer's guide to help you sort out the details.

Pilot’s guide to the iPad connected panel

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There are many connected panel systems available today that allow you to wirelessly connect your iPad to panel-mount GPS and ADS-B receivers. Here's a rundown of all the aftermarket GA avionics options and mobile app compatibility with each.

How to send text messages in flight with the Garmin inReach

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Flying a light airplane doesn't have to mean pilots are totally cut off. Garmin's inReach portable communicators are becoming increasingly capable and affordable. They certainly don't enable email or web browsing, but they are useful for short text messages, flight tracking, and even emergency messages—and they integrate nicely with the Garmin Pilot app. Best of all, you can be up and running for less than $500 all-in.

iPad kneeboard buyer’s guide—2024 edition

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Every pilot should secure their iPad in the cockpit, for both convenience and safety. The most popular ways to do this involve either a mount or a kneeboard. In this article, we'll review some of the most popular iPad kneeboard options, so you can make an informed decision if you're not a mount person. There are more options than ever, and most of them are quite good.

How to use the AHRS, CO monitor and flight data recorder on Sentry Plus (video tip)

The Sentry line of ADS-B receivers from ForeFlight are best known for their ability to receive subscription-free datalink weather and traffic, but they can do so much more. In our latest video tip, we'll show how to use three advanced features in Sentry Plus: the attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) for backup attitude, carbon monoxide detector and alerts, and the automatic flight data recorder and replay.
GF small battery pack

New Flight Gear battery pack adds wireless charging, built-in cables

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Without enough juice in the battery, Garmin Pilot cannot show your approach plates and Sentry cannot show the latest radar. That makes a backup power source an absolutely essential item for any pilot. Now there's a new option that's small enough to fit in your pocket and eliminates the need to carry cables.
Garmin Pilot Devices

How to listen to SiriusXM Radio in ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot

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Garmin's top-of-the-line portable weather receivers, the compact GDL 52 and GDL 51, receive more than just GPS and weather. With an active SiriusXM subscription, pilots and passengers can also enjoy music and live sports in flight. Once you've configured all your devices, it's very easy to listen to SiriusXM Radio, but the first time you do it there are a few steps to follow.
Sentry ADS-B receiver

ForeFlight introduces updated Sentry ADS-B receiver

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Sentry includes all the essential features—weather, traffic, GPS, AHRS, carbon monoxide detector—but at a size and price that make it a great fit for almost any pilot. This week, ForeFlight announced an updated Sentry that doesn't add major new capabilities, but offers enhanced performance.

How to mount and use your iPhone as an EFB in the cockpit

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The larger iPhones are finding a home in many cockpits, which can run full-featured versions of popular flight planning and navigation apps like ForeFlight or Garmin Pilot. Regardless of how you use your iPhone, it's smart to secure it in the cockpit. Here are a few options from Robust, RAM and MyGoFlight that offer convenient ways to keep them stable.