Read top aviation news in Apple’s News app

Apple included a new app as part of the iOS 9 update last month that collects all the articles on topics you're interested in and organizes them in one place for easy reading. Here we'll show you how to use the app as your primary aviation news feed.

New Garmin VIRB camera app available

Garmin recently released a new version of the Garmin VIRB app that adds a wide variety of new features for those flying with the new Garmin VIRB XE camera. We'll take a look at them here and show you what's new.

WingX Pro7 now available for Android

Hilton Software recently released an a version of WingX Pro for Android, making the app compatible with hundreds of new phones and tablets. While it doesn't quite have the full feature set of the iPad version, it's a nice option for Android pilots.

ForeFlight adds Flight Plan transfer with Garmin Avionics

ForeFlight recently released phase 2 of its integration with Garmin panel-mount avionics, enabling 2-way flight plan transfers between the iPad and Garmin GPS navigators.

FlyQ version 2.0 now available

A new version of Seattle Avionics FlyQ aviation app hit the app store recently and focuses on speeding up the app's performance and improving the user interface by reconfiguring the main moving map screen.

Latest Aviation Tutorials app demystifies avionics and navigation

Aviation Tutorials has been creating pilot training courses for years, originally on CD-ROM and now as dedicated iPad apps. The company recently released an all-new training app, called Navigation and Advanced Avionics. Here's a preview.

AOPA releases all-new pre-flight app

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has a somewhat rocky history with aviation apps. But now the organization is back, with a new app called AOPA GO. Is it worth downloading?

FuelBurn app monitors your fuel status

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The FuelBurn app tracks your fuel status in flight and alerts you when it's time to switch tanks or when reaching a critical fuel state. We'll show you how it works here.

Garmin Pilot adds automated logbook and Nearest airport feature

Garmin was busy this week with lots of new iPad-related product updates, including new releases of the iPad and Android versions of the app, and a preview of an all new Piper-specific version of the Garmin Pilot app.

CloudAhoy adds Stratus 2 and 2S AHRS support

CloudAhoy now allows pilots flying with Stratus 2 and 2S ADS-B receivers to export AHRS pitch and roll data into the app for a more realistic post-flight debrief. We'll show you how it works here.

ForeFlight 7.2 improves notifications, new winds forecasts and more

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Just ahead of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, ForeFlight released version 7.2, the app's fifth major update of 2015. This release includes some enhancements to their Sync and Flight Notifications products, an update to the Apple Watch version of the app, and support for the new Stratus 1S and 2S ADS-B receivers.

Sporty’s E6B app now available for Apple Watch

Sporty's has been in the E6B flight computer business since the company started in the early 1960s. Today the newest version of Sporty's E6B is now available, extending the mobile app version beyond the iPhone and iPad version to the Apple Watch.