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I'm pretty sure the 747 does have AOA, though it may not be displayed to the pilot. As others stated, AOA is exactly that safety item.  Your fixed red section of the airspeed tape is only accurate in 1g flight at whatever weight you tested your stall speed; the AOA will be accurate at any...

I think raw lat/long data would probably be useless to most people; we wouldn't know the coordinates of our destination anyway. Besides, if your D1/D2 can display them, it means you have a GPS signal--and in that case, why bother with raw lat/long when a moving map is infinitely superior? Get...

I suppose the real question for the FAA is this: Why are these demanding requirements really necessary for VFR aircraft, especially those not operating inside actual Class B airspace?

Automotive manufacturers do have the advantage of very high volumes and more automated production methods. However, they achieve that quality and reliability without DOT/regulatory involvement and approval of every step of every process of every part. Something to think about :-?

I'm hesitant to ask, and I'm sure you checked... but are you sure you didn't accidentally disable the terrain warning?

Vern, I'm years out from an avionics installation (just working my wings right now), but these two items are of great interest to me. Are you considering making plans/instructions available for them? Thanks

My thoughts after accidentally killing the avionics master in flight the other day: Don't put your master, ignition, or avionics switches (or really, any flight-critical, really-don't-want-to-turn-them-off-accidentally switches) right under the soft keys or joysticks on the Skyview. In...

Great, thanks! Now the trick will be getting him to do the update--he's still using the October 2013 map data package...

Do you have more detail on the attitude determination algorithm? I haven't heard of that being used before, but as an engineer I find it interesting. I understand if there are concerns about proprietary methods or ITAR. Thanks!

Since my dad doesn't seem concerned enough to do anything about it (yet), and since it's been happening to me while I'm flying his airplane and it bothers me more, I'll ask for him: He's running a single 10" Skyview with v7 software, and has a backup battery installed. Most of the time, it...