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Seattle Avionics Softwares Voyager SmartPlan Premier Flight Planner is the first software package to upload flight plans directly into the WAAS-enabled Garmin 430/530 nav/com and G1000 series. Just slip the SD card from your G1000 into your computer, and upload the flight plan, or use a special reader/writer to do the same for the 430/530.

The bright yellow PLB features built-in GPS and a 5-watt 406 MHz emergency transmitter for use in the air, at sea or on land.

Recognizing the market demand for larger, more readable color displays in the cockpit, JPI has created a 4x3-inch flat panel that improves upon the original amber LED round display.

RC Allen's new LCD attitude indicator is now TSO'd and ready for delivery in both 2- and 3-inch forms.

At Sun 'n Fun, the LoPresti Speed Merchants showed one of those products you probably didn't think you needed until you saw it: An LED-equipped ball cap. Yep, you read that right.

ULPower's enticing 95-horsepower four-cylinder engine, which has tempted us from afar, is now flying in the U.S. on the nose of a Zenith 650.

When Hussein Aboulezz, a marketing professional, was a student pilot, he hated his kneeboard. So he fixed his problem by developing the ArmBoard.

Now in the mix is an SL30 interface, and coming soon are a Garmin GNS 430 interface for the VOR and ILS capability, and a standby battery that will allow you to keep communicating and navigating until you can land, says TruTrak GM Andrew Barker.

AFS recently announced that synthetic vision and approach plates are coming to its popular big-screen EFIS.

Peltor Aviations brand new active noise reduction headset, the ANR9500, recently debuted, combining the recognizable Peltor white ear cups with sophisticated, adaptable ANR technology.