Category Archives: avionics

Garmin Autoland

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Garmin Autoland

Have you read about or watched the video of the Garmin Autoland system?  If not you should it is a very cool new program.

If the system can brought to market and do what is says, what a cool safety feature.  Watch the videos it shows a really nice system.

The biggest issue I can see is the cost. Those of us with the lower dollar aircraft will probably not be able to afford the system. But hopefully once it gets out there in production, a more reasonable cost system designed for smaller single engine aircraft will be produced.

Just think, his could help prevent VFR into IFR fatalities or crashes caused by a pilot who is incapacitated and any other assorted issues that usually end up badly.

Thinking out loud, if you could have a system in your aircraft that would be able to communicate with the controllers,  locate the nearest airport that you could reach with the fuel on board and fly the plane and land safely…who wouldn’t want that?

Oh, and what insurance company wouldn’t like to see that on an aircraft that they insure?

Check it out. https://youtu.be/IyYxbiZ1FCQ

 

Hamilton Takeoff Watch.

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Need a new watch? This is a cool option. Wear it on your wrist, stick it on your dash or panel…pretty versatile!

I was at 2014 AirVenture and got an invite to a Hamilton Watch press function. Hamilton has put a big emphasis in aviation by supporting airshow pilots, aviation movies and even training high altitude rescue helicopter pilots.  I was able to meet a few of the companies leaders and I am impressed.  Glad to see them involved in aviation. 

The Khaki Takeoff Auto Chrono Limited Edition writes the next chapter of Hamilton’s long history of aviation

Hamilton is taking its close cooperation with Air Zermatt, the Swiss mountain rescue service, to new heights with the Khaki Takeoff Auto Chrono Limited Edition. This pilot watch, which simultaneously acts as a wrist-, cockpit- and table watch, has been created to meet the needs of the rescue team. This dynamic watch is detachable and can be placed in the dashboard of a helicopter or airplane cockpit, as indicated in the presentation box which makes aviation references with a reconstructed dashboard and texts such as “No Step” and “Pull to Open”. Synchronized with the Hamilton brand’s strong aviation heritage, dating back to 1919, the Khaki Takeoff Auto Chrono Limited Edition combines high-tech modernity with inspiration from the Hamilton elapsed time clock produced during World War II and then considered the most complicated aircraft clock. For the 1,999 wearers in possession of one of the numbered pieces, this watch is the perfect portable cockpit with a constant presence on the style radar screen.

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