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It is common to live with the instrument panel on a new-to-you airplane for a bit, before you start to think about remodeling it.

AVweb Image: Aspen Avionics A recent FAA approval will allow aircraft owners installing a single Aspen Avionics Evolution EFD1000 Pro MAX primary flight display (PFD) to remove the previously required backup attitude indicator, the company announced on Thursday. To meet the requirements of the approval, the PFD must be running the latest software version—v2.11—and be outfitted with an extended-duration backup battery. Backup altimeter, airspeed and turn and bank indicators a...

By Murdo Morrison2020-12-23T22:36:00+00:00 A decade after its birth, and despite a very fragile market for flying schools and commercial pilot recruitment, Italy’s Blackshape is preparing for an ambitious ramp-up of its flagship piston trainer programme. After launching the BK-160 Gabriel as its second product in 2015, the company is looking to boost annual production of the tandem-seat, all-carbon type to 30 units in 2021, and 60 by 2023. Since the aircraft’s certification in 2017, aroun...