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(Credit: TomTom)A hundred-dollar makeover can turn your iPhone into a GPS device.GPS specialist TomTom announced Monday that its new $99.99 iPhone app is now up for sale at the iTunes store.TomTom for the iPhone comes with features typically found in standard GPS units, including voice directions … Originally posted at …
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  One of the extremely popular areas in the Garmin Oshkosh booth is the Pilot My-Cast by Garmin area. Pilots who have used this cell phone app know that it’s one of the most convenient, intuitive and affordable aviation apps around. In a nutshell, Pilot My-Cast by Garmin gives you a complete aviation weather briefing, lets you look at airport diagrams and the AOPA directory, and file a flight plan directly from your phone. You can check this information anytime, anywhere — while sitting in a board room or while walking around the world’s largest air show. And by the time you reach your airplane, you will have made an educated go/no-go decision and have filed a flight plan. Pilot My-Cast’s information comes directly from the National Weather Service, Environment Canada and FAA, so you can be confident that your decision is based upon the most up-to-date and accurate information available.
During Oshkosh, numerous people stop by the booth for a demonstration. After they see its benefits and realize it’s extremely easy to use, they often download the app on the spot because they want to be able to use it to check the weather before flying home from Oshkosh.
To hear more about Pilot My-Cast by Garmin, you can listen to this AvWeb podcast or watch this AOPA Pilot video from Oshkosh.
The iPhone version of the Pilot My-Cast by Garmin app will be available this Fall. If you’d like to be notified when it’s available, email marketing@digitalcyclone.com.
Source: Garmin
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Pilot My-Cast aviation WX and flight filing app for iPhone, BlackBerry and more
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 We decided to kick off the opening day of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh with more than half-a-dozen new product announcements – everything from cell phone based products to new products for experimental and certified aircraft to industry leading traffic systems. Here’s a quick overview, and we’ll have lots of posts throughout the week to explain each of these in more detail.
* GTS 800 series traffic systems: The GTS 800, GTS 820 and GTS 850 are fully TSO certified TAS and TCAS I systems. The GTS series combines active and passive surveillance data to pinpoint specific traffic threats. They use Garmin CLEAR CAS technology and correlates ADS-B and radar targets for most accurate picture of the sky.
* G500: The G500 is a new PFD/MFD for Part 23 Class I and II
aircraft. It is similar to the G600 but it is only for Class I and II
(not III). It is $15,995. SVT and GAD 43 (keep reading to discover what the GAD 43 is!) are options for the G500.
 * “Enhanced” G600 with SVT and GAD 43: SVT and GAD 43 autopilot interface are now standard equipment on G600. The new G600 will continue to be priced at $29,995. Current G600 customers will receive a SVT upgrade, and a greatly reduced price on the GAD 43. The G600 is a PFD/MFD for Part 23 Class I, II and III aircraft
* GAD 43: The GAD 43 is a new adapter unit that offers enhanced autopilot interface capabilities for the G500 and G600 flight display systems, allowing attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) to provide attitude information to selected autopilots in place of a costly-to-maintain attitude direction indicator (ADI) or remote vertical gyro (VG). The GAD 43 lets aircraft owners remove the existing ADI or attitude gyro, such as the familiar KI-256, and replace it on the panel with a smaller and more affordable attitude indicator as the backup instrumentation.
* G3X: The G3X is a new non-TSO’d glass cockpit for retrofit installation in LSA and experimental/kitbuilt. It features customizable EFIS with 1-3 all-glass displays, magnetometer, ADAHRS, engine monitoring and temp probe. It has a starting price of $9,995.
 * Pilot My-Cast by Garmin iPhone app: Pilot My-Cast by Garmin’s aviation weather and flight filing is now available on the iPhone. In addition, Pilot My-Cast by Garmin has expanded its content for BlackBerry and Windows Mobile to include airport diagrams, STARs, SIDs, etc.
* 100,000th GNS delivery: Garmin is celebrating the delivery of over 100,000 GNS 400/500 series products. Approximately half of all U.S. single and twin-engine piston and turbine aircraft have a GNS 400/500 series product installed.
Source: Garmin
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Garmin’s Oshkosh News – G500, G3X, G600 with SVT, GTS traffic system and more!
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   Today’s the first day for fun in the sun, a.k.a. the Sun ‘n Fun trade show in Lakeland, Florida. This is trade show has been equated to opening day for the aviation industry, so there’s lots of excitement in the air. The Garmin booth is huge this year, which is good because we have lots of products to demonstrate. Those attending the show should stop by our booth (Hangar D) to get a one-on-one demonstration of the G600, G1000, GNS 430W/530W, GPSMAP 696, Pilot My-Cast by Garmin, and more. Here’s a quick recap of Garmin’s announcements for the show and a more in-depth look will be coming soon. I also hope you enjoy these behind the scenes pictures of the Garmin booth — they were taken before the show opened so you’re definitely getting a sneak peek.
* Garmin is offering a limited time, $5,000 “Spring Special” retrofit rebate on the G600 all-glass avionics system. This $5,000 rebate may also be combined with the Garmin incentive program where customers can earn up to an additional $4,000 in rebates off of a G600 package when they purchase selected Garmin aviation panel products. The “$5,000 Spring Special – G600 Retrofit Rebate” is a limited time rebate for customer purchases starting April 21, 2009, and extends until June 30, 2009.
* AOPA’s Airport Directory and Canadian weather data are now available on your cell phone with Pilot My-Cast by Garmin. This content is in addition to the U.S. weather and flight filing data already available on Pilot My-Cast. Pilot My-Cast is compatible with many popular phone models, such as BlackBerry and Windows Mobile devices, and is available from all major wireless carriers in the U.S. including AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and Alltell.
* Garmin has unveiled a new eLearning computer-based training program that walks customers through their Garmin products step-by-step. The eLearning Program is available on CD. The 696/695 will be the first training CD available, and customers can purchase it from Garmin dealers at Sun ‘n Fun.
Source: Garmin
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Sun ‘n Fun: Come visit us!
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