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Open Flight Solutions is now offering the FlightBox dual-band ADS-B receiver fully assembled, tested, and ready-to-run with a one year warranty. We've sold over 1200 of these as kits and our customers LOVE them. FlightBox gives you the same weather and traffic information as the competition...

I've had a number of FlightBox / Stratux users contact me regarding missing traffic data - aircraft that are observed visually or on systems like TIS or TCAS but which never appear on ADS-B. I spent a good chunk of this past weekend researching and testing and it turns out that they're right...

A quick update on FlightBox ADS-B. The Kickstarter campaign ended two weeks ago with 344 backers and $77k in funding. We've ordered and received some of the parts already. We should receive the money from Kickstarter this week, which will allow us to order the rest. We're expecting to be able to...

I took a few hours (and a few Tylenol) and dug through the bill looking for GA-specific provisions. I compiled it into a blog post for anyone who doesn't want to wade through 279 pages of legalese. https://www.openflightsolutions.com/faa-reauthorization-what-it-means-for-ga/ Please point...

If I'm violating any kind of "no commercial posts" rule, please take this down and let me know. I don't want to ruffle feathers. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/251459606/flightbox-ads-b-receiver-kit...

Over the weekend I attended a packed forum at Oshkosh put on by Sen. Jim Inhofe, Rep. Sam Graves, EAA president Jack Pelton and folks from the AOPA advocacy team. The subject was the effort to reform the broken 3rd Class Medical process. Much of the forum dealt with a letter sent by the Airline...

A couple of days ago EASA released a new document outlining a long list of "Standard Changes" - changes that can be made to certificated GA aircraft without the need for an STC. The list includes some rather amazing things: - COM Radios - NAV Radios - Moving map displays - Audio panels -...

To everyone who took the time to complete the survey, thank you very much. So far nearly 160 pilots have take the the time to answer the questionnaire, and the results are amazing, if not particularly surprising. Many of us would gladly trade our standard airworthiness certificate for an...

A couple of days ago I got the monthly update from Piper Forum. One of the hottest topics for November was apparently a discussion on light bulbs - specifically, replacing the originally specified incandescent panel lamps with modern LEDs. The thread went on for page after page with all kinds of...