February 2004
Cessna 340
Subscribers Only A fast, pressurized cabin-class twin that’s an excellent step-up from a high performance single.
The Pain of Datalink
Subscribers Only If you’re thinking about WSI’s Inflight with a Fujitsu tablet computer, read this first.
Budget ANR Headsets
Subscribers Only You don’t have to spend a grand for active noise cancelling. For under $500, our top picks are LightSPEED and Headsets, Inc.
Chasing ADs
Subscribers Only There are more of them than ever and more ways to track them down. Adlog is the value leader; ATP the most complete.
Roll Your Own Oxygen
Subscribers Only If you use enough of the stuff, buying your own bottles and filling an onboard or portable system saves a few bucks.
The Haves and Have Nots
Subscribers Only You own a 1966 Comanche? No PFD for you, sport. And that’s just as well; more appropriate products will emerge.
Garmin’s G1000 PFD
Subscribers Only Integrated navcomms, weather, traffic and everything else in two bright displays.
Letters: 02/04
RAM Mounts I recently purchased a RAM Mount with suction cup from the King catalogue. I doubt that I have ever been more dissatisfied with any purchase I’ve made for my aircraft than I was with the RAM mount. After trying unsuccessfully to get it to adhere on any window in my aircraft, I returned it to King. I also enclosed a letter stating that I felt it was an inferior product and in fact dangerous to have in the aircraft because the suction cup always released at the most inopportune time. Last week, I received another mount, G-Force GPS mount, from PropellerHead. It is so far superior to the RAM mount that there is no comparison, in my view. Less weight, greater...