On January 29, 2025, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet over the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport. Sixty-seven people died. What the NTSB confirmed afterward: the Black Hawk's ADS-B Out system wasn't transmitting....
The Real Price of ADS-B In (Most Pilots Get This Wrong) Here's how the math usually goes: a pilot decides they want ADS-B In traffic and weather. They look at a few options, pick a unit in the $300-600 range,...
Stratux works with Garmin Pilot. Traffic, weather, and GPS — all the data a GDL 39 provides — streamed to Garmin Pilot over WiFi at a fraction of the cost. This guide walks through the complete setup so you're flying...
ForeFlight® synthetic vision shows a 3D terrain view on your attitude indicator — mountains, valleys, and obstacles rendered in real time based on your GPS position. It normally requires a Garmin GDL 39 3D or similar AHRS-capable hardware costing $700+....
Updating Stratux firmware keeps your unit current with bug fixes, new features, and protocol improvements that affect how well it works with apps like ForeFlight® and Garmin Pilot. The process is straightforward — you can do it entirely through the...
Congress Is Moving on ADS-B In. The Deadline Is 2031. Here's What It Means for You. If you haven't been following the legislative back-and-forth on ADS-B In, now's a good time to catch up. The ALERT Act just cleared two...
You power it on. A light blinks. Then another. Then... nothing connects. Sound familiar? The Stratux LED indicators are not decoration — they're a real-time status readout baked into every unit. Once you know what each one means, you can...
Search "best ADS-B receiver for ForeFlight®" and you'll get a lot of spec sheets. Sensitivity numbers, GPS accuracy, battery life claims. Good stuff to know. But before you look at any of that — and if you're wondering how long...
Your Stratux's GPS Lock Problem Has a $20 Fix If you've ever sat on the ramp waiting for your Stratux to find itself — watching the GPS light blink for 90 seconds while you're trying to brief a departure —...
ADS-B weather is free, it's in the cockpit, and most GA pilots still don't fully understand what it's showing them. Not all ADS-B weather is the same, not all of it updates at the same rate, and some of it...
