Gear for the mission

General Aviation Pilot

November 1, 2016 By Alton K. Marsh

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly described Victoria Neuville's app usage and the capabilities of Garmin Pilot. She has never used ForeFlight, and Garmin Pilot does not talk to the Garmin aera 796. We regret the error.

Victoria Neuville writes The Pixie Pilot blog and wrote and published a children’s book about her dog, Turbo the Flying Dog. She works in an aviation insurance company to finance her flying.

Victoria uses a Robotow Heavy Duty Cordless Towbar (www.robotow.com), $1,375; Turbo wears Mutt Muffs (www.safeandsoundpets.com), $57.49

Her choice of headsets—the Quiet Technologies Halo in-ear product—doesn’t give her headset hair. She doesn’t need active noise reduction because the headset provides the earplugs. For her instrument work, she considered a Garmin Pilot app subscription but decided no iPad was necessary in the Garmin aera 796-equipped Cessna 172 she flies.

Future gadgets she has her eye on include a motorized towing device, because of her small size.

Turbo has his own airplane kit. Most important are the his Mutt Muffs for canine hearing protection, plus a water bottle that flips open to become a bowl.