Cell phones have become an essential tool in our flight bag. Remember getting a void-time-clearance at an airport where you can’t raise ATC on the ground? 1) Call ATC from the pay-phone, 2) Get a 10-minute window, 3) Mad-dash to the plane, 4) quick run-up, 5) taxi too fast to the runway threshold, 6) depart quick, without using checklist, before the window expires. Doesn’t sound like the safest way to run a railroad.
With a cell phone, simply call ATC from the plane when you’re fully ready to go. Challenge: with the engine running, it’s hard to hear the cell phone. In order to make a cell practical you need to patch it into the aircraft audio. Enter: the cell phone adapter. Call ATC, call the FBO, use in an emergency – lots of good reasons to be able to talk and hear over the cell phone with the engine running. There’s really no good reason to be without one of these in every airplane with headsets.
Skygeek carries three different models, to fit all budgets:
SafetyCell (Best): If you’ve got an audio panel, this is the one to get. It’s amplified using the aircraft’s audio panel power. Simple; no batteries to worry about.
PilotUSA (Better): Also amplified, but runs on one 9V battery. Good for aircraft with or without audio panel. Flexible.
Avcomm (Good): Straightforward adapter with no amplification, but makes the connection. At the very least…get this one to patch your cell phone in.
Get yourself one of these today, and be safe and convenient. It’s a no-brainer gift for yourself or for a pilot you know.
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