Why isn't this man a celebrity? He's like the Steve Jobs of aviation.

Imagine being a commercial pilot and your engines go out. The look on your first officers face when you pull out an iPad

Speaking as pilot, this is an absolutely brilliant idea and could save countless lives in real world emergencies in instrument meteorological conditions if all pilots knew about this!!! Austin should get a safety award from the aviation community for this!

Words fail me to convey how impressed I am with this fantastic piece of software Mr Meyer has created. At first, I thought it was just an extension to flight simulators, but I understand _now_ that XAVION is an extension for _aircraft_ , simulated or otherwise. I am thoroughly impressed with how Xavion is written to interoperate with real-world external systems and standard data formats and my jaw just dropped when Mr Meyer demonstrated the big "air speed reveal" when the iPad was removed; aircraft turbulence features; one-touch navigation and of course the real-time continuous auto-glide route feature. I was also fascinated with the description of how turbulence works and how it descends over time possibly creating problems for other aircraft in lower altitudes. I had no idea!! Mr Meyer could quite easily create a whole new market just for this wonderful, green-friendly, safety-conscious flight system. He certainly could teach the big boys a thing or two on UX Design. Well done Mr Meyer!

this man did more for general aviation security with one app than the faa in 20 years

This must be the greatest comedy character that Will Ferrell ever created.

I love Austin's compassion and excitement when talking about his programming. etc. Love X-Plane! Simmer since '04. And X-plane is number one! Just would like to see no more chaos on the ramps, aprons and taxiways with all the other aircraft and ground equipment. That's the most disappointing thing about X-Plane that is not prevalent in FSX or MSFlight '04.

Austin: I’m not flying this instrument currency test with my Garmins. I’m flying it with my iPad instead. Instructor thinking in his head: “This oughtta be good!” Instructor at the end of the flight: Soooo.... how do I go about getting this app for myself??

I didn't expect to watch a whole 40min vid this morning but everytime he asked if I was bored, well I wasn't!

I love this series (though I wish we could hear you better). It is a priviledge to hear Austin Meyer speak - I love his enthusiasm - and admire his knowledge and skill. (I'm a f/w and rotary pilot)

Really enjoyed the demonstration. By the way, I went up, as a passenger, in a tandem glider, back in the early 90s. On climb-out, I noticed we didn't have air data, at all, and reported it to the pilot, who terminated the flight, and landed, straight away. We discovered a dirt dobber's nest in the pitot tube. Thanks for sharing this video.

How timely, I just asked you in another video from several years back if this application interfaces with X11. And well, here's my answer! Awesome stuff!

Totally totally awesome!! Can't imagine ever flying again at night/ifr without this. As long as you're not unconscious its like the autoland feature in high end garmin equipped a/c.

Xavion's features look incredible. I am particularly impressed by the deadstick 3D approach guidance and the wake turbulence warning which takes the downward motion and the wind into account. I believe airliners already have automatic top of descent and continuous descent slope calculators but seeing this for any type of aircraft is really nice.

Awesome stuff. Thanks Austin and Michael for the demo.

19:56 "boomshakalaka" 😂

Fantastic...so the program is constantly "connecting" best emergency landing scenarios to the closets airfields as you fly....Folks, Star Trek has finally arrived for G.A.

Austin, I'm sold! I had a real life fuel pump failure and had to glide back and it was so sketchy. Xavion changes everything!

Why doesn’t this have more views?! This could change so much about aviation!

OMFG, Like this video, share it with everyone you know and buy a lap top just for playing this video on loop for the rest of your life. This thing is just... I'm lost for words, I wanna say amazing but that's an understatement. In the industry where safety is 1st priority if not only this is a game changer. Boeing, airbus, any aircraft manufacturer should integrate Xavion into their cockpits. Or at least have it on the company tablet. I just have no words for saying how amazed I am. Let's just say that my eyes are tearing up with joy.

Austin's brain and voice work at like twice the speed of our own LOL

I mean, IRL you can't use an IPad because its not a panel mounted GPS certified for IFR flight... He would still have to setup the approach with the GPS/NavAid to be legal.

I have been looking for a feature like this for the last 10 years...awesome!

How many times have I heard from my ATC Controllers “Caution Wake Turbulence” and only guessed where I might encounter it? This is a must have application!

This Xavion is revolutionary. You should expect calls from the airlines once they get wind of this. And designer software who writes code in the same language you do, which I assume is C++

You are of a superior race to us Austin!

Austin is just amazing, his enthusiasm is off the scale!! Thank you for XpLane Austin!! Well done Laminar Team!

You are a genius, The Legend.

I love his enthusiasm!

This man Austin…. Miracle man. Incredible talented person! Thanks for this video.

Michael, as always, very useful and informative video. Wonderful app this Xavion is and Austin has such a frank and fluent way of describing things. Enjoyed it 👍🏼

Very impressive! demo, Austin - I wouldn't have believed it hadn't I seen it with my own eyes. Absolutely amazing!

I seem to remember he had something similar several years ago, then it went away, and now it is back. Great idea. Beats my Foreflight "glide distance" ring. I only wish it was available on Android. I use Foreflight as my EFB but my phone and even my Samsung Tablet is providing backup on different programs. Oh - and I have a Lynx L3 in my Cessna 182. Perrfect!

This is the coolest wealthy guy I’ve ever seen. Always wondered how the guy behind X-plane looks like. Not what I expected. For some reason always thought quiet, white, very thin guy with giant glasses. Lol

21:37 He should have checked his airspeed at take-off and aborted when it kept being zero. However, I am glad he walked away from it.

Would love to see Austin try the Hot Start TBM 900, IMO it's easily the best aircraft addon available right now and it also happens to be a PT-6 powered aircraft with G1000 ;)

Will this/Is this avilable for pilots in the UK? Nearly ready to begin my PPL and this is a must have. Absoloutly amazing app, pioneering. An outstanding idea, keep at this, it will save so many lifes in time. I do not even fly yet and I know I wouldn't fly without this.

Very impressive demo. Thanks for the upload.

kkkkkkk, esse Austin deve ser uma figura! Love your work Austin... Xavion is really amazing!

you can also build a stratux for about 128 bucks of parts on amazon and it does everything the 800 dollar ads-b in receivers do

Pardon my French, but that is absolutely fucking amazing. Just brilliant. I'm reminded of that Latina Marine pilot in "Aliens": "We are in the pipe, five by five."

Austin, this was an excellent training VID on the Xavion software system! I appreciate you doing this video. I learned more although I have been flying a couple years now with the Xavion in my Cherokee 180. Thank you again. Don/Medina OH. :-). I totally will vouch for this product, it is awesome & accurate if you set up your airplane accordingly to the instructions!

Austin is genuinely a genius.

This app would have benefited me years ago when my oil temp redlined. Asked the controller for vectors to the nearest airport with repair facilities. He sent me to a rural airport with no facilities.

Austin should consider licensing his Xavion code to Dynon - it would give them a unique selling point over Garmin. The guy who runs Dynon is just as enthusiastic about aviation as Austin - they'd make an incomparable match!

38:50 about using old data. Displaying warnings and disclaimers if using old data is fine, pilots are responsible for using up to date information, but refusing to start the app is probably too much. I think allowing the app to run in reduced mode would probably be better than locking out users. It takes decades for terrain to grow, having terrain warning is better than nothing. You won't fly into terrain using old terrain data. Airports don't move, having deadstick guidance to multiple airports (even if closed and the runway is full of weeds) is much better than blind guessing. Using old IFR procedures wouldn't fly for a normal usage and hit the nerves of your air traffic controllers, but in the event you lose your conventional navigator and/or conventional instruments fail and you call Mayday, there's a good chance the old procedure still works (your local controller would know about the changes) Besides, i've never heard about any system locking out the instruments if the data is outdated, even in airliners. You could also provide an option to update the database live (if internet is available). 4G LTE phones work (intermitently) at low altitude, satellite KA band is currently only affordable for airliners but there's significant improvements coming in the very short term for satellite internet.

This guys is madman but absolutely every second of this video makes sense and is 100% clear. Even to the point that I believe a non avgeek would know what he was talking about.

it will be hard to force the FAA, aircraft and instrument builders to make this xavion a required standard. the idea of creating something like a XRTB (emergency return to or find next base) system however is definetly a good idea to become the next thing in a segment of aviation. Remember the TCAS which found its way into nearly every cockpit, or TWAS etc. it will need a lot of tests to figure out how suitable it is under emergency conditions to have an extra ipad at the ready, or whether it should be integrated into an existing system. Upfront, pilots should train and prepare alternate procedures in the first place and not risk going into such critical circumstances. personally i love the solution, but less toys make better pilots as we say.

This is the best most informative video I have ever watched. I look back at what was available to me in my 28 years of flying in the USAF and the airlines and wonder how I survived. Even the Airbus didn't have this capability. My question: do I understand that you no longer offer Avion for flight simulators? I'd be nice to practice using it.

Tip: have a small vector arrow show where to point nose if hoops are off screen.

What a fascinating person you are a gift to the aviation community I bet this is gonna be used everywhere in the future

Nice video! Would be cool if the avitab plugin in xplane could use Xavion!

Lots of great ideas here. Makes you wonder why nobody else has thought of this before. However there is always a “however.” Obviously, the efficacy of Xavion is going to be highly dependent on the particular specifications and load/cargo/modification and performance parameters (for lack of a better description) of the specific aircraft it is employed to function with. How will those characteristics be conveyed, and will the proposed rescue/flight paths be dynamic? In other words, if an initial failure is followed by loss of hundreds of gallons of fuel (and weight), how will the glide paths be adjusted?

Haha I love this dude.. So down to earth. The world needs more awesome guys like you.

I'm need to check this out. In need of an EFIS for my Europa XS. If Xavion has a six pack equivalent, this maybe the exact thing I have been looking for. Great video, please keep them coming.

Sorry but another comment-This has got to be the single most advancement in aviation next to the parachute! Yea I should work for you in advertisement.

This man is an innovator.

This guy is amazing, i'm going to buy a few of his products just to support him, I don't fly but if and or when i do i want his products around for me to use.

X-Plane, the software to Macbare Cockpits flight simulators! Thank you Austin! salute from Brazil

Have you looked at the BOM from Levil -- combine that with this app and you have a fully redundant electrically isolated system. And it would give you back up pitot/static system.

Your passion is amazing. What great technology have brought to aviation community! You rock!

I love this guy! What an amazing program and extremely affordable! lol! Never got board... couldn't wait to see what else he had to show us!

Austin is insanely intelligent. Blows my mind.

I love the rain effects, I wish all of the aircraft in X-Plane 11. Had that

How did you not notice zero airspeed on your takeoff roll? Takeoff power set, engine instruments in the green, airspeed alive . . .

Revenge of the nerds

Fantastic app, mind blowing really, but is data available for it outside the USA?

This should be standard safety equipment on any plane. The cost would be minimal.

xavion is not yet on android i would love to use this

This is a feature that should be built into all gps and atc controller displays!!!

We will be doing a follow-up video around July 15 to answer questions posed in the comments.

I hope you have a patent on this so that when Garmin and other GPS, PFD, MFD companies come to you to see if they can use your idea... uhhh... cha-CHING!!

I really like Xavion and know he is talking at the same time but man that bank angle in imc is a killer. That’s one of the challenges I have in practicing with it. I find the hoops distracting and am trying to come up with a better way of guiding myself down using the tool.

this is insane... you better get the lawyers in check and dont let anyone take this

¡We want more Austin videos!

Ive been asking these questions as a programmer and a new pilot why cant i remember how to push the right knob or press ENT, or roll the knob to get the next letter - very frustrating in the SIMs... takes forever ??? Mistakes ! and why can t you paint a road in the sky ... YOU CAN ! you did it . Very cool. Does it work with Android ?

Thank God we have a man this smart and this passionate as Austin. Saving lives. So is this supposed to replace Foreflight? Or supplement it?

Austin is a genius!

thids guy is a genius

THIS AWESOME !! THANK YOU BOTH !!

Thanks father of future general simulator !!!

At 11:20, sounded like me driving an 18 wheeler on I-5 several years ago.

The "D E L U X E" G1000 .. :-) ... You're a master Austin. Killing me :-)

ATC and other Pilots after Austin tells over radio he descends to avoid wake turbulence: Are u a wizard

Awesome video, really making a case for Xavion here. Question though, What good is the automatic 3 degree glide slope for your instrument approach when altitudes are always assigned for IFR flying?

Hello Austin, I have a few questions for you. Up here in Alaska, CFIT is a major cause of GA fatalities. How accurate is the synthetic vision when drawing the terrain? Can it be used to safely (relatively speaking) navigate tight mountain passes in sudden IFR conditions? I'm not a pilot but I do enjoy some Falcon 4. Thank you for your time - I hope you continue to improve your product and that it becomes a trusted, proven, and lifesaving device found in most GA aircraft.

This could save so many lives..

Hope your program has winds aloft with different altitudes for input along with airspeeds relevant to the aircrafts imputable.

X plane 11 started their YT channel so far past and they just have 13.5subscribers while MSFS2020 started their channel just last year and they have 38.8 subscribers hahaha this is so suprisingly

$10 dollars a month is allot of money for sim participents in X-plane. Someone who ownes a plane has money someone who plays a sim or is a pilot that needs to get some practice or people whos dream is to be pilots. This could have been a 10 dollar a year with xplane users only and 10 dollars a month for those who own plans. also there is a pro version of xplane which is another 750 dollars to use all the capabilities of x-plane this guys nows how to suck money out of us. he is a genious this austin

God blessed us all when He gave us Austin Meyer!

You sir, are a true genius! That is an amazing app and I hope you put it in X-Plane asap! Please keep pushing advanced visualizations like that. @realdonaldtrump He deserves one of those exceptional American medals, Mr. President. I’ve been using his X-Plane simulator to learn and love it.

is this man a genius ? andrés from santiago, chile.

5:48 "A PATH, A PATH!"

Good demo of a great product

Now, if you have this app, all u gotta worry about is your ipad dying.

Every simulator and every real-world plane should be mandated to have XAVION, bar none.

Great stuff. Be awesome if it was connected to the auto pilot

Well done Austin. Excellent .

Isn't a 500ft/min descent a little fast for a wake vortex?