Sportsman’s Market (Booth 1357) is here in Orlando highlighting the various products offered by its many divisions, which range from the popular Sporty’s Pilot Shop to the company’s flight school–Sporty’s Flight Center–to airport management, avionics repair and installation, aircraft sales and a seemingly endless cornucopia of general aviation services. One of the products that has long been of interest to the business aviation market is the SP-400 portable radio, which now has a new screen that is easier to read in sunlight and a lower price of $349, down from $399.
The SP-400’s new screen now comes with an adjustable backlight and better contrast. But what makes the radio interesting is that it not only is a backup com radio but also contains a VOR navigation display with CDI and an ILS with cross-pointer needle display, which could enable a pilot to fly a glideslope in an emergency situation where cockpit instruments are unavailable.
