Four upcoming sessions cover autopilots, iPad flight tools, hand-held radios, and new Garmin flight displays.

Avionics technicians are an important link in the aviation and aeronautic industries because they perform the technical maintenance and government-required inspections that help ensure safe flights.

In recent months, at trade shows, conferences, and seminars, aviation industry analysts have bemoaned a growing challenge: a shortage of qualified repair technicians and training programs in the field ...