Professional Pilot, January 2016

Honeywells BendixKing AeroVue BendixKing AeroVue by Honeywell is an aftermarket integrated flightdeck for turbine aircraft It incorporates 2 12 inch PFDs and either 1 or 2 12 inch MFDs plus an FMS keyboard cursor control device dual audio panels all new autopilot and standby instrument The operating architecture for AeroVue is derived largely from the Primus Epic system and incorporates INAV graphical flightplanning SmartView synthetic vision along with VNAV ADS B Out and RVSM capabilities The system is available with a variety of other integrated features such as onboard radar XM weather radar altimeter charts and maps TCAS and enhanced ground proximity warning system EGPWS According to Bevans This major retrofit addresses flightdeck obsolescence and allows achievement of mandate compliance AeroVue is currently in the certification 80 PROFESSIONAL PILOT January 2016 process for the Beechcraft King Air 200 B200 and C90 and the Cessna Citation V Ultra and Encore Sandel Avionics Avilon Sandel Avionics recently launched Avilon a complete retrofit flightdeck for King Air operators According to Sandel President and CEO Gerry Block Almost a decade ago the Sandel team realized the enormous navigation possibilities inherent in what was later called NextGen With Avilon Sandel has completely changed the game in the avionics market Avilon allows King Air owners and operators to quickly upgrade their entire avionics flightdeck for less than half of the cost of the competition in a fraction of the current installation time and provides more technology built to meet NextGen requirements than any of the other systems Block continues adding Avilon is a 3rd generation system architected for NextGen Avilon includes all components of a NextGen flightdeck including radios FMC audio control ADS B capable Mode S transponder and a high performance flight director and autopilot The system combines touchscreens with a minimal number of knobs and switches Displays depict the state of the airplane on tiles that add up to a richly informative 12 inch primary display Accordingly safety is a primary emphasis The patent pending Avilon Flight Path Guidance Panel integrates tactical aircraft control with the FMC providing a continuously displayed path making single pilot operations safer and less stressful The Avilon system is delivered assembled this is unique since it eliminates the complex and time consuming task of building custom wire harnesses racks and assemblies According to Sandel Virtually all legacy avionics and associated wiring are completely removed from the aircraft allowing installation centers a clean replacement of the old panel Sandel expects certification for the King Air 200 in June 2016 with other King Air models to follow Universal Avionics InSight into NextGen Tucson AZ based Universal Avionics is a leading manufacturer of retrofit and forward fit avionics systems in nearly every segment of aviation including advanced flight displays flight management systems air toground communication systems TAWS CVRs and FDRs for business aircraft Universal offers a number of key navigation and communication components that satisfy upcoming NextGen avionics mandates According to Universal Avionics Director of Sales Robert Clare Our BendixKing AeroVue is designed to put new life into older King Airs It replaces the avionics system with a Honeywell EPIC based suite that satisfies all of the NextGen avionics mandates Sandel Avionics has a long history of providing individual flightdeck instruments to the business aviation community Avilon is a new plug and play avionics retrofit program for King Airs that allows for a clean replacement of the old panel saving both time and money