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P I L O T ’ S G U I D E

COCKPIT AVIONICS

Avidyne Corp.

Avidyne introduced its new

TAS600 family of “affordable

active traffic” units featuring

Ryan’s Active Surveillance tech-

nology and Avidyne’s exclusive

heads-up audible position alert-

ing, which keeps a pilot’s atten-

tion outside the cabin by verbally

calling out target bearing, range

and relative position. These new

TAS units also are certified for

retrofit into many Garmin G1000-

equipped aircraft.

In addition, Avidyne introduced

a new “large-format” version of

the MHAS6000 multi-hazard

avoidance system featuring the

FlightMax EX5000 MFD. The

MHAS6000 offers a moving map

that can show flight plans, traffic,

lightning, terrain, obstacles and

optional XM WX weather prod-

ucts, such as Nexrad and graphi-

cal Metar information.

For more information, contact

Avidyne Corp. at 781-402-7400

or visit www.avidyne.com.

DAC International

DAC International announced

two new products: the GPU64

with cursor control for displaying

XMWX or WSI satellite weather

on Universal’s MFD 640 cockpit

display; and the GVC39 video

adapter unit for displaying weath-

er on Universal cockpit displays,

including the MFD 640. All 5-inch

FMSs have graphic display capa-

bilities and the EFI-890 large-for-

mat display unit. Both units pro-

vide the computer and software

necessary to interface between

the satellite weather receiver and

the appropriate cockpit displays.

For more information, contact

DAC International at 800-527-

2531 or visit www.dacint.com.

Flight Display Systems

Flight Display Systems has

a number of new in-flight enter-

tainment products for 2006.

Hot New Avionics

Offerings for 2006

b y D A L E S M I T H

Avidyne’s FlightMax EX5000 MFD

DAC’s GVC39 video adapter unit

To paraphrase a popular

saying from the 1970s —

“Avionics is where the action is.”

Just look at most of the “new”

airplanes introduced recently. If

it has a propeller on it, chances

are all the advancements are

found in the instrument panel.

In fact, the marketing and

sales people at Beechcraft,

Cessna, Mooney and Piper

should be sending the folks

at Avidyne, Garmin and other

manufacturers thank-you cards.

While the airframe OEMs and

their avionics partners certainly

have brought new life into

factory-new airplanes, there’s

also plenty of activity in the after-

market segments.

The hottest and coolest in

avionics, accessories and equip-

ment were introduced at the

49th annual AEA International

Convention & Trade Show in

April 2006. In this

Pilot’s Guide

to Avionics

, these various

new products are put into one

of three categories: Cockpit

Avionics; Cabin Entertainment

& Communications; and Other

Cool New Stuff.

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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - Offerings for 2006

- 18 -P I L O T ’ S G U I D ECOCKPIT AVIONICSAvidyne Corp.Avidyne introduced its new TAS600 family of “affordable active traffic” units featuring Ry

Page 2 - ICARUS Instruments

- 19 -Highlights include a new low-profile DVD/CD/MP3 player that is only 1-inch high so it can meet the limited space restrictions of many installati

Page 3 - Revue Thommen

- 20 -ing GPS approaches. The unit also provides a number of verbal annunciations, including crossing a waypoint, approaching a preset altitude, decis

Page 4 - Sagem Avionics

- 21 -Commanders, as well as Bell 206 and 412 helicopters.Thommen’s new MD21 MACH airspeed indicator features an optional integrated emergency battery

Page 5 - & COMMUNICATIONS

- 22 -or EFB. Universal also introduced a new application server unit (ASU). The unit supports Jeppesen JeppView charts with overlaid green “own ship”

Page 6 - Communications Group

- 23 -LED elements into one single light source. Current lighting dif-fusers attenuate LED by as much as 66 percent. The new C&D Zodiac diffuser c

Page 7 - Wingspeed

- 24 -the RosenView system provides world map coverage with detailed North American and European city and road displays. Along with the built-in datab

Page 8 - OTHER COOL NEW STUFF

weather images.XLLink also is fully integrated with Flight Explorer. All opera-tors need to do is log on to Flight Explorer, then click on the appro-p