Avidyne Entegra Release 6.0 and EX500 MFD Receive TSOs From
EASA
Avidyne Corporation tells ANN that
the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved Technical
Standard Orders (TSOs) for the Release 6.0 upgrade for the Entegra
integrated flight deck and for the EX500 multi-function display
(MFD). The approvals clear the way for Avidyne OEM partners to
deliver new Entegra features and open the retrofit market for
Avidyne dealers in the growing and important European market.
EASA, Europe’s counterpart to the FAA, is responsible
for airworthiness certification of aircraft for all European Union
member countries. The EASA TSO (E-TSO) for Entegra Release 6.0
facilitates the approval of type certifications for aircraft
equipped with the latest Entegra upgrade. Previous versions of
Entegra already hold an E-TSO. For the EX500 MFD, the E-TSO enables
aircraft-specific Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for the
popular Avidyne multi-function display.
Introduced last November, Release 6.0 for Entegra provides
numerous upgrades to aviation’s best-selling integrated
flight deck for light general aviation aircraft, including features
tailored for the European market. For pilots, Release 6.0 delivers
valuable new display functions, simplifies database updates with
USB “flash drive” support and includes multiple
“under-the-hood” performance boosts. Release 6.0 also
enables OEMs to tailor system options for specific model types.
Entegra consists of at least two 10.4-inch diagonal,
high-resolution, sunlight-readable displays, including an EXP5000
primary flight display with integrated solid-state air data and
attitude/heading reference system (ADAHRS) and primary engine
instruments. The EX5000 MFD provides a full-featured moving map and
comes standard with Avidyne’s EMax™ electronic engine
instrumentation. European options include digital airborne weather
radar system display, and CMax™ Jeppesen JeppView® chart
display.
Avidyne’s FlightMax EX500 brings integrated-datalink
multifunction display capability, including the largest array of
radar and traffic, lightning and terrain sensor interfaces
available today, to the flight decks of virtually all business and
general aviation aircraft. European options include digital
airborne weather radar system display, and CMax™ Jeppesen
JeppView® chart display.
“Europe is an important growth market for our OEM partners
and for our dealer network,” said Mark Sandeen,
Avidyne’s vice president of sales and marketing. “Our
existing European Entegra owners will appreciate all the new
features in Release 6.0, and many pilots will want to take
advantage of the tremendous capabilities of the EX500 MFD now
available for most aircraft.”
“The EASA approvals provide significant benefits for our
European customers,” said Dan Schwinn, president of Avidyne
Corporation. “And it emphasizes our long-term commitment to
our European and international customers.”