Wed, Jan 21, 2004
STC Approved For Citation 500 Jets
B/E Aerospace, Inc. has received FAA approval expanding the
aftermarket applications for the company's LED-based interior
lighting systems. The FAA approval, known as a Supplemental Type
Certificate, permits the aftermarket installation of both B/E
direct and indirect LED lighting on the Cessna Citation 500 series
business jets. The Supplemental Type Certificate indicates that
B/E's product meets all of the FAA's airworthiness and safety
standards.
The Citation approval is the latest milestone in the
certification process for the company's LED lighting system. Within
the past year, B/E also received FAA Parts Manufacturing Approval
for LED lighting for a wide range of business jets. The company has
already provided LED lighting for installation on over 50 aircraft,
including Gulfstreams, Challengers, Falcons, Boeing Business Jets,
Sabreliners and Merlins. In addition, B/E's LED Reading Lights are
FAA-approved as direct replacement parts for Learjet models 35 and
60, Raytheon's King Air series and the Hawker 400XP.
For the first Citation 500 installation, B/E teamed with O'Gara
Aviation in Atlanta, Georgia. John B Foster III, President of
O'Gara Aviation, provided the launch aircraft. O'Gara Aviation has
more than 22 years experience in aircraft brokerage, management,
refurbishment and turnkey services for a full range of corporate
aircraft.
B/E's LED lighting
system consists of reading lights and wash lighting that feature
natural, high quality white light. Other advantages of the system
include high reliability, a 40 percent reduction in power, a 40
percent weight advantage, lower maintenance costs and a patented
temperature compensation circuitry designed to increase LED
longevity while maintaining the quality of light output. The
company designed its system to be completely compatible with its
latest-generation fluorescent system, making the upgrades simple
and timesaving. "We designed our LED lighting units to fit in the
same valance locations and to utilize the same control and power
wiring. In most cases, aircraft owners will not even have to
re-program the cabin management system," said John Gerken, Director
of Product Support for B/E.
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