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January 15, 2023

L3Harris Unveils Turnkey ED-155 Ready Recorder Package

EFD-750 and Lightweight Data Recorder Bring Simple Flight Data Compliance Into Focus

L3Harris Technologies has announced widespread availability of their Cohesive ED-155 System, a comprehensive, off-the-shelf flight data recorder. The system reaches into the L3Harris parts bin to assemble a ready-made combination of parts, combining the Lightweight Data Recorder and EFD-750 electronic flight display for a turnkey ED-155 compliant option. The company says it significantly reduces installation, maintenance service costs by eliminating the need to integrate, wire, test and connect a variety of systems to an ED-155 certified recorder.

They Heard The Engine Noise Increase For Takeoff And Then The Sound Of Items Hitting The Platform

On December 29, 2022, about 0834 central standard time, a Bell 407 helicopter, N595RL, was substantially damaged during takeoff from an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The pilot and 3 passengers were fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 flight. On the morning of the accident, about 0748, the helicopter departed the Rotorcraft Leasing Company LLC base located at South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr. Airport (GAO), Galliano, Louisiana, for a visual flight rules (VFR) passenger flight to the West Delta 106 (WD106) offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico.