"Evenings Of Learning" Will Demonstrate Entegra Safety Features

Are you taking full advantage of the latest technology? That's the question avionics manufacturer Avidyne and fractional operator AirShares Elite are asking their South Florida customers... and to help provide answers, the companies will join next month to offer two free, hands-on seminars to introduce pilots to new weather and situational awareness tools and features on the Avidyne Entegra integrated flight deck.

The sessions are ideal for pilots considering the transition from analog gauges to "glass cockpit" operations and for flyers who want to learn more about safety systems well-suited for the Florida and Caribbean flying environment.

The first "Evening of Learning" will be held June 12 at 6:30 pm in the conference room near the AirShares Elite office in Hangar 73 at Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE). The second session will be June 13 at 6:30 pm, at the Naples Municipal Airport (APF) General Aviation Terminal pilot’s lounge hangar.

Attendees will be able to see for themselves the features of the Cirrus SR22, and multiple new capabilities in Release 6.0 of Avidyne’s Entegra integrated flight deck through static aircraft and interactive displays.

"AirShares Elite owner-pilots flew over 80 hours to and around the Bahamas in 2005 and the trend is increasing," said Brad Rosse, a regional director for AirShares Elite. "The advanced weather, traffic and situational awareness tools in our Entegra-equipped Cirrus SR22 aircraft make flying to many popular Caribbean destinations safer and more comfortable. These events are a great way for south Florida pilots to experience the new cockpit technologies. They can also learn more about how the AirShares Elite program makes flying advanced aircraft more affordable and easier than ever before."

The Avidyne Release 6.0 upgrade -- which AirShares Elite is implementing across its entire fleet of Cirrus aircraft -- enables Entegra to display the latest in XM WX products including winds aloft, freezing level, TAFs, and cloud tops. Functionality improvements include USB "thumb drive" compatibility to simplify database updates.

"South Florida aviators have an excellent opportunity to see why an increasing number of pilots are using the AirShares Elite program to fly state-of-the-art aircraft equipped with the easiest-to-use integrated flight deck," said Mark Sandeen, Avidyne’s vice president of sales and marketing. "These hands-on sessions will showcase the new features of Entegra Release 6.0. And we’ll demonstrate the safety benefits of weather and traffic systems that are ideal for getting to all of the great flying destinations in and around south Florida."

FMI: www.airshareselite.com, www.avidyne.com