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SANDEL AVIONICS INC. announced its SN4500 Primary Navigation Display

has been selected by the French military.
According to the company, the retrofit project is for cockpit upgrades including
installation of the Sandel SN4500 with ADF, VOR/ILS, GPS and digital TACAN.
All the SN4500s will include the unique on-demand NVIS mode only offered by
Sandel. The installation is for approximately 50 ICAO PUMA helicopters owned
by the French Army with dual SN4500s in each. The installation work was
secured by Sandel dealer Heli Union, located in France.
The company said the SN4500 is a 4-ATI display that simplifies navigation and
enhances safety with its standard traffic overlay and full-color moving map NAV.
The moving map supports GPS- or FMS-supplied waypoints, heading, bearing
pointers for VOR and ADF, DME display and marker beacons. The one-touch
toggle between 360-degree compass and 70-degree ARC view is often preferred
among pilots. It’s FAA-approved for use as a primary flight display and designed
for both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.
“After a very successful retrofit with dual Sandel 3-ATI SN3500 Primary
Navigation Displays in all of the French Army Fennec training helicopters, it was
an easy decision to consider the 4-ATI SN4500 for their Puma combat fleet,” said
JERRY HENRY, director of technical sales for Sandel.
For more information, contact Sandel Avionics Inc. at 760-727-4900 or visit
www.sandel.com. q

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diverse set of business aviation services
including more Garmin G1000 King Air
installations than all dealers worldwide
combined, announced the inclusion of the
first Garmin G5000 mock up at its NBAA 2013
Las Vegas trade show booth, No. C8143.
According to the company, this follows its
recent achievement of starting on its 100th
Garmin G1000 King Air installations and the
announcement from Garmin regarding the
Beechjet G5000 program.
The Garmin G5000 integrated avionics
suite incorporates graphical weather,
synthetic vision, traffic, terrain and other
avoidance systems in a simple, three-panel
display unit featuring 12-inch, high resolution
liquid crystal displays. The G5000 system
can replace an entire avionics package
in a Beechjet, which, due to its advanced
technology, is estimated to increase useful
load by an average of 200 pounds.
“As a Beechjet authorized service center,
we’re thrilled to be able to offer solutions for
aging Beechjets,” said MARK WILKEN,
Elliott Aviation’s director of avionics sales.
“We’ve seen the success of the G1000
program and what it can do for an airframe
with older avionics. The G5000 will allow
Beechjet operators to fly their airplanes
indefinitely.”
The Beechjet G5000 STC is expected
to be available in 2015. Special incentive
pricing will be available to operators that
pre-book their Beechjet Garmin G5000
installation.
For
more
information,
contact
Elliott Aviation at 309-799-3183 or visit
www.elliottaviation.com. q
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