Avionics News October 2014 - 23

Advertisers Index
Aero Standard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

everything	so	very	simple	to	do,	especially	for	single-pilot	operations.	You	
just	highlight	what	you	want	to	do,	and	it	gives	you	a	menu	of	options.	If	you	
want	to	enter	a	holding	pattern,	for	example,	you	highlight	that	waypoint	on	
the	MFD	and	click.	It	will	give	you	a	menu	of	things	you	can	do.	Just	highlight	and	click	-	it's	that	simple."
Obviously,	the	CCD	is	not	the	only	option	BendixKing	is	making	available	
to	AeroVue	customers.	The	company	has	a	long	list	of	optional	capabilities,	
including	TCAS,	EGPWS,	weather	radar,	XM	weather,	electronic	charts	and	
maps	with	vertical	terrain	profile,	radar	altimeter	and	more.	
	
Reach out and text someone
Another	thing	BendixKing	learned	from	its	King	Air	owner/operator	interviews	was	that	the	majority	of	these	folks	use	their	airplanes	as	business	
tools,	and	they	wanted	to	stay	productive	while	their	new	AeroVue	autopilot	
was	cruising	along	at	FL270.	
"Given	the	prevalence	of	smartphones	and	iPads	and	everyone's	expectations	to	be	connected	wherever	they	are,	we	just	felt	it	was	important	enough	
to	make	our	AeroWave	100	satellite	connectivity	system	standard,"	Dykmann	
said.	"Now	our	pilot/owners	can	do	texting	or	get	emails	in	the	cockpit,	and	
their	passengers	can	stay	connected	in	the	cabin."

Aerospace Optics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Aircraft Electronics Association. . . . 42, 87
Astronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
ATEQ-Omicron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Aviation Instrument Services . . . . . . . . 78
Avionics Specialist Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
AVweb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Becker Avionics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
BendixKing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cal Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Cobham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Dallas Avionics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC
Device Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Duncan Aviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
EDMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC
Express Calibration Services . . . . . . . . 87
Flight Display Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Flying Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
FreeFlight Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

More than you thought for less than you'd expect
Like	everything	in	the	avionics	business,	you	can't	talk	about	all	the	cool	
features	and	benefits	without	someone	raising	the	question	of	cost.	Quite	
	
frankly,	the	answer	may	receive	a	look	of	disbelief.
"While	we	don't	set	the	flyaway/installed	price	for	our	products	-	only	our	
	
authorized	BendixKing	dealers	can	do	that	-	based	on	our	research	and	talking	to	our	dealers	about	what	it	will	take	to	install	our	system,	we	believe	an	
owner	can	install	the	standard	AeroVue	system	for	about	$100,000	less	than	
the	competition,"	Dykmann	said.	"Of	course,	there's	a	lot	of	variability	in	
every	installation."
But	with	the	experience	of	the	recent	installation	the	company	completed	in	its	King	Air,	along	with	Executive	Aircraft	Maintenance,	Dykmann	
is	confident	the	majority	of	King	Air	owners	will	see	a	significant	cost	
	
	
savings.
"It	took	the	efforts	of	many	talented	people,	but	we	were	able	to	build	the	
new	wiring	harness	and	install	the	AeroVue	panel	in	two-weeks,"	he	said.	
"The	combination	of	our	modular	architecture	and	the	experience	of	the	technicians	and	engineers	made	a	very	complex	process	a	bit	more	streamlined.	
We	just	got	it	all	done	in	time	to	fly	it	to	Oshkosh.	I	certainly	wouldn't	want	
	
an	avionics	shop	to	quote	that	kind	of	turnaround,	but	we	did	it."
Speaking	of	quoting	turn	times,	Dykmann	said	that	after	leaving	the	Oshkosh	display,	the	company's	King	Air	returned	to	Scottsdale,	Arizona,	to	
continue	flight-testing	for	the	autopilot	and	RVSM	compliance.	
	
"We	expect	the	flight	test	program	to	take	a	number	of	weeks,"	he	ex	
plained.	"Then	we	will	continue	with	the	FAA,	and	if	all	goes	according	to	
plan,	we	anticipate	getting	the	TSO	and	the	STC	completed	by	the	first	quar	
ter	of	2015."
For	more	information,	visit	www.bendixking.com/Products/IntegratedFlight-Decks/AeroVue.	q

Garmin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 86
Georgetown Instrument Services . . . . . 50
Global Jet Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
GlobalParts.aero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Gogo Business Aviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Greenwich/DAC International . . . . . . . . . . . 71
ICG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
J. Ben Vernazza CPA/PFS TEP (UK) . . . . . 86
KGS Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
L-3 Aviation Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Latitude Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics. . . 61
Millennium International . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Nav-Aids Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Pacific Southwest Instruments . . . . . . IBC
PIC Wire & Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ProCal Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sandia Aerospace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sun Aviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
TangoWare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tech-Aid Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tri-Star Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
True Blue Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Universal Avionics Systems Corp. . . . . 47
Velocity Aerospace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
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