AOPA Pilot Magazine - April 2015 - 30

PILOT BRIEFING
AVIONICS

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L-3 unveils Lynx line of ADS-B products
Innovative NGT-9000 a transponder replacement
BY MIKE COLLINS
L-3 AVIATION PRODUCTS recently unveiled
its Lynx Multilink Surveillance System
line of Automatic Dependent SurveillanceBroadcast (ADS-B) products. It includes five
models, ranging from the NGT-1000-an
ADS-B Out-only unit that complies with the
FAA's January 1, 2020, mandate-to models
that offer the ability to display information
on personal electronic devices via Wi-Fi or
on installed multifunction displays. All have
WAAS GPS receivers built in, so a compliant external GPS receiver is not required
(although a GPS antenna is needed).
The size and form factor of the top-ofthe-line NGT-9000 (shown), which offers a
touch-screen display, makes it a candidate
to replace aging Mode A/C transponders; it incorporates a 1090-MHz Mode S
Extended Squitter transponder and 1090MHz ADS-B Out, as well as the ability to
receive both 1090-MHz and 978-MHz
ADS-B In signals.
AOPA has been participating in the
FAA's Equip 2020 effort to identfy lowcost options, and L-3 has been an active
participant in that effort. Although L-3
did not announce pricing for its NGT1000, the NextGen GA Fund is offering the

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NGT-1000 at an introductory price of $1,599. The
unit provides an ADS-B
Out solution using a 978MHz universal access
transceiver. The pricing
does not include installation, wiring kits, or any
needed antennas.
L-3's Lynx NGT-2000
UAT, with a suggested
retail price of $3,200, adds a 978-MHz
ADS-B In datalink and Wi-Fi, allowing
the display of ADS-B traffic and weather on
iPads and Android tablets running WingX
Pro or SkyRadar (additional apps are pending). For $3,467, the NGT-2500 also has the
ability to display ADS-B In data on various MFDs.
When the NGT-1000, -2000, or -2500 is
paired with a non-compatible transponder,
a CP-2500 control panel is required to set
the UAT's output. The CP-2500 has a suggested retail price of $1,223.
The top-of-the-line NGT-9000, $6,800
plus installation, incorporates a 1090-MHz
Extended Squitter transponder and 1090MHz ADS-B Out, and it receives both
FROM THE EXPERTS

Travel tip #3

1.1 million jobs

BY CHRIS ROSE

$24.5 billion-GA airplane production
worldwide
$4.9 billion-helicopter production
worldwide
9.6% increase in piston airplane
shipments (2014)
6.5% increase in business jet sales
(2014)
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Contributions of general aviation

$219 billion to U.S. economy

978-MHz and 1090-MHz ADS-B In data.
This unit features a touch-screen color display with a simple, intuitive interface. (The
NGT-9000+ adds an active traffic system
that blends ADS-B traffic data with position information of aircraft equipped with
Mode A, C, and S transponders; the NGT9000D and NGT-9000D+ add antenna
diversity-the ability to install ADS-B
antennas on the top and bottom of the aircraft, to improve ADS-B signal reception
while maneuvering and during ground
operations.

Laundry on the fly

BEST-CASE SCENARIO: You're sipping a
cocktail in the hotel bar while two floors
away a quarter-hungry white box transforms your sweaty socks from a biohazard
to a bouquet. Reality: It's Day 4 of tent
camping at Oshkosh and the combination
of sweat, sunscreen, bratwurst grease, and
the avgas you wiped on your jeans is beginning to make you unpopular.
Necessity, as they say, is the mother of
invention. Visit your local big box store

and pick up a pack of Ziploc XXL storage bags and a box of all-in-one laundry
sheets. Add one sheet to each of the bags,
along with a couple of drops of Dawn
dishwashing liquid. These can be folded
and stored in your airplane or luggage.
When needed, throw in your offending
articles, fill with water, seal, swish and
shake for a few minutes, rinse repeatedly,
wring out, and air dry. Congratulations,
you are now human again.
Chris Rose is a photographer for AOPA
who makes many, many trips for the
association.
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