FOUNDED: 2016 EMPLOYEES: 9 AEA MEMBER SINCE: 2017 BEFORE GEF Aviation gefaviation.com * Fort Lauderdale, Florida Number of employees: 15 Installers/technicians involved in the project: Esmeralda Leon Type of aircraft: Piper Cherokee What was the objective of the project? To install top-of-the-line avionics on the aircraft to be used as a demo for avionics capabilities. What date was the project started? July 2020 What date was the project completed? August 2020 What makes this project unique? It is the only aircraft of that kind with the latest technology and gadgets in terms of avionics. Did you encounter any problems while working on the project? We had to completely modify the instrument panel to be compatible with the new avionics. How did you resolve these problems? By making a new instrument panel completely customized for the new technology. What did you learn from this project? There are always challenges whether it's big planes or small planes like this Cherokee. What was the customer's response? Our test pilot was amazed at the renovations and ability to get all her flight data from only three screens to easily fly with task efficiency. q The Cherokee arrived with old and rusted avionics that were removed and completely stripped. The Cherokee was fully renovated with touch-interface avionics. AFTER avionics news * august 2022 43http://gefaviation.com