Fleet Will Include Programmable Inflight Entertainment
Aero-News has learned Shandong Airlines selected a suite of
Rockwell Collins avionics for 18 Boeing 737-800 aircraft. This
purchase includes the MultiScan Hazard Detection System, Model 4000
Head-Up Guidance System (HGS) and Programmable Audio Video
Entertainment System (PAVES). Deliveries are scheduled for 2007
through 2009.
"This selection strengthens our solid relationship with Shandong
Airlines and marks our commitment to continue expanding our
presence in Asia," says Jeff Standerski, vice president and general
manager of Air Transport Systems for Rockwell Collins.
Rockwell Collins' WXR-2100 is the first and only radar that
analyzes and determines actual weather hazards, not simply
atmospheric moisture content. MultiScan is a fully automatic,
hands-free airborne radar system with more than four years of
operational experience that reduces pilot workload and enhances
safety and passenger comfort by minimizing unexpected turbulence
encounters, and provides optimal clutter-free weather detection
from the nose of the aircraft to 320 nautical miles.
With the Model 4000 HGS (shown above), Shandong Airlines' pilots
see critical flight information in their forward field of view.
Aircraft flight path and acceleration symbols and command guidance
appear overlaying the outside scene allowing precision hand-flown
approaches, enhancing situational awareness and improving aircraft
energy management.
Additional features include the
display of runway remaining information, tailstrike avoidance and
unusual attitude recovery symbology. The Model HGS 4000 also
provides a platform for new technologies, such as enhanced vision
and surface guidance, which will further improve safety of
operations.
Shandong Airlines also selected PAVES. PAVES provides Shandong
Airlines with overhead video on 10.4-inch retractable liquid
crystal displays featuring wide viewing angles and crisp picture
quality. The system offers 22 channels of digital in-seat audio
programming. PAVES enables airlines to provide passengers a variety
of entertainment options that utilize available flying time.
Other products chosen by Shandong Airlines include: GLU-920
Multi Mode Receiver (MMR), the Airshow news and information
service, ADF-900 Automatic Direction Finder, CPL-920D Coupling
Unit, VOR-900 VHF Omnidirectional Radio, DFA-901 Direction
Finding Antenna, DME-900 Distance Measuring Equipment, HFS-900 and
HFS-900D High Frequency Systems, PAU-700 Passenger Address Unit,
LRA-900 Low-range Radio Altimeter, VHF-920 Very High Frequency
Transceiver, TPR-901 Mode S Transponder, and TCAS Traffic Alert
Collision Avoidance System.
ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.02.24)
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