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February 14, 2012

Holding At A Waypoint: Discovering Avidyne's R9 with DFC100 (Part 6)

Every Now And Then, Life (And Aviation) -- Holds You Up -- R9 Makes That Easy

So... a few months ago, we had the chance to sit back in awe at the expertise already displayed by one of the Avidyne R9 glass panel's most passionate advocates... and users. There are few more knowledgeable people on the planet, as far as R9 is concerned, than Trip Taylor and for the better part of a few hours, we had the chance to sit back and enjoy his synoptic descriptions of just a few of the many intriguing features built into one of the most usable glass panel cockpits we've yet flow... now made even more so with the advent of the DFC100 digital autopilot.

"We screwed that up." Source: Airbus CEO Tom Enders, referring to cracks in wing rib feet of the company's flagship A380.

Procedure in which air traffic is merged into a single flow, and/or in which adequate separation is maintained between aircraft.

Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International

With more than 2,100 member organizations from 60 allied countries, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International is the world's largest non-profit organization devoted exclusively to advancing the unmanned systems and robotics community.