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April 17, 2004

Trio Avionics Upgrades EZ Pilot Autopilot for Experimentals

New "Get Me Outta Here!" Automatic Inadvertent IMC Exit Mode Rocks!

Trio Avionics - sharing a booth with Alturair at E-13, look for the white and red Bede BD-5 shell - is showing an updated EZ Pilot autopilot system for experimental aircraft at Sun-N-Fun 2004. The unit has been upgraded to add several new features designed to increase tracking performance, safety and options for its customers. They're also working on a new product, but it's secret, strictly need to know, and they told this reporter that you won't get any information by coming to the booth to ask about it.

Result Is A Very Familiar-Looking Single-Engine Six Seat Cabin Class Turboprop

It looks like a Cessna light twin, but there's no getting away from the fact that it doesn't have two engines - it has only one, and it's clearly a Walter turboprop with a five-bladed Avia prop sticking out of what used to be the nose. And get this… the designer/manufacturer claims that it can handle six adults, 400 lbs. of baggage, full fuel and deliver all of it 1,200 nautical miles away… with IFR reserves and in pressurized comfort and heated de-iced safety! Talk about a true aviation SUV…