First 100 Buyers Get $5,000 Off

At AirVenture 2006, Forward Vision president Patrick S. Farrell -- whose company builds a FLIR (forward looking infrared radar, a night vision system for airplanes) made several announcements -- the most surprising being is that Forward Vision is dropping the cost of their units by $5000, bringing the non-installation cost of their units down to $9,995 for the first 100 buyers.

Farrell says the company is willing to take a loss on their first 100 sales in order to help integrate their system into the general aviation market... and prove the viability of their product in real world settings. 

Other Forward Vision announcements include:

• A newly designed external pod that is now easier to install.
• The FLIR monitor will now accept a GPS overlay.
• Their system now has a self-contained power source enabling users two hours of sustained use after the loss of electrical power. 
• Their engineers are rapidly completing the technology to record the last 30 minutes of flight data to a compact-flash card. 

"We believe that the Forward Vision system will be the next piece of the safety puzzle," stated Farrell (below). "If you look at the (general aviation) accident records,  enhanced infrared vision systems such as Forward Vision's addresses the number one, two, three and four causes for general aviation accidents. We can't stop stall-spin accidents, but we can turn night into day. We're going to help the pilots that have an engine out after dark and need to find a place to land. We're doing our best to limit runway incursions and other similar events." 

When questioned as to why a pilot should fly with the Forward Vision system over any other brand on the market, Mr. Farrell responded, "there isn't anyone else in the market. Our system is (driven by) a BST sensor. It operates day or night. It's immune to damage from heat or sunlight. All the other systems on the market are vulnerable to sunlight."

FMI: www.forward-vision.net