321 Falcon Aircraft Operating With EASy Flight Deck

Dassault Falcon recently delivered the 100th Falcon 900EX EASy aircraft into service.  As of September 30, 2009, the 4,500 nm Falcon 900EX EASy fleet had performed over 80,000 takeoffs and landings and accrued 157,000 flight hours.  Powered by three Honeywell TFE731-60 engines, the Falcon 900EX EASy is a category leader in both airport performance and fuel efficiency. 

The 900EX EASy was certificated in December 2003 and features the award winning EASy flight deck.  Today, there are 321 Falcon aircraft in operation with the EASy flight deck, “Efficiency has long been an important focus for us,” said John Rosanvallon, President and CEO of Dassault Falcon. “We believe the EASy flight deck offers the most efficient and safe way to manage cockpit resources. The Falcon aircraft operating with the EASy flight deck are a strong testament to the intrinsic advantages of our program.”

Falcon 900EX

The latest iteration of the EASy flight deck – EASy II – will include new options that further enhance crew situational awareness and aircraft operational safety. These features include a synthetic vision system, the Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS), an optional Automatic Descent Mode, XM Graphical Weather, Required Navigation Performance – Special Aircraft Aircrew Authorization Required (RNPSAAAR) >0.1, and WAAS LPV.

EASy II Display

The EASy flight deck was originally developed around Honeywell’s Primus Epic system in the mid-1990s in an effort to create a fully integrated cockpit management system and to foster improved situational awareness. Its “T”-shaped configuration of four 14.1-inch LCD screens has many benefits for the crew. Tactical information needed to fly the aircraft is displayed in front of each pilot on their own primary display unit. Strategic information, such as navigational functions and checklists, are shared on the two vertically-stacked centrally located multifunction display units, to ensure the flight crew works in tandem and facilitating safety as each sees the other’s inputs.

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