Tue, May 30, 2006
"Evenings Of Learning" Will Demonstrate Entegra Safety
Features
Are you taking full
advantage of the latest technology? That's the question avionics
manufacturer Avidyne and fractional operator AirShares Elite are
asking their South Florida customers... and to help provide
answers, the companies will join next month to offer two free,
hands-on seminars to introduce pilots to new weather and
situational awareness tools and features on the Avidyne Entegra
integrated flight deck.
The sessions are ideal for pilots considering the transition
from analog gauges to "glass cockpit" operations and for flyers who
want to learn more about safety systems well-suited for the Florida
and Caribbean flying environment.
The first "Evening of Learning" will be held June 12 at 6:30 pm
in the conference room near the AirShares Elite office in Hangar 73
at Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE). The second session will
be June 13 at 6:30 pm, at the Naples Municipal Airport (APF)
General Aviation Terminal pilot’s lounge hangar.
Attendees will be able
to see for themselves the features of the Cirrus SR22, and multiple
new capabilities in Release 6.0 of Avidyne’s Entegra
integrated flight deck through static aircraft and interactive
displays.
"AirShares Elite owner-pilots flew over 80 hours to and around
the Bahamas in 2005 and the trend is increasing," said Brad Rosse,
a regional director for AirShares Elite. "The advanced weather,
traffic and situational awareness tools in our Entegra-equipped
Cirrus SR22 aircraft make flying to many popular Caribbean
destinations safer and more comfortable. These events are a great
way for south Florida pilots to experience the new cockpit
technologies. They can also learn more about how the AirShares
Elite program makes flying advanced aircraft more affordable and
easier than ever before."
The Avidyne Release 6.0 upgrade -- which AirShares Elite is
implementing across its entire fleet of Cirrus aircraft -- enables
Entegra to display the latest in XM WX products including winds
aloft, freezing level, TAFs, and cloud tops. Functionality
improvements include USB "thumb drive" compatibility to simplify
database updates.
"South Florida aviators
have an excellent opportunity to see why an increasing number of
pilots are using the AirShares Elite program to fly
state-of-the-art aircraft equipped with the easiest-to-use
integrated flight deck," said Mark Sandeen, Avidyne’s vice
president of sales and marketing. "These hands-on sessions will
showcase the new features of Entegra Release 6.0. And we’ll
demonstrate the safety benefits of weather and traffic systems that
are ideal for getting to all of the great flying destinations in
and around south Florida."
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