9900BX Standard Factory Option

By ANN Correspondent Rose Dorcey

The Lancair Company has selected the Ryan International 9900BX Traffic Advisory System (TAS) as a standard factory option on its Columbia models, which include the 350 and 400.

The Ryan 9900BX TAS warns of a potential collision by calculating range, bearing, and altitude of intruder aircraft relative to the host aircraft. The system is designed with top and bottom patented directional antennas, providing a complete and accurate protection shields over twenty miles. The patented antenna system assures optimal reception with minimal interference from the host aircraft's own airframe. The 9900BX TAS is engineered with Ryan exclusive Audible Position Alert (APA) that annunciates an alert when a traffic threat is detected: "Traffic! One o'clock high! Two Miles!"

"We are so pleased to announce such a superior traffic avoidance system for our state of the art line of aircraft", says Mark Cahill, Lancair's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "Its active and rapid detection capability is the best match for the Columbia's speeds, adding this capability makes the Lancair driver that much more at ease."

"Ryan is a company dedicated to safety and we are privileged to provide critical traffic information on Lancair's certified aircraft", says Bruce Bunevich, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Bunevich said to expect, "an extremely competitive price" on the Lancair option.

Ryan International Corporation is a global provider of collision avoidance systems for civil and government aviation markets. The 9900BX Traffic Advisory System (TAS) and Multi-Hazard Display (MHD) are a continuation of a long, rich history of high performance avionics developed by Ryan International.

FMI: www.ryaninternational.com