Unique System Ready To Fly
The FAA has certified Max-Viz's enhanced vision system in a move
the company says is a "milestone for our industry." The FAA
Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) was awarded for installation of
the Max-Viz EVS-1000 Enhanced Vision System on the Bombardier
Global Express. The FAA STC now complements the Transport Canada
STC received earlier this year.
According to Max-Viz, development and manufacture of Enhanced
Vision Systems for aviation, the EVS-1000 is the only system
certified and ready for installation in all Global Express Aircraft
currently in service. The Max-Viz EVS 1000 allows Global Express
operators to opt for one or two instrument level EVS displays,
depending on their own specific requirements.
"The market advantage for us is that our EVS-1000 system
requires no Heads-Up-Guidance (HUD) system thereby differentiating
Max-Viz over all our competitors," said Roger Watson, Vice
President and Chief Design Officer at Max-Viz Inc. "Not only are we
the first to offer Global Express operators with the safety
benefits of our EVS system, we completed the start-to-finish system
within three months of completion of the work on aircraft number
one."
Watson added, "Global Express operators now have the safety
benefits of Enhanced Vision available to them (now offered to
Falcon 50, 900 and Challenger operators) without the cost, weight,
reliability, training and space penalties associated with
Head-Up-Guidance/EVS system."
A second US North East based Global Express aircraft was
outfitted with the Max-Viz EVS 1000 and delivered in March.
Montreal based ABC Completions oversaw the design, installation and
certification of the EVS system on the aircraft.
Max-Viz and some of its global network of 30 dealers in 52
different facilities currently hold U.S. Supplemental Type
Certifications (STC) for the Bell 212/412, Challenger-600, 601 and
604, Global Express, Falcon 50/50EX, and the Falcon 900A, B, C and
EX. STC’s are also currently pending for the Sikorsky S-76,
the Gulfstream-IV/IVSP, the Pilatus PC-12, the EC-145, Lear 35 and
Beech 200/350. Most of these STC’s are expected to be in
place by mid-2004.
The EVS-2000 Enhanced Vision System, specifically developed for
Cessna by Max-Viz is also a standard factory option on the Citation
X and is anticipated to be offered on the Sovereign following that
aircraft’s type certification later this year.