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CenTex Halo 250 Kits Option on New and Field King Air 250s
Centex has completed its first shipment of Halo 250 kits to Beechcraft. The kits will be installed as the Enhanced Payload Option on new production Beechcraft King Air 250 aircraft at the company’s manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kansas.
After working with Beechcraft and BLR Aerospace, CenTex is now able to offer the Halo 250 conversion with AFM data that fully reflects the increased performance capability of the King Air 250. The new data allows a King Air 250 to carry more weight under “hot and high”
conditions and to operate from shorter runways. With the Halo 250 conversion, a King Air 250 can carry an additional 920 pounds of payload and/or fuel.
The Enhanced Payload Option is also available to aircraft in the field and can be purchased and installed at Textron Aviation’s company- owned service centers or any of the other CenTex Aerospace dealers.
For more information, please contact CenTex Aerospace by telephone at (254) 752-4290) or on the web at www.centex.aero.
Garmin Announces New Connectivity Options
Recently, Garmin announced the availability of the Flight Stream 110/210 Bluetooth wireless gateway. Flight Stream enables connectivity and communication between select Garmin avionics and Garmin Pilot on certain iPad/iPhone and Android devices. Flight Stream is Garmin’s latest addition to an expanded Connext portfolio of products and features, offering a true connected cockpit so pilots have easier access to information in flight.
The Flight Stream 210 is compatible with the GTN 650/750 and GNS 430/530 WAAS series navigators, as well as the GDL 88 ADS-B datalink and GDL 69/69A SiriusXM datalink receivers. Flight planning is simplified with the Flight Stream 210, which offers wireless flight plan transfer capabilities. The flight plan transfer between Garmin Pilot and corresponding GTN 650/750 or GNS 430W/530W occurs with a couple of taps once the avionics are powered on. Additionally, flight
planning is simplified even further for customers incorporating Flight Stream 210 with an existing GNS WAAS navigator.
Customers who have a GNS 430W/530W now have the ability to incorporate Victor airway navigation into flight plans using the Flight Stream 210 and Garmin Pilot. With a few simple taps within Garmin Pilot, routes, waypoints and airway intersections are quickly transferred to a 430W/530W navigator. Customers with the GTN touchscreen series also have the option of wirelessly uploading Victor airways via Flight Stream and Garmin Pilot. Flight Stream 210 offers pilots enhanced accessibility to the information they need in the
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