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2 • KING AIR MAGAZINE
JULY 2015
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New Production King Airs Get State-of-the-Art Avionics and Upgraded Cabin Features
Beechcraft Corporation recently announced that new production King Air turboprops will soon feature the Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics system as standard equipment. As a further investment in the popular King Air aircraft line, the company
is also upgrading the aircrafts’ cabin features. Three 14-inch widescreen LCDs with advanced
Advanced Avionics
Pro Line Fusion for the King Air features commercial aviation’s first full touchscreen capability on all three main flight displays. The touchscreens bring pilots intuitive interactive maps, easy-to-use icons, and the ability to simply touch the items that they want to control.
According to Rockwell Collins, specific features of the Pro Line Fusion avionics feature:
graphics, configurable windows, and touchscreen
or point-and-click navigation
Synthetic vision as a standard feature, including
Rockwell Collins’ patented airport dome, and extended runway centerlines with mile markers to better orient the pilot from top of descent through final approach
Touch-interactive maps with eyes-forward flight planning, high-resolution topography, real-time onboard weather radar overlays, obstacles, and
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