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preferred cockpit solution. Subscribers to ForeFlight Business Plans will purchase chart coverages through Jeppesen and then link them to their ForeFlight subscription for use inside the ForeFlight Mobile app.
The alliance’s second area of focus serves users of Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro, the leading EFB solution for airlines and large- scale operators. Jeppesen and ForeFlight will work together on a next-generation release of FliteDeck Pro for both iOS and Windows that will deliver a combination of the familiar capabilities in FliteDeck Pro and significant features and functionality from ForeFlight Mobile. The solution will respect the heritage of FliteDeck Pro, while also embracing capabilities from ForeFlight Mobile that many professional pilots already have experience using. Jeppesen and ForeFlight are working together closely with FliteDeck Pro customers in advance of bringing this to market to ensure the training impact is minimized. FliteDeck Pro customers will continue to receive application and content updates from Jeppesen.
To view more information on combined Jeppesen and ForeFlight products, please see www.foreflight.com/jeppesen and www.jeppesen.com/foreflight.
Max-Viz 2300 EVS Certified to DO-160G Standards
Astronics Max-Viz has certified its 2300 Enhanced Vision System (EVS) to the DO-160G standard. Blending infrared and visible light sensors, the Max-Viz 2300 EVS displays real-time heat sources along with LED airport lighting to make it safer for pilots to land in dark, challenging conditions.
The company says that many airports are converting over to low-heat LEDs, and many thermal imagers can no longer detect runway lights; however, the Max-Viz 2300 with its blended thermal and visible light image can.
The Max-Viz 2300 provides
pilots with a level of situational
awareness and safety by
enabling them to see more
precisely during day or night
in adverse weather conditions,
such as haze, smoke, smog and
light fog, even in the darkest night. At night, pilots can also see and avoid clouds for a smoother ride. Upon landing, pilots using the Max-Viz 2300 can view the runway and terrain clearly to avoid wildlife and unlit obstructions.
The Max-Viz 2300 system is now certified to Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) DO-160G standards, which is the industry standard for the environmental testing of avionics hardware and is recognized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as the de facto international standard ISO-7137.
Compatible with leading multi-functional displays (MFDs) and electronic flight bags (EFBs), the sensor image presents on any display that accepts composite video (RS-170) NTSC or PAL signals. The system meets or exceeds RTCA DO-160G standards, including resistance to temperature, altitude, humidity, shock, vibration, water, sand and dust, fungus, magnetic effect, power spikes, audio and radio frequencies, lightening, icing and flammability.
The Max-Viz EVS systems have 40 Supplemental and Type Certificates in fixed and rotor wing aircraft, and the Max-Viz 2300 is available now for installation, including with Garmin and Rockwell Collins Pro Line avionics systems.
For more information, visit astronics.com. 30 • KING AIR MAGAZINE
Technically...
From Communiqué # ME-TP-003: Multi-Engine Turboprop Communiqué
Issued: April 2017
ATA 28 – Pressure Build-Up in the Fuel Tanks All
Flight crews learn very quickly in their flying careers not to open the fuel caps on the King Air when the fuel tanks are full; doing so risks you spending the rest of the day with fuel soaked clothes and the accompanying smell. Here are the reasons why the fuel rushes out of the fuel tanks and why the main fuel tank is pressurized under normal operations.
Fuel is generally stored in underground fuel tanks; this fuel tends to be cold. This fuel is then pumped into the airplane’s wing tanks and as the airplane sets out under the sun, the fuel will start to warm up causing thermal expansion. This fuel being trapped in the fuel tanks causes the internal pressure in the fuel tanks to rise. Opening the fuel caps under these conditions will relieve the pressure in the tanks an associated fuel stream comes with it. Even fuel stored above ground tanks can warm up while in the airplane’s fuel tanks causing the same effect. The only safe way to open the fuel caps is to do so when the main fuel tanks are less than full. This condition is more common on the main and auxiliary fuel tanks (for those models with aux
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