| "How safe is it?" Along with "How much
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| | your cockpit. For a small monthly fee,
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| does it cost?" this is a question we
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| | you can also receive NEXRAD radar and
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| often hear when someone is considering
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| | additional weather products that promote
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| flight training as an option for
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| | additional weather avoidance capability.
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| depleting his or her discretionary
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| | Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT):
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| income. Our industry has experienced a
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| | The KMH 880 Multi-Hazard Awareness System
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| marked reduction in overall accidents and
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| | combines traffic and terrain avoidance
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| statistically, a 27.8% reduction in the
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| | features in one unit. Combined with the
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| most recent 7 years! During this same
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| | KDR 510 and displayed on the KMD 550, you
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| time period General Aviation fatal
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| | can have all the situational awareness
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| accidents dropped 32.6% to just over 1
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| | available to ensure an up-to-the-second
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| fatality for every 100,000-flight hours.
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| | picture of your flight situation.
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| Of these accidents, 80% are either
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| | Workload Reduction: The KMD 550
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| partially or completely pilot induced,
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| | Multi-Function Display (MFD) lets you
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| with weather related accidents and
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| | spend less time looking at your
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| controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)
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| | instruments and more time flying your
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| accounting for the majority of
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| | aircraft. The system gives you the
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| fatalities.
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| | information you need without added
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| So what is the industry doing to address
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| | clutter, all while reducing the time
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| the issue of pilot errors?
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| | required to manage each safety system.
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| Bendix/King has taken the bull by the
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| | Along with its capability to display
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| horns and addressed this challenge with
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| | traffic, weather, terrain and moving map
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| several new avionics products, and Cessna
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| | information, the KMD 550 also provides a
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| has taken the next step by including the
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| | wealth of reference information to the
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| Bendix/King advanced avionics package in
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| | pilot including airports, NDBs,
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| their aircraft.
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| | intersections, VORs, special-use
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| Situational Awareness: With its moving
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| | airspace, victor airways, rivers, roads,
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| map and IFR approach capability, the
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| | lakes, cities and towers. When interfaced
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| KLN94 GPS provides added safety through
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| | to the KLN 94, the KMD 550 can also
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| increased situational awareness. This GPS
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| | display holding patterns, procedure turns
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| with its full color screen is as easy to
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| | and DME arcs for even greater situational
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| operate, as it is to view.
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| | awareness. Most importantly, this MFD is
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| Weather: Bendix/King Data Link Weather
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| | simple to use and sports a bright,
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| features a state-of-the-art data link
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| | razor-sharp display!
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| system to bring textual and graphical
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| | So, how much safer can General Aviation
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| weather to your cockpit with a high
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| | become? It seems to me that the sky's the
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| speed, high bandwidth system. With the
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| | limit! Who would have guessed that
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| KDR 510, weather information (including
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| | today's General Aviation aircraft would
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| METARs, TAFs, and PIREPs) is
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| | have these capabilities? And I suppose
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| automatically updated and displayed on
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| | the question follows . . . "What else is
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| your KMD 550 (multi-function display) in
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| | possible?
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