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BendixKing AeroVue: Cursor-Driven EFIS

The suite for the King Air has three high-resolution 12-inch color LCD screens. There's pilot and copilot primary flight displays and a multifunction display. The displays are instant-on and the whole system comes up ready in roughly 20 seconds. The screens have multilayer anti-reflective coating that permits a pretty wide viewing angle-as much as 80 degrees. They simply have to be high performers for big cockpits and the are. There's a dedicated autopilot controller directly above the MFD, plus two PFD controllers.

Larry Anglisano
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It took a few years for Bendix-King to earn an STC for its AeroVue retrofit glass cockpit for B200King Airs, but that’s no surprise. Without question, the STC work was a major effort. The AeroVue is a complex system with a three-axis autopilot/flight control system and automation that’s well-suited for business jets—which is where the system was born.

But the challenges aren’t over. The King Air avionics retrofit market is dominated by Garmin, which has been populating the G1000 system in the older King Air fleet, in impressive numbers, for a number of years.

Larry Anglisano

Editor in Chief Larry Anglisano has been a staple at Aviation Consumer since 1995. An active land, sea and glider pilot, Larry has over 30 years’ experience as an avionics repairman and flight test pilot. He’s the editorial director overseeing sister publications Aviation Safety magazine, IFR magazine and is a regular contributor to KITPLANES magazine with his Avionics Bootcamp column.