25 February 2013
GippsAero has received EASA certification for the installation of a single Aspen EFD1000 PFD system into GA8 and GA8-TC 320 Airvan aircraft.
The Aspen EFD1000 PFD allows for integration with GPS and navigation sources such as the Garmin Touch Navigators GTN 750 and GTN 650.
For IFR aircraft a co-requisite of this installation is the requirement for a standby attitude indicator. GippsAero installs the Mid Continent 4300-411 electric attitude indicator with battery back up.
According to Aspen, the Aspen EFD1000 was the first EFIS to be fitted to the GA8 and allows for the retention of the standby airspeed indicator & altimeter in the same location as used in the traditional “six pack”.
GippsAero has one aircraft with the Aspen EFD 1000 Pro installation already positioned at Cranfield in United Kingdom.
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