NBAA 2008: October 2008 Archives

Avidyne invited me to come and see its new products in action at its NBAA booth last week. Tom Harper, Director of Marketing for Avidyne, showed off the the MLX770, which brings text messaging to general aviation, and the not-yet-officially-revealed IFD8000 15-inch twin glass displays with enhanced and synthetic vision systems. These are two very visual products, so I've created two videos for your viewing pleasure to see all the features on these new products.

IFD8000:


MLX770:

Bombardier unveiled its Learjet 85 cabin mock-up here at NBAA and I was invited to take a look inside the new Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics suite.

UPDATE: See our walk through video of the Learjet 85 cabin mock-up.

The business end of the first composite Bombardier aircraft features three 15.1" (38.4 cm) Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays (AMLCD), Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS), Dual automatic Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS), Integrated Flight Information System (IFIS) with electronic charts, One Class II Electronic Flight Bag (EFB), Synthetic Vision System for Situational Awareness (SVS), Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS), Dual Flight Management System (FMS) and a weather radar system.

Wow, that's a lot of alphabet soup! Take a look:

David Velupillai, marketing director for Airbus's executive and private aviation division, generously provided a tour of the Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ) for us yesterday. This particular A319, operated by Comlux (9F-AFK), is fully decked out. It's got a range of about 6,000 miles with room for 19. Take a look for yourself.

Come along as I explore the NBAA convention hall floor with my iPhone. I'm uploading photos live from my iPhone, so reload this page for updates. If there is anything you'd like to see in particular, please send me an email at flightblogger@gmail.com or @flightblogger me on Twitter. I'm going to be walking around until about 5:30-6:00 PM. Enjoy!

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Bombardier has its NBAA press conference scheduled for 1:00 PM ET. Follow it here.

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A350 XWB Prestige model at NBAA.

Hawker Beechcraft is holding a press conference for a new product announcement at 1:00 PM ET. It is expected that Hawker will unveil the new 450XP that was first reported here at FlightBlogger last week.

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Embraer Executive Jets is conducting its NBAA press conference at 11:00 AM ET.

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Gulfstream is set to announce its all-new clean sheet design for the G250 aircraft. The new super-midsize jet will replace the G200 in the Gulfstream product line. The G250 will feature the same cross-section as the G200, will be powered by twin Honeywell HTF7500-series turbofans and feature a scaled variant of the G550 wing.

The press conference is scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM ET.

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Honeywell provided a briefing at 5:00 ET.

Follow it here for liveblogged coverage. Honeywell presented its 2008-2018 market forecast and Embraer provided an update on the design of the Embraer 450/500 aircraft. Transcript after the jump.