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Aviation History
1981
1981 - 0052.PDF
Sperry Update g2 A timely report of Sperry Flight Systems activities ^^^ in the airline, defense, space and general aviation markets. Beech 1900. Fokker F-27 to fly with Sperry. Sperry continues to briny advanced automatic ilighi control technology to the commuter airline market with a new dioita! system for the Beech 1900. ana the dual channel SPZ 600 system tor the Fokker F-27. Beech will offer two Speny options for its new turboprop 1900. the digital DFS-500 integrated autopilot flight director, and the flight director system alone The integrated system will provide, for the first time in a commuter aircraft, the high reliability and self-monitoring capability ol a digital system with reduced installation weight and volume Sperry's Avionics Division plans to deliver DFS-500 hardware prior to first test flights of the aircraft. ^'^; \ - F< ikker has chosen the SPZ bt >< '• system for future production of the turboprop F 27. It will provide Category il approach capability with two flight directors for commuter and low level maritime patrol operations Retrofit of the integrated dual channel system will be offered for existing F 27s following system certification in the aircraft late m 1981. Sperry digital flight instruments delivered to airline customers. Speny's Commercial Division has - shjpp-ed.\ihe-itFSt-production articles .'•'• i ' ' ents for commercial airliners for installation in Lufthansa's Boeing 737s The RD-SOOJ horizontal : situation'indicators, like the RD-800s delivered earlier for Pan American Airways Lockheed !. 101 Is. feature a digital microprocessor winch brings a new level of reliability, maintainability and simplicity to electromechanical cockpit displays. The microprocessor based indicator design has less power drain and allows low-density packaging, resulting in less heat buildup and longer instrument life. Sperry electronic displays aboard Strike Eagle F-15. ..'; Sperry's Defense arid/Space'-'" ' Systems Division is providing a se: of advanced electronic displ tvs for the rear cockpit of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Strike Eagle Advanced Fiyhtei Capability Demonstration -program.. - , . - ; / -., . - • -•••:. -.V- The Strike F.agle two seat version of the F 15 is designed to give the - aircraft'night and all-weather attack capability while retaining the full air-to air combat advantages of standard F 15s Speny s Strike Fayle aft cockpit display group includes four Integrated Multipurpose CRT displays for the navigator-weapons officer along with two Programmable Display Generators and an Electronic- Map Storage Unit. The all display gr< nip will let the Strike Eagle crew lake full advantage of high resolution capabilities in the new Hughes APG-03 synthetic aperture radar, plus low light TV and forward looking infrared sensors Digital Flight Guidance System aboard newly certified DC-9 u - 10. The first McDonnell Douglas DC () Super SO is now in service with Swissair following FAA certification with a Speny Digital Flight Guidance System (DKGS). The supei-qmer, fuel-efficient Super SO is the first airliner in commercial service with an all- digital integrated autopilot/flight director system incorporating extensive aut« >matic maintenance and performance monitoring '.. .capability.;" ^ i -V '.:..-'• /.!. .•' ; w, \ -; - The Super 80 soon will be FAA certified for automatic landing capability to Category Ilia weather minimum? (50 ft. decision height. 700 ft. runway visual range). Like all previous DC-9s. the Super 80 is certified for Operation by a two-pilot crew. McDonnell Douglas had announced 87 firm orders totalling more than $1 billion for the Super 80 at the time of delivery to Swissair. .. Sp@Hff iifj'gfe-pi!©!' fFR '••• : ' OK'd for AStar helicopter. Trie Aerospatiale AS-3511 AStar utility helicopter has been certified for full iFR single-pilot operation with a Speny HelCIS Helipilot automatic flight control system The latest in a line of Sperry helicoptei single pilot !FR " certifications dating back; to1975 -,-' gives the AStar hands-off automatic flight capability with dramatic reduction in pilot workload and fatigue Sperry Avionics Division single-pilot IFR stabilization and guidance systems have been certified on nine different helicopter models from five manufacturers. !a!k to us We're Sperry Flight Systems, a division of Sperry Corporation.Talk tn us. We'll listen. With us, listening is more than iust a word in an advertising slogan; it's part of our philosophy ot doing business. We understand huiv important i; is to Hsten. "'--. .--.-v.-;--v-.v*'-'-c..;'--;i''.'v,-f FLIGHT SYSTEMS PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85036
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