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Bombardier's Vision Flight Deck Enters Service On
Niki Lauda's New Global 5000 Jet By Eddy Metcalf |
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March 29, 2012 - Bombardier Aerospace announced that its
Vision Flight Deck entered service on schedule on a
Global 5000 jet. The aircraft was delivered to Formula 1
champion Niki Lauda, a longtime Bombardier customer,
during a special ceremony at Bombardier's Global
Completion Centre, in Dorval, Canada.
"The Vision Flight Deck is the realization of many years
of efforts with our avionics partner Rockwell Collins
and an industry first, featuring the implementation and
certification of Synthetic Vision imagery on a head-up
display (HUD)," said Steve Ridolfi, President Bombardier
Business Aircraft.
"We are thrilled to share this important milestone with
our longtime customer Niki Lauda, a pilot himself, who
will surely appreciate the enhanced experience of flying
a Global aircraft."
Bombardier Aerospace and Rockwell Collins are the first
to certify synthetic vision imagery on a HUD as part of
the Pro Line Fusion avionics system on the Vision Flight
Deck. The Vision Flight Deck for Global jets received
EASA certification on February 20, 2012, FAA
certification on February 29, 2012, and Transport Canada
(TC) certification on June 3, 2011. |
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"I am very
excited to be the first to own and fly a Global 5000 jet with
the Vision Flight Deck," said Niki Lauda. "Flying a Global
aircraft is an incomparable experience, and I'm convinced that
the new flight deck will not only meet but surpass my
expectations."
Three-time
Formula 1 World Champion Niki Lauda has a long history in
aviation. He was the founder of Air Lauda in 1979, and in 2003,
he founded FlyNiki, which is currently the second largest
airline in Austria. The Global 5000 jet is the latest in a
series of Bombardier business aircraft that Mr. Lauda has owned
and piloted during his career as an aviator. Until recently he
operated a Challenger 300 jet as his private aircraft, which he
frequently used to travel to Formula 1 races around the world
from his home base in Austria.
A
breakthrough in business aviation, the Vision Flight Deck is
designed to deliver a completely new cockpit experience. By
combining the best in technological advancements with superior
designer aesthetics, it provides pilots flying Bombardier Global
aircraft an unprecedented level of control and comfort. The
Vision Flight Deck introduces the Rockwell Collins Pro Line
Fusion avionics suite, providing an integrated flight deck to
ensure interoperability between systems.
Pro Line Fusion for the Vision Flight Deck on Global
aircraft features four high-resolution 15-inch diagonal
active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCD) arranged in a
T-shape working in concert with the head-up Guidance System
(HGS?), personalized formats of display information, an
electronic checklist, maps with graphical flight planning,
an integrated cursor control panel, a Synthetic-Enhanced
Vision System, paperless operation enabled by Dual
Electronics Charts, a Future Air Navigation System (FANS),
Controller-Pilot Datalink Communication (CPDLC), a Wide Area
Augmentation System (WAAS), Localizer Performance with
Vertical Guidance (LPV) and a MultiScan? Weather Detection
system.
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