FAA Certifies Aspen Avionics's New VFR Flight Display

FAA Certifies Aspen Avionics’s New VFR Flight Display

Stephen Pope

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 08:37 PM ET

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Aspen Avionics VFR Flight Display

Key Takeaways:

Aspen Avionics has received FAA certification for its Evolution VFR primary flight display, making it the first glass panel upgrade specifically designed for pilots flying under visual flight rules.
The product targets VFR and non-current IFR pilots, a significant and previously underserved market segment looking for an affordable glass panel solution.
Priced at $4,995, the VFR PFD can be easily converted to IFR capability through a simple software upgrade.
It offers various optional features such as XM weather, traffic alerts, Stormscope lightning, synthetic vision (with IFR upgrade), and ADS-B capability, with shipping beginning this month.

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Aspen Avionics has received FAA certification for the VFR version of its Evolution primary flight display, billed as the first glass panel upgrade designed specifically for pilots flying under visual flight rules.

Why offer a VFR-only PFD? Aspen says its market research shows VFR pilots and non-current IFR pilots represent over 50 percent of the flying population. “This is a segment of the flying public that has been underserved with an affordable glass panel solution,” said John Uczekaj, Aspen president and CEO.