Bendix/King by Honeywell KFD 840

Saturday, September 05, 2009 at 08:00 AM ET

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Bendix/King by Honeywell **KFD 840
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Key Takeaways:

The KFD 840 is a value-priced retrofit primary flight display from Bendix/King that gives pilots a great piece of glass, solid-state ADAHRS and outstanding situational awareness while letting them keep their existing navigator; to that end, the KFD 840 is designed to be compatible with the popular Garmin GNS 430 and GNS 530 navigators.

The KFD 840 has a no-nonsense approach to its job and displays all the pertinent flight data in a clear and concise way.

A weight and balance calculator makes loading calculations easy and quick.

Multiple nav pointers, airspeed and altitude bugs and even a minimums window help the pilot keep track of important targets.

A customizable checklist makes that important task paperless.

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