The FAA continues to make it easier and less costly to bring advanced technology to the cockpits of light airplanes. The most recent example of this welcome trend comes in the form of an FAA policy statement that will allow aircraft owners to replace older vacuum-driven attitude indicators with more reliable electronic units.
FAA Makes It Easier To Replace Vacuum Attitude Indicators
Key Takeaways:
- The FAA has issued a new policy statement making it easier and less costly to bring advanced technology to light airplane cockpits.
- This policy specifically allows replacing vacuum-driven attitude indicators with more reliable electronic units as a "minor alteration" for most Part 23 airplanes under 6,000 pounds.
- The change aims to increase safety and modernize the legacy fleet, a move welcomed by aviation organizations, with certain caveats for the new electronic units like backup power and dedicated circuit breakers.
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