BRISTOW ACADEMY INTRODUCES GLASS COCKPIT TECHNOLOGY TO R44 TRAINING FLEET
Bristow Academy Inc., a division of Bristow Group Inc., on Aug. 8 announced that its first four R44 Raven 1 training helicopters with the Garmin 500H electronic flight display have been introduced into service.
Bristow Academy trainees flying this R44 aircraft will be using dual 6.5-inch LCDs, mounted side-by-side in the bezel, with both Primary Flight Display (PFD) and Multifunction Display (MFD) capabilities directly in the field of view to help streamline instrument scanning.
Real-time True Airspeed calculations and selectable Winds Aloft data – as well as aircraft ground speed, GPS active waypoint, distance-to-waypoint and desired/actual track are just a few of the features available in the cockpit.
R44 glass cockpit