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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.jets.dk/cs/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>General Aviation</title><link>http://www.jets.dk/cs/forums/15/ShowForum.aspx</link><description>Questions about General Aviation</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60526.2668)</generator><item><title>glass cockpits - questions for avionics systems integrators</title><link>http://www.jets.dk/cs/forums/thread/3303.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:04:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a23efcf1-9e75-4ff9-be18-cd9cb68b9485:3303</guid><dc:creator>tiffany_sands</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.jets.dk/cs/forums/thread/3303.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.jets.dk/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=15&amp;PostID=3303</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt 0.6in"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Greetings,&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt 0.6in"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;I am a consultant/writer who is working on a systems integration project for glass cockpits, and am &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;interested in receiving feedback from avionics integrators who have installed glass cockpit systems.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt 0.6in"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;What aircraft received the retrofit/upgrade to glass cockpit?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt 0.6in"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;What systems have you installed (PFD, MFD, other)?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt 0.6in"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;What brands (Garmin, Avidyne, Honeywell, Sagem Avionics, etc.)?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt 0.6in"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Why did your customer select that brand?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt 0.6in"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Did the company/brand provide adequate installation and integration instructions?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt 0.6in"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;What third-party avionics components did the system need to interface with?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt 0.6in"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;What challenges did you face when installing and integrating the components?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt 0.6in"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;What advice would you offer to others or new aircraft mechanics who will be performing such integrations?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt 0.6in"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Is there anything else you'd like to share?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt 0.6in"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;Thank you,&lt;br /&gt;-Tiffany&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>