February 1st, 2012
NULITEs are a revolutionary lighting system for aircraft instruments. They give the same lighting appearance as internal lighting kits at a fraction of the cost. NULITEs have a special bezel that focuses light toward the instrument, preventing light from reflecting into the pilot’s eyes. When sandwiched between the instrument and panel, NULITEs reduce glare and “hotspots” by concentrating 60% of the light on the upper half of the instrument.
INSTALLATION MADE EASY
No special tools or equipment are required. NULITEs can be installed by anyone in just a few minutes; a simple log book entry is made by any certified pilot or mechanic.
NULITEs are wired into any existing dimming system without the need for extra circuits, inverters, or remote boxes.
If you would like to know more about NULITEs or would like some installed, contact Spirit Avionics at 614.237.4271 or email sales@spiritavionics.com.
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January 30th, 2012
Spirit Avionics Ltd. has successfully completed the avionics design and engineering effort for the U.S. Navy’s F-5N adversary aircraft Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) upgrade demonstration / evaluation program. The COTS avionics technology will be installed and reviewed to examine the feasibility of outfitting the Navy’s F-5N fleet with COTS products to mitigate weather related mishaps, controlled flight into terrain and midair collisions.
The upgrade includes a complete cockpit instrument panel redesign utilizing the Garmin GTN-650 WAAS GPS / Nav / Com unit and the Sandel SN 3500 Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicator interfaced with the Garmin GDL 69 XM Weather Receiver, Avidyne TAS-620 Traffic Awareness System and an Agilynx Lynx Series 1553 / Arinc 429 digital databus converter.
The President of Spirit Avionics, Rick Ochs comments, ” Our team is very proud to assist the U.S. Navy in bringing advanced technology to a magnificent legacy fighter aircraft. This program will allow the F-5N to continue to serve the active duty forces in adversarial and Top Gun training missions for many years to come.
If you would like to know more about this program, please contact Spirit Avionics at 614.237.4271 or email sales@spiritavionics.com.
Spirit Avionics, located in Columbus, Ohio is a veteran owned certified FAA repair station with full avionics service, installation and engineering capabilities.
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January 25th, 2012
Spirit Avionics would like to introduce are first item of the week! Kicking it off for us is the Voice Flight System VFS101.
www.voiceflight.com/content/demonstration
The VFS101 addresses two significant shortcomings of the Garmin GNS 430W and 530W: the tedious process of waypoint entry using the GPS knobs, and the lack of Victor airway support. The VFS101 solves these two issues using revolutionary and patented speech-recognition algorithms that deliver exceptional accuracy and speed.
The VFS101 uses the aviation industry’s standard ICAO phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc.) to allow the pilot to spell out waypoints and enter them into the aircraft’s GPS navigation systems many times faster than can be done can using the GPS control knobs or touchscreen. Also, unlike touch-screen based solutions, the voice interface is unaffected by aircraft turbulence.
The VFS101 meets the rigorous safety requirements of FAA certification. Manual control of the GPS units is always available should any difficulties be encountered with the VFS101.
The VFS101 is the first speech-recognition system to receive certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The Supplemental Type Certificate supports installation on all aircraft under 6,000 lbs. Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW) which are equipped with single or dual Garmin GNS 530W and GNS 430W GPS navigation units.
If you would like to know more about Voice Flight or would like one installed, contact Spirit Avionics at 614.237.4271 or email sales@spiritavionics.com .
http://www.voiceflight.com/
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March 18th, 2011
Spirit Avionics received word this week that we have won the bidding process for the annual ODOT Avionics contract. This contract will start on May 1, 2011 and run through April 30, 2012 and covers the entire fleet of 27 aircraft. Spirit Avionics will be the sole provider of Avionics upgrades, parts and service for these aircraft for the entire year.
We are all very proud and excited to be bringing this business back home to Columbus.
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February 11th, 2011
Universal Avionics recently released a new marketing memo declaring generous new trade in allowances for upgrades. Here is a summary of the incentives directly from the marketing memo.
- Bonus trade-in allowances for existing Universal Avionics FMS customers of up to $20,000 off a new WAAS/SBAS-FMS.
- Bonus trade-in credit for operators of competitors’ FMS equipment to be applied toward the list price off a new WAAS/SBAS-FMS system.
- Up to $100,000 trade-in allowance good toward a suite of EFI-890R Flat Panel Displays.
Call us today to learn more about this program.
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February 10th, 2011
We just received notification that the Federal Aviation Administration has nominated Spirit Avionics for the prestigious Best of the Best Small Business of the Year award for 2010. Our nomination is a direct result of our proven efficiency, expertise and commitment on the King Air B300 Flight Inspection Fleet’s interior enhancement upgrade program.
This was a very welcome surprise and we are all very humbled and honored to receive this nomination.
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February 7th, 2011
Spirit Avionics was featured in this month’s Avionics News Magazine’s “What’s New” editorial on page 74. The feature describes the FAA King Air B300 prototype completion performed by Spirit Avionics, Lane Aviation and Tritex Air.
We really want to thank those at Avionics News for running this article for us. We really appreciate it!
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January 14th, 2011
If your aircraft was manufactured in 2006, then chances are you are coming out of factory warranty this year. How will you budget for unknown avionics failures? One super easy way is to purchase a Rockwell Collins CASP or Honeywell HAPP avionics warranty from Spirit Avionics. These warranties typically cost around the same amount of money as a single EFIS display and transponder exchange +/-.
You can purchase these warranties directly from Rockwell Collins or Honeywell but you WILL pay full list price. If you purchase these warranties through Spirit Avionics, you’ll get the exact same warranty (we buy them from Rockwell Collins and Honeywell) at a generous discount. As an authorized dealer for both companies we get a discount off the list price for these warranties and pass the savings on to you.
For additional savings, if you have Rockwell Collins equipment and you go straight onto CASP warranty off of your factory warranty they also give you a 10% “Continuous Coverage” discount. Also, Rockwell Collins is currently offering special “promotional platform” pricing on: Challenger 300/604, Falcon 50EX/2000, Gulfstream G100/Astra SPX, G200, Lear 60, Hawker 800XP and Beechjet 400A.
These CASP and HAPP warranties are not limited to aircraft just coming off of factory warranty either. They can be purchased at any time. All we need to get started is your company name, aircraft info and expected hours flown in the next 12 months.
Don’t hesitate to take advantage of these special offerings through our CASP and HAPP program. Call Randy at 614-237-4271 (or 1-866-AVIONICS) ext 105 today.
CASP Hawker 800XP CASP Falcon 2000 CASP Falcon 50EX CASP Challenger 300 CASP Challenger 604 CASP Gulfstream G200 CASP Gulfstream G100 CASP Astra SPX CASP Lear 60 CASP Beechjet 400A
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January 14th, 2011
The Aircell equipment arrives today to upgrade our customer’s Lear 60. We’ll be removing an older Thrane and Thrane system for this upgrade. The Aircell system will be a huge upgrade for our customer in both service and product. We should have it wrapped up in a week to 10 days.
If you are looking for an Aircell upgrade, please call Randy in our sales department at 614-237-4271 (or 1-866-AVIONICS) ext. 105.
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January 5th, 2011
To further enhance our services that we provide to our customers, we’ve recently purchsed a new Nav Aids RVSM pitot static adapter kit that will allow us to perfom RVSM / Pitot / Static checks on Falcon 50, 900 and 2000 model aircraft.
Please call today to speak to one of our avionics professionals if you are interested in us providing this service to you.
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