-- Mooney to Offer Leading Airborne Aviation Weather Solution on All New Production Aircraft --
Andover, MA. - February 26, 2004
WSI Corporation and Mooney Airplane Company today announced
the availability of WSI InFlight as a Standard Avionics Option
on all new Mooney aircraft. The FAA-certified WSI InFlight AV200
system will be offered in combination with the Garmin-AT Apollo
MX20 multifunctional display. New Mooney aircraft owners will
be able to select the option prior to completion of the airframe.
The system improves pilots’ situational awareness by delivering
WSI NOWrad® radar mosaic weather imagery and other mission
critical aviation weather information directly into the cockpit
during flight.
“WSI is extremely pleased that Mooney has added the
WSI InFlight system to its options list,” said Lynne
Wilson, Executive Vice President of WSI’s Aviation and
Marine Business Group. “Mooney has an excellent reputation
for quality aircraft and the addition of WSI’s cockpit
weather system shows a commitment to providing the best safety
options for today’s IFR pilot,” Wilson continued.
“Customers purchasing a new Mooney aircraft are looking
for performance. WSI InFlight augments a fantastic series
of airplanes with the critical information that allows owners
to get the most out of their investment.” Nicolas Chabbert,
Executive Vice President, Mooney Airplane Company added, “WSI
InFlight is the ultimate weather data-link on the market.
For our customers who want the best, there is no other option.”
Continued Chabbert, “That is why Mooney is offering
WSI InFlight as an option.”
A number of the Mooney Service Centers, including the Kerrville,
Texas location are already retrofitting existing Mooney aircraft
with WSI InFlight systems. Existing Mooney owners interested
in the system should contact their service center for more
information. A list of WSI InFlight Authorized Avionics dealers
is available on the web at http://www.wsi.com/solutions/aviation/inflight/locator.asp
The WSI InFlight system uses satellite technology to continuously
broadcast the most accurate, up-to-date weather and related
mission critical information to any aircraft equipped with
WSI's special purpose antenna and receiver. WSI InFlight delivers
the industry’s highest quality radar mosaic, WSI’s
NOWrad®, depicting areas of rain, snow and mixed precipitation,
along with echo tops and movement, graphical and textual surface
observations (METARs) and Terminal Area Forecasts (TAFs),
plotted SIGMETs and AIRMETs direct to the cockpit. WSI InFlight
builds on the strength of WSI’s Pilotbrief service,
trusted and used daily by thousands of aviation professionals
in corporate flight departments, FBO’s, major and regional
airlines, and FAA Flight Service Stations. WSI Pilotbrief®
was again voted the #1 weather briefing service in Professional
Pilot magazine’s annual reader poll for the fifth year
in a row.
About Mooney Airplane Company
Mooney Airplane Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mooney
Aerospace Group, Ltd. is a general aviation holding company,
located in Kerrville, Texas. Mooney currently sells three
models; the highest performing four-place single engine piston
powered aircraft, the Bravo DX, and its stablemates, the highly
rated Ovation2 DX, and the economical Ovation. Mooney is celebrating
is 50th Anniversary in Kerrville Texas this year, where it
has manufactured more than 10,000 aircraft which have been
delivered worldwide. Complete information about Mooney aircraft
is available at www.mooney.com.
About WSI Corporation
WSI Corporation is the world's leading provider of mission
critical weather-driven solutions for professionals in the
aviation, media and energy markets, and also serves officials
in government agencies at both the federal and state levels.
WSI’s Pilotbrief service, is trusted and used daily
by thousands of aviation professionals in corporate flight
departments, FBO’s, major and regional airlines, and
FAA Flight Service Stations. WSI Pilotbrief® was again
voted the #1 weather briefing service in Professional Pilot
magazine’s annual reader poll for the fifth year in
a row. WSI is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts with
offices in Birmingham, England, and is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Landmark Communications. The company can be found on the
web at http://www.wsi.com.
Contacts:
Nicolas Chabbert
Mooney Airplane Company
(830) 896-6000
nchabbert@mooney.com
Paul Devlin
WSI Corporation
(978) 983-6766
pdevlin@wsi.com
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