-- FAA issues Parts Manufacturer Approval for WSI Corporation’s AVX-5 enabling WSI InFlight™ weather information to be provided to the most popular Garmin displays --
Andover, MA - September 29, 2004
WSI Corporation today announces FAA certification of the WSI
InFlight Dash 5 system that provides award-winning WSI InFlight
cockpit weather service compatible with Garmin 500 and 400
series panel mounted display devices. Parts Manufacturer Approval
(PMA) issued by the Federal Aviation Authority is now effective
for the WSI AVX-5 Smart Connector. The Smart Connector, in
concert with the FAA Certified WSI InFlight AV200 receiver
is known as the WSI InFlight Dash 5 system (AV200-5) and delivers
industry leading 2 KM resolution WSI NOWrad® radar mosaics,
graphical and textual U.S. METARs via continuous satellite
broadcast to the popular Garmin displays.
The WSI InFlight Dash 5 system features a continuos ‘downlink’ from
a geosynchronos satellite, offering owners of Garmin 530/430
displays a superior option for cockpit weather information
than previously available. The WSI InFlight Dash 5 system
provides full coverage at any altitude in the contiguous
United States. WSI NOWrad imagery is the only radar mosaic
that is quality controlled by degreed meteorologists. The
resolution of WSI NOWrad is three times finer than other
options available for these displays. Additionally, because
the data-stream is continuously broadcast to the cockpit,
the latest weather information is always onboard the WSI
InFlight equipped aircraft.
“So many pilots who own a Garmin 530/430 have approached
us since the launch of WSI InFlight requesting compatibility
between the systems,” stated Ira Scharf, Vice President
of Product Management for WSI’s Aviation and Marine
Business Group. “It is gratifying to be responsive
to this loyal customer base and deliver a FAA certified solution
for their needs.”
WSI is currently fulfilling a large backorder for the WSI
InFight Dash 5 systems following a highly anticipated product
launch at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. New orders for WSI InFlight
Dash 5 systems will begin shipping within three weeks as
the backlog is cleared. Aircraft owners with an existing
Garmin 500 or 400 series device need simply to purchase and
install the WSI InFlight Dash 5 system with a WSI InFlight
Authorized Dealer, and then subscribe to WSI InFlight service
to receive data.
Pricing and Availability
Certified WSI InFlight AV200-5 systems are available today
through WSI InFlight Authorized Dealers. Pricing begins at
$5,690 MSRP, plus installation, for FAA certified WSI InFlight
AV200-5 systems. Non-certified WSI InFlight AV100-5 systems
are also available for customers with experimental aircraft.
Pricing begins at $4,190 MSRP for the AV100-5 systems. Orders
are being accepted today for all systems.
Additional information is available online at: http://www.wsi.com/fly/inflight/sitepromo530.asp
About WSI InFlight
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
the WSI InFlight antenna and receiver. WSI InFlight, named
a Research and Development Magazine Top One Hundred Innovation –2003,
delivers the industry’s highest quality radar mosaic,
WSI NOWrad®, directly 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, FBOs, 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 sixth
year in a row.
A list of WSI Authorized dealers is available online at:
http://www.wsi.com/solutions/aviation/inflight/locator.asp
About WSI Corporation
WSI Corporation is the world's leading provider of weather-driven
business solutions for professionals in the aviation,
media and energy markets, and multiple federal and state government
agencies. WSI is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts
with offices in Birmingham, England, and is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Landmark Communications.
Press Contact and Image/Photo Requests:
Paul Devlin
WSI Corporation
(978) 983-6766
pdevlin@wsi.com
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