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Aviation News Item: 01135
26th Jun 2009
Pro Line 21-Equipped Hawker 800XP Aircraft Upgrade Available
Source: fly-corporate.com
 A Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Localiser Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV) solution will be available this summer for all Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21-equipped Hawker 800XP aircraft.
The upgrade is a cooperative effort between Rockwell Collins and Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC). HBC's factory-owned aircraft service centres are now taking pre-orders and pre-scheduling aircraft for the installation.
By adding WAAS/LPV functionality, operators can fly more precision approaches with more than 1500 LPV approaches, reduce decision altitudes to as low as 200 feet AGL and visibility minimums to as low as one-half mile, and use GPS as primary means of navigation from take-off through approach.
The upgrade eliminates the need for a receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM) prediction report, which reduces pilot workload. It also enables more "direct-to" operations providing significant fuel savings and creates a glide path for every runway served by GPS for CAT I-like precision.
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