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FEBRUARY 2012
EN ROUTE
Caroline Daniels Elected as the First Female Chairman of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association
The Board of Directors of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has elected San Francisco business leader, Caroline Daniels, as Chairman of the Board. Ms. Daniels previously served as GAMA’s Vice Chair and as Chairman of both the Safety Affairs and Training Committee
and Communications Committee, and will serve as the organ- ization’s first female Chairman.
Ms. Daniels, Chair- man and CEO of ATP® (Aircraft Technical Publishers), is widely recognized by the aviation industry as a pioneer of tech- nology-enabled safety
information management systems and is dynamically involved in industry affairs. ATP is a global knowledge services company, providing safety and compliance information for the aviation market.
Daniels is also a Trustee for Embry Riddle Aero- nautical University, serves on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco-based Academy of Art University, is Co-Chair of the Northern California Chapter of Women Corporate Directors, and is a member of the World Entrepreneurship Forum and •the World Presidents Organiza-
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A Avidyne Digital Autopilots Certified for Piper PA-46
vidyne Corporation has The DFC100 is a plug-and-play announced that it has replacement for the existing S-TEC received Technical Standard 55X autopilot currently used in
Order (TSO) and Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval of the DFC90 autopilot for Entegra- equipped Piper PA-46 Matrix and Mirage aircraft, as well as TSO and STC approval of the DFC100 autopilot for Release 9 (R9)-equipped Piper PA-46 Matrix aircraft.
The attitude-based DFC90 is a plug-and-play replacement for the existing rate-based S-TEC 55X autopilot currently used in Entegra- equipped PA-46 Matrix and Mirage aircraft. The Mirage certification is the first in which the DFC90 is using dual Primary Flight Display (PFD) and Air Data & Attitude Heading Reference System (ADAHRS) inputs. The Matrix has a single-PFD/ ADAHRS configuration.
Piper Matrix aircraft that have been upgraded to Avidyne’s Release 9 integrated flight deck system. The attitude-based DFC100 utilizes both ADAHRS inputs from the R9 system’s dual Integrated Flight Displays (IFDs) for an even higher level of redundancy and safety.
“With thousands of hours on Entegra and R9 equipped Cirrus aircraft, the DFC90 and DFC100 are already well proven, and customers have continued to be delighted with their performance,” said Patrick Herguth, Avidyne’s Chief Operating Officer. “Now we are expanding the market for these safety-enhancing DFC-Series autopilots to include our PA-46 Matrix and Mirage customers.”