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HalfAdthe satellite phone. Here, you can dial a number using the keypad and make the call. The phone audio comes through the audio panel and into your headset. I’ve used this feature extensively to call home to California from over Europe or call ahead to the destination to talk with a handler. There is also a handset in the cabin that passengers can use to make calls. The system also accepts incoming calls, which are presented with an alert message on the MFD and an audible tone in the cockpit.HF, or high frequency radio, with SELCAL, or selective calling, is available in the Phenom 300 as well. On a recent flight from Newfoundland, Canada to Santa Maria in the Azores Island of the North Atlantic, I used the HF radio to communicate with Gander, New York, and Santa Maria oceanic control centers. SELCAL allows the controllers to alert the pilot of a particular airplane when they have a message to pass on, so that the pilot need not listen to the chatter and static on the HF during the entire flight. A light on the glareshield illuminates and an aural “SELCAL” alert is used to alert the pilot that the controller wants to speak with him or her.The synthetic vision on the Phenom 300 is similar to that on other G1000-equipped airplanes, providing a flight path vector, forward-looking terrain, and “pathways,” or highway-in-the-sky boxes to fly through. Of all of these, the most useful for me is the flightMAINTENANCE• All scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance by our friendly, experienced techniciansNortheast Air Inc.• Qualified to work on Citation, KingAir, Twin Commander, and PilatusAvionics• Legacy: partial and full glass cockpit completions• Garmin GTN650 and GTN750 installations• XM Weather, traffic and mode S upgradesinfo@northeastair.comwww.northeastair.com Portland Jetport (KPWM) MaineCRS #FTUR030E12 • TWIN & TURBINEOCTOBER 2011embraer photo