Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has purchased 16 high-tech Cessna 172 aircraft equipped with the Garmin G-1000 glass cockpit suite and the industry-leading automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) system. The acquisition makes Embry-Riddle the nation’s only university to combine the technically advanced aircraft cockpit suite and the ADS-B collision-avoidance system in its training fleet.
The large order also ensures that all students in Embry-Riddle’s flight program will be able to pilot these advanced aircraft during their flight training.
Embry-Riddle installed the FAA-standard ADS-B collision-avoidance system in its fleet in 2003 because it provides the extra margin of safety required for professional flight training. A large multifunction panel in the aircraft’s cockpit gives flight instructors and students real-time information on potential air traffic threats.
“We believe the Cessna 172 equipped with both the glass cockpit and ADS-B is the safest, most reliable, and most economical way to teach advanced flight technology,†says Frank Ayers, chair of the flight department at the university’s Daytona Beach, Fla., campus.
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The large order also ensures that all students in Embry-Riddle’s flight program will be able to pilot these advanced aircraft during their flight training.
Embry-Riddle installed the FAA-standard ADS-B collision-avoidance system in its fleet in 2003 because it provides the extra margin of safety required for professional flight training. A large multifunction panel in the aircraft’s cockpit gives flight instructors and students real-time information on potential air traffic threats.
“We believe the Cessna 172 equipped with both the glass cockpit and ADS-B is the safest, most reliable, and most economical way to teach advanced flight technology,†says Frank Ayers, chair of the flight department at the university’s Daytona Beach, Fla., campus.
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