Dynon Avionics announced last week that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had approved a Supplemental Type Certificate for their D10A Electronic Flight Information System (EFIS) to be installed in certain certified aircraft.
The EFIS-D10A STC covers the Cessna 150, 152 and 172, and the Piper PA-28 and PA-38 series.
Over 15,000 D10As are already operating in recreational and amateur-built experimental (AB[E]) aeroplanes.
“For years, pilots of type certificated aircraft have been asking us for a way to install Dynon Glass Panel avionics in their airplanes," said Dynon president Robert Hamilton.
"We jumped at the opportunity to work with EAA and the FAA to make this novel STC approach possible with our EFIS-D10A. This is a breakthrough that can lead the way for many more possibilities.”
According to Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) chairman Jack Pelton, the STC was the result of co-operation between the regulator and the general aviation community.
“Everybody involved from EAA, Dynon, and the FAA were dedicated to the success of this inaugural project, made possible by EAA’s strong working relationship with FAA’s Small Airplane Directorate,” said Pelton.
“This STC process will allow aircraft owners to have the latest proven safety technology available in the cockpit at lower cost.”
Unique to this STC, EAA, Dynon, and the FAA worked together to allow the EFIS-D10A to be installed without the traditional Technical Standard Order (TSO) or Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) requirement. The D10A was flight tested in Oshkosh earlier this year in an EAA Cessna 172M.
The D10A is a full 101 mm Primary Flight Display (PFD) that includes attitude, airspeed, altimeter, magnetic heading, turn rate, inclinometer, g-meter, winds, and more.
For more information on the D10A STC, go to the Dynon Avionics website.