Night And Fog Vision For All

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

Forward Vision has made progress with its low-cost (read: $20,000) Forward-Looking Infra Red (FLIR) Camera for GA airplanes. The system has been around for a over a year but is soon to be field-approved on certified airplanes and STC’d for the King Air C90. More STCs will follow. A FLIR lets the pilot see through fog or darkness and display it on an LCD in the cockpit. ” i’ve=”” been=”” in=”” solid=”” imc=”” but=”” able=”” to=”” see=”” trees=”” on=”” the=”” lake=”” shore=”” miles=”” away=”” flir,”=”” said=”” pat=”” farrell=”” of=”” forward=”” vision.=”” system=”” not=”” only=”” gives=”” you=”” a=”” real-time=”” visual=”” accompaniment=”” your=”” instrument=”” approach,=”” it’s=”” pretty=”” good=”” traffic-awareness=”” too.=”” “heat=”” signatures=”” from=”” aircraft=”” engines=”” show=”” up=”” brightly=”” says=”” farrell.=”” “i=”” always=”” them=”” there=”” before=”” i=”” do=”” with=”” my=”” eyes.”<="" p="">

Forward Vision has made progress with its low-cost (read: $20,000) Forward-Looking Infra Red (FLIR) Camera for GA airplanes. The system has been around for a over a year but is soon to be field-approved on certified airplanes and STC’d for the King Air C90. More STCs will follow. A FLIR lets the pilot see through fog or darkness and display it on an LCD in the cockpit. ” i’ve=”” been=”” in=”” solid=”” imc=”” but=”” able=”” to=”” see=”” trees=”” on=”” the=”” lake=”” shore=”” miles=”” away=”” flir,”=”” said=”” pat=”” farrell=”” of=”” forward=”” vision.=”” system=”” not=”” only=”” gives=”” you=”” a=”” real-time=”” visual=”” accompaniment=”” your=”” instrument=”” approach,=”” it’s=”” pretty=”” good=”” traffic-awareness=”” too.=”” “heat=”” signatures=”” from=”” aircraft=”” engines=”” show=”” up=”” brightly=”” says=”” farrell.=”” “i=”” always=”” them=”” there=”” before=”” i=”” do=”” with=”” my=”” eyes.”<="" p="">

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