Aircraft systems and services provider Mecaer Aviation Group (MAG), in cooperation with the VanAllen Group, has completed the first Leonardo AW139 equipped with the newly-certified Honeywell Primus Epic Phase 8 avionics for a U.S.-based customer. MAG also installed the first Honeywell RDR-7000 weather radar system on the intermediate twin-turbine helicopter. as well as provisions for the Skytrac SDL-350 onboard server and satcom system.
“Along with the interior, MAG customized the AW139 with exterior cameras, sun visors, crew iPads, and additional USB charging points,” said Massimo Pugnali, president of MAG’s Bensalem, Pennsylvania Part 145 MRO and completion facility.
The AW139 completion also included the installation of a VVIP luxury cabin interior with Mecaer’s Silens sound-damping interior panels and proprietary I-Feel in-flight entertainment enhanced lounge and cabin management system. Silens (speech interference level enhanced noise system) interior panels provide limousine-style privacy and a cabin quiet enough for conversation without headsets. The I-Feel cabin system features Wi-Fi, moving maps, audio/video functions, electrochromic window controls, and ambient light controls, all of which are controllable from a user’s paired smart device or smartwatch.