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Brazil OKs Line of Fusion-equipped King Airs
By: Kerry Lynch
Caption: Beechcraft expects to hand over the first Fusion-equipped King Air, a 250, to a customer in the region imminently.
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Beechcraft has received approval from Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) for new King Airs equipped with the Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion cockpit and other cabin upgrades. The Fusion cockpit is standard on all production King Airs: the C90GTx, 250 and 350i/ER.  Beech expects to hand over the first of the Fusion-equipped Kings Airs, a 250, to a customer in the region soon.

“We’ve had both the King Air 350i and the 250 with Pro Line Fusion in Latin America for trade shows and demo flights, and customers have been enthusiastic about the investments we’ve made,” said Lannie O’Bannion, v-p of sales for Latin America and the Caribbean.

The new cockpit has three 14-inch displays with touchscreen interface, presets for ease of use and dual multi-sensor FMS. The flight deck also has synthetic vision.

Wi-Fi is now available on King Airs, and electronically dimmable window shades are among the other upgrades.

Brazilian approval for the upgrades follows similar approvals by both the FAA and European Aviation Safety Agency for all production King Airs.