Meggitt Waves MAGIC Wand Over More Instrument Panels

Latest victory for Meggitt Avionics is the fitting of its MAGIC electronic flight instrument systems (EFIS) to the popular Grand Renaissance 690A Twin Commander aircraft.

The equipment will be available for retrofit under the Renaissance Twin Commander program that virtually remanufactures and upgrades the venerable but popular twin.

Meggitt's MAGIC is standard equipment on the PT6-powered New Piper Malibu Meridian aircraft. It is flying on more than 80 to date, and Meggitt has supplied over 100 shipsets to the Vero Beach, Florida manufacturer to meet a bolstered orderbook of 140-plus new aircraft. New Piper Aircraft ramped up production and delivery during 2001 to meet increased demand.

Fairchild Dornier recently chose MAGIC for an upgrade program for its Merlin and Metro regional aircraft. The program is a critical step in the long-term support of in-service aircraft, since it addresses reliability and support issues of the older electromechanical instruments, the company said.

"We have been 18 months to two years ahead of our competition with MAGIC and we foresee a terrific retrofit potential with some 175,000 general aviation aircraft flying in the U.S. alone," Terry Twigger, CEO of parent company Meggitt plc., told Show News.