EASA Issues First STC For Aspen EFD1000

May 19, 2009
STC authorizes installation of EFD1000 Primary Flight Display into Cessna 206 Series aircraft.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- Aspen Avionics Inc. announces that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued the first European Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Aspen products. This STC authorizes installation of the EFD1000 Primary Flight Display (PFD) into Cessna 206 series aircraft.

The STC was developed by Avionics Integration & Engineering Corporation, an EASA-certified Design Organization based in Switzerland. Rights to use this STC are available to qualified EASA Part 145 organizations.

"The European market continues to be very important to Aspen," says Doug Cayne, Aspen Avionics VP of Marketing. "We are actively working with our European dealers and EASA-certified Design Organizations to assure prompt availability of a broad range of STCs for our customers in EASA-member countries."