It looks as though LCD flight displays will be coming to the cockpit of Bombardier’s Global Express sooner than many thought. Honeywell announced that the Canadian business jet builder has selected its DU-875 liquid crystal display upgrade as an aftermarket replacement for the Global’s original Primus 2000XP CRT screens. The switch will allow Global Express and Global 5000 operators who purchase the upgrade to add electronic charts, XM graphical weather and video to the displays.
Because the DU-875 installation involves a display swap and not a complete cockpit retrofit, aircraft downtime will be relatively short compared with a complete cockpit makeover and additional pilot training won’t be needed, Honeywell noted.
Bombardier announced last year that new Global Express XRSes and Glo-bal 5000s will receive a suite of Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics featuring 15-inch-diagonal LCD flight displays, but the changeover won’t happen until 2011. Global Express operators have been asking for a display change for years to give them the advanced capabilities that pilots flying many competitors’ jets take for granted.
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