As Honeywell’s Falcon 900 equipped with the new EASy II avionics upgrade flew solidly down the glideslope to Runway 23 at Morristown Airport in New Jersey, the two pilots and I (sitting in the jump seat) could see a clear view of the outside world on the PFD’s SmartView synthetic-vision system (SVS) display. Outside the world was murky white and it stayed that way down to minimums. Inside the cockpit, the pilots had all the information they needed to make a safe approach to the fog-shrouded runway, including SVS, a head-up display, Honeywell’s SmartRunway and the approach chart front and center on the MFD.
EASy II is a major upgrade from Dassault Falcon’s original EASy cockpit configuration based on Honeywell Primus Epic avionics. New functionality for EASy II adds features that business jet pilots have been longing for (and many that have long been available in the Part 23 world). The upgrades include SVS, satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) approaches, ADS-B out, required navigation performance authorization required (RNP AR) capability, auto descent mode, SmartRunway (Raas), XM WX graphical weather, electronic charts, FMS improvements, autothrottle takeoff and go-around improvements and more.
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