Yingling Aviation Continues Digital Flight Deck Installations

Yingling Aviation, an FBO and MRO center located at Wichita’s Mid-Continent Airport, has recently completed the installation of a new digital panel on a Cessna Model 425 Conquest I which includes dual Garmin G600 avionics coupled with an S-TEC 2100 digital flight control system (DFCS) autopilot.

“With our broad experience installing Garmin G600 avionics in Caravans for Federal Express, we are well aware of the enhanced safety, reduced pilot workload and maintenance costs and the increased resale value this equipment represents,” says Bob Gallop, Yingling’s vice president, repair station operations. “We’ve also completed several G600 installations on Cessna Model 425 turboprops, but this is the first to be coupled with the S-TEC 2100 autopilot.”

Yingling removed the Model 425’s original ARC 1000 integrated flight control system (IFCS) and upgraded the panel with the installation of a new GTN 650 and a GTN 750 touch navigation systems, replacing Garmin 430 and 530 units.

“Not only is the panel more attractive and efficient, and far less cluttered, it places a great deal more information at the pilots’ fingertips,” says Gallop. “These installations also reduced the overall weight of the aircraft by more than 100 pounds, mostly from the removal of wiring and remotely-mounted equipment.”