Beechcraft Corporation (Booth V029) here on Tuesday announced it has received FAA and EASA type certifications for the new Pro Line Fusion-equipped Beechcraft King Air C90GTx turboprop. All current production models of the King Air are thus available with the new Rockwell Collins touchscreen-based avionics as standard equipment, the Textron Aviation subsidiary said. Pilot training is offered at Textron's TRU Simulation+Training facility near Tampa, Florida.

Pro Line Fusion for the King Air is the first full touchscreen flight display system in civil aviation. It uses three 14-inch displays. Capabilities include: touchscreen checklists; graphic touchscreen flight planning; high-resolution synthetic vision with airport “dome” graphics; presets to reconfigure all three displays with a single touch; dual multi-sensor flight management systems; and automatic wireless database and chart uploads. The architecture is said to be open and scalable for future upgrades and mandates.