Major Upgrade to Flight Display Moving Map

Flight Display Systems announced significant upgrades to its popular Flight Display Moving Map product, including a stunning new worldwide satellite image database and increased video quality. The Flight Display Moving Map remains priced at $6,890 (RS-232 version) and $8,594 (ARINC 429 version). These upgrades are shipping with all new purchases of either model.

"These free upgrades demonstrate our continued commitment to delivering the highest value to our customers," said David Gray, President of Flight Display Systems.

Graphics from NASA’s “Blue Marble” satellite image database are included, giving the maps a rich, accurate true color representation of Earth and ocean depths. These high-quality images are stored on the new 8GB solid-state hard drive, which represents a 200% increase in storage space.

Video quality was further enhanced by upgrading to an XGA output (1024x768 pixels). The crisp graphics are a 64% improvement from the previous SVGA graphics (800x600 pixels). Flight Display Systems also enhanced the EMI and video filters to expand the hardware installation durability.

Three new in-flight information screens have also been added. The World Clocks feature allows customers to select and display the local time from six cities around the world. A Relative City Locator screen shows nearby major cities relative to the aircraft location, and the Dashboard Data Display lists pertinent flight information nearby a realistic aircraft icon.

Existing FD200CPU-7 or FD200CPU-8 customers should contact their avionics dealer for information about upgrading to these new features.