Universal Avionics announced today that Kansas City Air Center (KCAC) of Olathe, Kansas was named Universal Avionics Systems Corporation's Top Dealer for 2006.

Paul DeHerrera, Vice President of Marketing and Product Support for Universal Avionics in announcing the award said, "We are extremely proud of KCAC, they are new to our team, yet in one year have excelled in sales for 2006 with their incredibly successful PC-12 upgrade program.”
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Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted Kansas City Aviation Center a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) to install Universal Avionics' EFI-890R displays on Pilatus PC-12 single-engine turboprop aircraft.

The Johnson County Airport-based (OJC) service center partnered with Universal Avionics in a six-month pilot program to retrofit triple EFI-890R displays on a PC-12. With the FAA certification complete, Kansas City Aviation Center is now scheduling aircraft for the upgrade. The PC-12 is the leading selling turboprop and has more than 600 units in operation.

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KCAC pilots a course for soaring sales--Aircraft cockpit retrofit work could land $60M
Kansas City Business Journal - by Chris GrenzStaff Writer

Kansas City Aviation Center anticipates $30 million to $60 million in sales of an instrument panel retrofit it will offer for one of the world's best-selling airplanes.

The Olathe-based aircraft sales and service company plans to build a $1.25 million facility at the Johnson County Executive Airport and hire perhaps 15 employees to accommodate the retrofit program, which it will market to owners of the Pilatus PC-12.

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Kansas City Aviation Center (KCAC) and Universal Avionics announced a joint program to retrofit triple EFI-890R EFIS displays into the Pilatus PC-12 single-engine turboprop. The PC-12 has been the leading selling turboprop for the past few years and over 600 units have been sold worldwide. KCAC will hold the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the installations.

The EFI-890R displays are 8.9-inch diagonal, high-resolution displays and will be fully integrated with the existing avionics in the PC-12. The displays offer advanced technology and display features such as Synthetic Vision, Aeronautical Charts, Up-linked weather, TAWS, Video and a host of other emerging applications. These features will modernize the cockpit to improve situational awareness and add to the overall safety of each flight.

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Pilatus Announces Record Breaking Year in PC-12 Sales

Citing 2005 as the best year for PC-12 single engine business turboprop sales since the inception of the program in 1994. Pilatus Aircraft Ltd announced today that the company delivered 80 PC-12 business turboprop aircraft to retail customers around the world. The 80 deliveries were comprised of 61 aircraft in North America, 10 in Europe, 4 in South Africa, 2 in Australia, 2 in South America and 1 in Russia.