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October 17, 2006

Linux powers small plane “glass cockpit”

Filed under: tech — zeb @ 6:42 pm

Blue Mountain Avionics used real-time Linux to build an electronic flight information system (EFIS) or “glass cockpit” for experimental aircraft. The EFIS/One offers dozens of solid-state instruments, digital autopilot, an air data computer, and a built-in flight recorder.

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