Appareo is excited to announce the release of Stratus Power Max, the latest addition to its acclaimed line of TSO-certified USB charging products. Stratus Power Max is designed to provide maximum power and versatility with dual USB-C connectors, delivering up to 60...
NEWS RELEASE Phoenix Heli-Flight Upgrades Fleet of Airbus Helicopters with Appareo’s New 4K Ultra HD Flight Data RecorderFARGO, North Dakota (March 8, 2022) — Phoenix Heli-Flight, a charter helicopter company based in Alberta, Canada, today announced plans to upgrade...
NEWS RELEASE Appareo Granted Part 27 STC AML for New 4K Ultra HD Flight Data RecorderFARGO, North Dakota (January 26, 2022) — Appareo today announced the certification of AIRS-400, its 4K ultra-high-definition Airborne Image Recording System. AIRS-400 has received a...
Appareo’s Flight Data Recorder AIRS-400 was recently featured in Vertical Magazine. Look for us on pages 68-69. Read the article here
Appareo offers the simplest and lowest-cost flight data monitoring solution to meet new US Forest Service (USFS) contract requirements. Part 135.607 requires every helicopter in USFS operations to be equipped with an approved flight data monitoring system (FDMS)...
Appareo’s AIRS-400 can do all of the data acquisition and recording to show compliance to a variety of ED-155 requirements by itself; however, to show full compliance to the standard, the camera needs to be hooked up to another module. We will further discuss why a...
At Appareo we get a lot of questions about ED-155. These questions are sometimes in reference to our recoverable data modules and other times in reference to our airborne image recording systems. ED-155 is the minimum operational performance specification for a...
NEWS RELEASE Appareo Announces 4K Ultra HD Flight Data Recorder with Cellular Data Offload FARGO, North Dakota (June 22, 2021) — Appareo today announced a new 4K ultra-high-definition Airborne Image Recording System (AIRS), model AIRS-400, that is equipped for...
Appareo’s Aircraft Communication Units (ACUs) are highly-capable, well-connected mobile computers for a broad range of aircraft types Earlier this month, Bell Textron Inc. announced the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the installation of an Appareo-developed...
A Few Thoughts on USB Device Interference in Aircraft Jim Karpowitz, Avionics Technician A few years back I attended an evening concert by a wonderful artist whose music I very much enjoy. That particular night, however, the person sitting next to me insisted on...
MYTH: If you have a solid safety management system, you don't need to monitor flight data. FACT: Even the best operators can benefit from a flight data monitoring program. There is a common misconception that safety management systems and tools like flight data...
In modern vehicles, people are more dependent than ever on the presence of a phone or tablet. Most new vehicles come with some sort of USB charging port that may even include USB communication to an in-vehicle infotainment system, allowing for streaming video,...