Safe Flight’s AutoPower^® Available for the Bombardier Challenger CL850 Aircraft

White Plains, NY (Wednesday May 9, 2012) — Safe Flight Instrument Corporation of White Plains, New York announces that  AutoPower^®, Safe Flight’s Automatic Throttle System  is available on the Bombardier CL850* aircraft as a production option on the Bombardier assembly line as Service Bulletin D45150-SB-1.

The AutoPower^® System provides continuous thrust management during takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, approach, landing phases of flight and go-around. Fully integrated with existing avionics displays and controls, AutoPower^® features precision smooth speed and power control modes.  AutoPower^® components include a dedicated computer, two mode status display monitors and a modified throttle quadrant that includes the drive units and engage and disengage switches. All this capability will result in a seamless upgrade reduced pilot workload and smoother flight operations. In addition, an engine synchronization system feature can further improve the quiet cabin experience of the Challenger 850 aircraft.

Since pioneering AutoPower^® more than 50 years ago, Safe Flight has demonstrated unprecedented reliability on more than 9,000 corporate, commercial and military aircraft.  Safe Flight Instrument Corporation, a leader in aviation safety and flight performance systems, was founded in 1946.  Headquartered in White Plains, NY, the company pioneered the development of Stall Warning and Angle of Attack, Automatic Throttle Systems, Wind Shear Warning, and many other innovations in aircraft instrumentation, flight performance, and control systems for fixed-and rotary-winged aircraft.  Safe Flight products are installed on over two-thirds of the world’s aircraft – in the general aviation, commercial, and military sectors.

*Trademark of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries.