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...
Appareo Granted Part 27 STC AML for New 4K Ultra HD Flight Data Recorder
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 Flight Data Recorder AIRS-400 Featured in Vertical Magazine
Appareo’s Flight Data Recorder AIRS-400 was recently featured in Vertical Magazine. Look for us on pages 68-69. Read the article here
Easiest FDM Compliance for US Forest Service Mandate 135.607
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)...
How Appareo’s AIRS-400 can comply with ED-155
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...
Understanding ED-155: What you need to know about specifications and guidelines
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...
Appareo Announces 4K Ultra HD Flight Data Recorder with Cellular Data Offload
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...
Why Your Supplier Should Help You Write that RFP
Innovating is hard. Providing guidance to highly technical suppliers to create innovation for your vehicles is even harder -- but it doesn’t have to be. If you have strong supply chain relationships, your suppliers should be part of the solution in bringing your ideas...
Critical Questions to Ask a Potential New Electronics Supplier
Manufacturers are faced with many different technologies to be considered in the design, manufacture, and deployment of new vehicles. In many circumstances, it isn’t practical for one manufacturer’s engineering group to really understand how to best leverage these...
Does Your Supplier Own Your Data, or Do You?
The world is getting more and more connected. I’m connected to my car, my kid’s watch, and my doorbell. If I was to buy a new piece of heavy equipment, I’d expect to be connected to that too. For equipment manufacturers considering their connected strategy, there are...
Maximizing Battery Life In Portable Electronics: What You Need To Know
Now more than ever, the management of battery capacity is a key factor in delivering a positive or negative experience with portable electronic devices, and ultimately the value your customers derive from them. Running out of battery power and losing access to a...
Bell Certifies Appareo Device for New Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring Program
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...