(Bucharest, 02 September 2020) - Romania’s new calibration plane has been taken over by the Romanian Civil Aeronautical Authority (RCAA) and entered service at the helm of the team within the PNA-Tc Means of Flight Surveillance and Verification Service (SSVZM), within RCAA.
The new-generation calibration aircraft is a Beechcraft 350 Super King Air and will provide the safety of the traffic in our country’s air space, as well as the safety of all civil aircraft’s landings and take-offs. It replaces the old calibration aircraft of the Romanian Civil Aeronautical Authority, registered as YR-CAA and known by the crew under the nickname of ”Colorici” (The Colourful), which “retired” after over 11 years of flights – a record for a plane flying in special conditions.
The producer of the new-generation plane is the American company Textron Aviation and the aircraft was purchased through Beechcraft Berlin Aviation GmbH.
The aircraft has integrated Pro Line Fusion avionics systems, the most reliable avionics architecture in the world, being at the same time the first ultra-intuitive flight display system with fully touch screens.
The purpose of the calibration plane is to provide safety in the field of civil aviation, by checking the guidance systems used for the landing/ take-off of planes on airports and on air routes, by checking and surveying from air the functioning of the air navigation means, by air surveillance and communications in the aeronautical field, as well as by checking the air navigation instrumental procedures while flying.
The purchase of this new-generation aircraft guarantees that the systems of air navigation, of checking the precision and non-precision procedures, as well as of implementation of new satellite procedures, are in accordance with the international ICAO and EASA standards, providing the safety of flights at the highest quality standards.
The Beechcraft 350 Super King Air aircraft is worth 8,880,000 euros and it was paid for from RCAA’s own funds. The operation of the new plane has been taken over by the 11-member crew who operate and maintain RCAA’s calibration aircraft.
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