Avidyne Renews Partnership With Mike Goulian Airshows; Top International Airshow Performer Raves About Avidyne's Flight Situation Display.

LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 1998--Avidyne Corporation, which is leading the avionics industry with innovative products that greatly enhance pilots' situational awareness and safety during every phase of flight, today announced the renewal of its partnership with Mike Goulian Airshows. "We are delighted with our partnership with Mike Goulian and his successful field testing of the Avidyne Flight Situation Display," said Dan Schwinn, president of Avidyne Corporation. "Mike has been regularly pushing the FSD to its operational limits. He has been the ideal choice to validate its utility and versatility."

Mike Goulian, a U.S. National Aerobatics Champion and corporate pilot, uses Avidyne's Flight Situation Display (FSD) as the primary means of navigation in his Extra 300S unlimited aerobatic aircraft to meet his grueling airshow and aerobatic competition schedule. Goulian chose Avidyne's TSO'd FSD because it provides a highly functional cockpit technology that is user-friendly, customizable and upgradeable. Goulian is particularly impressed with the GPS-moving map, the intuitive flight planning capability and the powerful database.

"I spend more time en route to airshows in my Extra 300S than I do actually performing in front of audiences, so I need a tool that makes getting around easier and allows me to concentrate on my performance," said Mike Goulian. "Aerobatic planes like my Extra 300S are very light and small, so they don't have the space or weight capacity for many different avionics components, which is why the FSD is so useful for me. For the same space and weight as other systems with limited functionality, the Avidyne FSD combines the features I need into one product."

When not performing, Goulian pilots a corporate-owned Learjet. As a professional pilot, Goulian also considers the Avidyne FSD ideal for piston twins, turboprops and light executive jets.

"Business and general aviation aircraft most often have very limited panel space, so having the added functionality of the FSD improves situational awareness significantly in a very efficient space," said Mike Goulian. "For pilots of aircraft ranging from my tiny Extra to corporate aircraft like the Lear that I fly, the FSD makes getting around safer and easier."

About Mike Goulian

Mike Goulian, 1995 U.S. National Aerobatic Champion, started flying aerobatics before he learned to drive and won his first aerobatic contest when still in his teens. Mike is a three-time member of the U.S. National Aerobatic team and was a member of the silver medal-winning World Aerobatic Team at the World Aerobatic Championships held in Slovakia last August. When not performing aerobatics, Mike is vice president of Executive Flyers Aviation, his family's FBO at Hanscom Field in Bedford, Mass. Mike is co-author of aerobatics' two best-selling text books, Basic Aerobatics and Advanced Aerobatics, published by McGraw Hill. His aerobatic flying has been featured on the Public Broadcasting System's award winning NOVA series, ESPN and Speedvision, along with many other television programs. For more information about Mike Goulian please visit the following Websites: www.mgas.net or www.executiveflyers.com.

About Avidyne Corporation

Based in Lexington, Mass., Avidyne Corporation (www.avidyne.com) is revolutionizing the future of flight for business and commercial aviation through the power of today's most advanced technology. The company is leading the avionics industry with innovative products that greatly enhance pilots' situational awareness and safety during every phase of flight. Avidyne's core situation awareness tool, Avidyne Flight Situation Display (FSD), is a highly flexible, open-systems solution for displaying and managing vital weather and navigation information through a full-color, five-inch LCD panel. The Avidyne FSD is a very cost-effective, space-efficient situation awareness product that can be easily upgraded to incorporate future technologies such as Datalink, traffic and terrain avoidance.

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