Zeppelin NT Airship Type Certification on April 2001 with Rogerson Kratos AMLCD Displays

On April 26, 2001 the Zeppelin NT airship attained yet another incredible goal, Type Certification. The highly maneuverable Zeppelin NT Airship is hailed to be the best in its class. The Airship has a best of class Rogerson Kratos Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS), Integrated Instruments Display System (IIDS), and Envelope Pressure Indicator (EPI) as the heart of the avionics system.

Zeppelin NT air ship is capable of extended flights longer than 10 hours. Critical Helium envelope monitoring is performed by Rogerson Kratos EPI display system. Critical engine instruments, quantities, and warning / caution is monitored and displayed on the dual channel IIDS. The Rogerson Kratos EFIS system provides fully reversionary Primary Flight data on two identical 5 ATI display units.

So far this air ship hot rod has clocked over 1000 hours and is performing beyond expectations.

Whether it is a Zeppelin Airship, Boeing 747, Helicopter, or Military aircraft, Rogerson Kratos can integrate your cockpit with our highly integrated display systems. The Rogerson Kratos Display systems that are used on the Zeppelin can also be used for your application.

For more than 40 years, Rogerson Kratos has been the world leader in traditional aircraft instrumentation. With products on virtually every aircraft in the Western world, Rogerson Kratos continues to be selected as original equipment on new aircraft because of reliability and innovation.

Rogerson Kratos manufactures thousands of instruments for a variety of applications aboard most transports, business jets and turboprop aircraft. Products provide cockpit instrumentation systems measuring all engine, electrical and fluid parameters, aircraft position/trim and numerous system and environmental temperature levels.

Rogerson Kratos instruments stand out because of their unrivaled quality, superior reliability and service life. If that were not enough, Rogerson Kratos repairs and maintains its own equipment through in-house FAA/JAA-licensed service centers.

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