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3 unusual facts about Electronic flight bag


ARINC 828

In avionics, ARINC 828 defines Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) interfaces used in all types of aircraft.

Electronic flight bag

In 1996, Aero Lloyd, a German carrier, introduced two laptops to compute the performance and access the documentation.

The system called FMD (Flight Management Desktop) permits Aero Lloyd to remove all the documentation and RTOW in paper from the cockpit with the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (German Civil Aviation Authority) agreement.


Astronautics Corporation of America

Astronautics major product lines include Electronic Flight Instrument System, Electronic flight bag, Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System, Network Server Systems, Multifunction Displays, Mission and display processors and systems, Flight director, Flight control system, Inertial guidance system, Air data computer, Integrated Network Server Unit and Auto pilot.


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