Extra selects Apex
Honeywell’s Apex® Integrated Cockpit Selected For New Extra EA-500 Single-Engine Turboprop Aircraft

LAKELAND, Florida, April 13, 2004 - Honeywell announced today that Extra Aircraft has selected Honeywell’s APEX integrated cockpit as the standard avionics package in the new Extra EA-500 single-engine turboprop business aircraft, beginning in 2006.

"The EA-500 is designed to be efficient and economical, while offering superior performance and safety. The APEX system is a perfect match for Extra Aircraft’s high standards," said Dan Barks, Director of Marketing, Honeywell Business, Regional and General Aviation.

"We designed APEX for this class of aircraft, and it offers the ultimate in safety, quality, functionality, operational simplicity and reliability."

The standard APEX system on the EA-500 will feature digital communication and navigation radios, a flight management system, a digital autopilot, two Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays measuring 10.4-inches diagonal, mode S transponder, Engine Indicating and Caution Alert System, Traffic Advisory System (TAS), Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) and a dual-channel Air Data Attitude Heading Reference System.

Options include an additional display, Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) in place of TAS, weather radar, radio altimeter, Distance Measuring Equipment, Automatic Direction Finder and Honeywell’s Flight Information Services (FIS).

The EGPWS provides a map-type display of the surrounding terrain and sounds an alert if the airplane approaches too close. TAS and TCAS provide a map of surrounding aircraft and sound an audible alert if another aircraft comes too close. FIS brings weather data into the airplane from a network of Honeywell-owned ground stations in the United States.

The Extra EA-500 is a six-place, single-engine turboprop aircraft with a range of 1,600 nautical miles and a 225-knot maximum cruising speed.

The aircraft will be available from the beginning of 2005 with Honeywell EFS 40 cathode ray tube displays and with APEX beginning in 2006. Honeywell International is a $23 billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; specialty chemicals; fibers; and electronic and advanced materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell’s shares are traded on the New York, London, Chicago and Pacific Stock Exchanges. It is one of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is also a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. For additional information, please visit www.honeywell.com. Based in Phoenix, Honeywell’s aerospace business is a leading global provider of integrated avionics, engines, systems and service solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, business and general aviation, military, space and airport operations.