Blue Wings Selects Teledyne FDIMU

Teledyne Controls, El Segundo, Calif., said German charter airline Blue Wings has selected its Flight Data Interface Management Unit (FDIMU) for installation on 20 new Airbus A320s.

Blue Wings, headquartered in Bocholt, Germany, will use the FDIMU to perform flight data acquisition, aircraft condition monitoring and data recording. The first FDIMU delivery is expected in August 2009.

The FDIMU is a compact, integrated system that includes mandatory data acquisition and a fully-programmable Aircraft Condition Monitoring System (ACMS) with recording functions and processing capability. Teledyne said it is flying on more than 60 percent of Airbus aircraft.

“Our airline was looking for a reliable data recording system that could manage multiple operations, including ACMS,” said Ruediger Fellmann, Blue Wings technical director. “The FDIMU will meet and exceed our criteria, allowing us to define the set of standards required to measure the in-depth performance of our fleet.”