Lighting specialist Luma Technologies (Booth 1562) has introduced two new products aimed at the Beechcraft King Air family. Having developed its Lumatech series of LED-based caution/warning annunciator panels to meet the needs of larger King Air variants (200, 300, 350 and 1900D), Luma has introduced a 45-station variant for the King Air C90. As with all the Lumatech series, the King Air panel is designed as an easy-to-install drop-in replacement for older incandescent units.
In conjunction with the Lumatech series, the company has also developed LED-based glareshield floodlights. The lights are available with three- or five-light bar assemblies that can “daisy-chain” using simple connectors and plug into existing power and control connections. The lights offer dimming and full-bright emergency capabilities. The new glareshield cockpit lighting system will undergo testing next month, with the aim of adding it to the STC in mid-December. The system has already been selected as standard on Nextant’s G90XT (remanufactured King Air C90), along with the caution/warning annunciator panel.
While Luma is seeing continued healthy sales with its King Air Lumatech product line, the company is also developing systems for other aircraft, including Cessna’s Citation 525/CJ family and 208 Caravan and older Falcons and Gulfstreams. Lumatech annunciators are already in the two BeechJet/Hawker 400 update offerings, Beechcraft’s 400XPR and the Nextant 400XTi. Luma is thus well-placed to answer the expected requirements from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade its BeechJet-based T-1A Jayhawk trainer fleet.
