The good thing about old airplanes is also the bad thing about old airplanes. Some airframes seem immortal, but the companies that built the instruments for them are anything but. Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics sees market potential in that conundrum and its solution—like everything else—is driven by rapid advances in display and processing technology.
As we go to press this month, Mid-Continent—a long-established builder and fixer of instruments for everything flying—is out with a new line called the MD23 Flex. This gadget is capable of displaying anything and everything—from airspeed and vertical speed to cabin temperature in the galley. And if you want, it’ll do all of that on a single 2-inch instrument with a bright, daylight-readable LCD display.