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Issued by Avidyne Corporation.

May 12, 2009

Avidyne expands datalink interface capability to include WSI inflight-compatible electronic flight bags

Avidyne Corporation, a leading provider of integrated flight deck and safety systems for general aviation aircraft, announced today that they have extended their partnership with WSI of Andover, MA to deliver worldwide datalink graphical weather using Avidyne's MLX770/MLX780 Iridium-based datalink transceivers and WSI's Inflight Weather Service via a wide variety of industry-standard Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) display systems.

In teaming with Avidyne, we are bringing WSI's industry-leading in-flight weather services to a larger number of general aviation aircraft owners," said Mark D. Miller, Vice President and General Manager of WSI's Aviation Business. "Adding Avidyne's MLX interface to our WSI InFlight display software will allow pilots world-wide to take advantage of timely, graphical weather information, similar to what we deliver for North America, in order to make better informed decisions and to fly safer."

"This is a logical extension of our partnership with WSI," said Patrick Herguth, Avidyne's Chief Operating Officer. "By co-developing an interface with WSI's popular InFlight EFB software, we can now offer the safety-enhancing benefits of WSI worldwide weather using our MLX-series worldwide datalink transceiver to a larger number of aircraft owners flying with any of the popular EFB systems."

"Extending our support for WSI InFlight EFB software positions Avidyne as the premier worldwide datalink weather provider for general aviation," said Avidyne president Dan Schwinn. "With our own Network Operation Center (NOC), a full line of certified display systems, broadcast and two-way datalink transceivers, and now EFB interfaces, pilots flying any type of aircraft can now have up-to-date weather while in flight, anywhere in the world."

WSI InFlight software is designed to enhance and simplify the user experience in the cockpit while offering even more weather data from the most trusted name in weather - WSI. WSI InFlight is compatible with virtually any Windows-based Electronic Flight Bag system and is the user interface software of choice for many EFB manufacturers including ADR Florida, AirGator, CMC Electronics, IMS Flight Deck, navAero, DAC International, L-3, and Universal Avionics. MLX770/780 can support two independent RS-232 data connections for pilot and co-pilot EFBs.

For International EFB users, Avidyne selected WSI InFlight as the lead developer for a standard EFB interface based on their extensive experience and their access to the highest quality international weather data. Avidyne's MLX770/MLX780, using the truly global Iridium satellite system, allows complete international coverage, and customers familiar with the InFlight software will find the international data easy to understand.

In the United States, WSI also provides their quality-controlled aviation weather data for EFB users via the award-winning InFlight software over the Sirius Broadcast Satellite constellation.