It's only natural for us to be enthusiastic about the Chelton EFIS and say wonderful things about it. And chances are, you've also seen claims about "breakthrough capabilities" or "revolutionary functionality" made by competitive EFIS products. But one way to distinguish hype from reality is to see what aviation editors and opinion leaders have to say about Chelton Flight Systems EFIS:

The Chelton EFIS is an after-market system which is approved for installation in a wide variety of aircraft. [It] is a phenomenal system which brings new levels of situational awareness to general aviation, comfortably exceeding even that available from other large display glass cockpit systems.
David Adams, Instrument Pilot, April 2007          Full Article (PDF)

 

As part of a project the FAA calls Capstone 2, the government is installing, free of charge, synthetic vision and moving map displays built by Chelton Flight Systems of Boise, Idaho, into as many as 200 aircraft of commercial operators in the Juneau area of southeastern Alaska.  The Chelton system, which replaces traditional "steam gauge" dials and gauges, features two liquid crystal displays that can present data in ways seen before only in research applications and video games. 
Aerospace America, June 2004

"The Chelton SVS [Synthetic Vision System] also has a trait that has become synonymous with synthetic vision: highway-in-the-sky (HITS) flight path guidance that presents a series of target boxes that a pilot or autopilot can use to navigate in lateral and vertical dimensions along departure, en route and arrival tunnels."
Business and Commercial Aviation, May 2004

"HITS technology is a long-touted idea that never quite got off the ground before now. FlightLogic's HITS display, the first of its kind to gain FAA certification, is simple and straightforward, creating a series of constantly shifting boxes through which the pilot flies to stay on course."
Aviation International News, May 2004

"Phase II is general aviation, but the Chelton EFIS would be at home on a spacecraft."
Avionics News, February 2004 (Regarding Capstone Program Phase II)

"Sierra Flight Systems - now Chelton Flight Systems - began work on the Chelton HITS/SVS PFD in 1997. Sierra took new PFD concepts one step further with its HITS flight director mode, years ahead of some government-funded programs and the work of more established competitors."
Professional Pilot, January 2004

"The Chelton FlightLogic Synthetic Vision EFIS will offer such advanced capability to the small aircraft operator that the certification of this system will be eagerly awaited by many aircraft owners."
Avionics News

"Of all the displays we've seen, we've been most impressed with Chelton's SV/HITS [Synthetic Vision/Highway In The Sky. Further], Chelton, with its experimental systems, has the most systems flying."
Aviation Consumer

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We believe that once you read how impressed the overwhelming number of aviation experts are with the Chelton EFIS, you'll appreciate just how much more advanced this system is than anything else out there.