New Updates For King Air C90, Added Savings On Key Safety Options For 200/300 Series

Garmin has introduced new capabilities and enhanced operational benefits for King Air C90 aircraft and the availability of the new Platinum Plus upgrade package for the King Air 200/300 series, which provides substantial savings on safety enhancing G1000 options.

The new King Air C90 update offers a number of new features and optional equipment upgrades to meet the demands of owners and operators around the world. The latest update includes NextGen components such as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) compliance, user-defined holding patterns and the approval of optional equipment, which expands global operational capability.

We continue to make a series of investments to ensure King Air pilots have access to state of the art equipment and features on new and existing G1000-platforms, which decreases cost of ownership of the aircraft,” said Carl Wolf, Garmin’s vice president of aviation sales and marketing. “These key upgrades minimize pilot workload, improve situational awareness and expand operational benefits, giving owners and operators even more compelling reasons to upgrade to the G1000 Integrated Flight Deck.”

New enhancements offer owners and operators the opportunity to prepare for the demands brought on by NextGen. These options ensure aircraft meet industry requirements while expanding capabilities to allow for greater flexibility and improved situational awareness. These new features include:

• Barometric Vertical Navigation (Baro-VNAV) approach capability
• ADS-B Out Compliance
• Area Navigation (RNAV) capability that includes the ability to fly procedures with Radius-to-Fix (RF) segments
• User-Defined Holds

Pilots now have the flexibility to quickly build user-defined holding patterns. These holds may be created over an existing fix in the navigation database or over a user-defined waypoint. Unpublished holds or those assigned by air traffic control are easily created and displayed on the multi-function display (MFD), further simplifying the process of flying a holding pattern.

For operators conducting SAR missions, the G1000 can automatically generate flight plans for three search patterns: Parallel Line Search, Expanding Square and Sector Search patterns. SAR is available as an option and aids in crew situational awareness during these missions by streamlining the process of entering and managing search patterns.

Available in November as standard equipment, the GWX 70 offers significant improvements in capability, reliability and cost of ownership, compared to earlier generation magnetron-based weather radar systems. The GWX 70 encompasses exceptional range and adjustable scanning profiles with precision target definition for accurate, real-time weather analysis in the cockpit. Pilot-adjustable horizontal scan angles of up to 120? allows for precise scanning along a route of flight, while vertical scanning enables pilots to interpret storm tops, gradients and storm cell development at various altitudes.

The optional GRS 7800 Attitude Heading and Reference System (AHRS) enables free-gyro mode, greatly expanding the authorized area of operation up to North 84 degrees latitude. With the GRS 7800, operators increase their global operational capabilities and have access to more remote locations throughout the world.

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