At a press conference on the Sunday before the official opening of EAA AirVenture 2016, Garmin announced FAA approval of the G5 electronic flight instrument in type-certificated fixed-wing general aviation aircraft. Installation approval is accomplished via supplemental type certificate (STC) with a comprehensive approved model list (AML) containing 562 aircraft models.

The compact and cost-effective G5 delivers exceptional performance and reliability as a standalone primary source for aircraft attitude or turn coordination information while also displaying secondary information such as airspeed, altitude and more. Availability of this STC is representative of the FAA's initiative to encourage and permit specific enhancements to aircraft in an effort to improve safety among the existing general aviation fleet.

 

Garmin also announced an expanded Connext portfolio of connectivity solutions with the Flight Stream 510 MultiMediaCard (MMC), enabling wireless aviation database transfer capabilities between the Garmin Pilot™ app on a mobile device and the GTN 650/750 touchscreen navigators.

 

The Flight Stream 510 card installs easily into the existing card slot of the GTN and enables Garmin Database Concierge, the seamless updating of databases throughout the cockpit between GTN touchscreen navigators, as well as G500/G600 glass flight displays. In this video, ANN’s Tom Patton talks to Garmin’s Director of Aviation Aftermarket Sales, Jim Alpiser, to get all the details on both of these announcements.

 

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