Mon, Dec 06, 2010
While it wasn't exactly a surprise, NBAA 2010 provided the
opportunity for Garmin to roll out their latest salvo in the
avionics war to see who was going to be making tomorrow's
cockpits... this time for the Part 25 set.
The G5000 features WXGA high resolution, wide aspect ratio
(12-inch or 14-inch diagonal) primary flight displays (PFD) and
multi-function displays (MFD). Because the G5000 is scalable,
aircraft manufacturers can choose as many displays as cockpit real
estate will allow. The landscape oriented screens have multi-pane
display capability that allows multiple pages to be viewed
side-by-side on any of the screens. Therefore, pilots can
simultaneously view maps, charts, checklists and aircraft systems
synoptics, TAWS, TCAS, flight planning, weather or video input
pages.
Combining and leveraging the experience gained from designing
and delivering automotive consumer products as well as integrated
avionic flight decks, the G5000 has a vehicle management system
with an infrared touchscreen interface that is easy to understand
and use – pilots simply touch what they want to change.
The vehicle management system has a desktop-like menu
interface with intuitive icons, audio and visual feedback, and
animation so that pilots know exactly how the system is
responding to their input. The touchscreen also enhances ease
of use through common sense functions like “back”
and “home” that let pilots quickly retrace their steps
or return to the home screen. The vehicle management system also
incorporates conventional controls at the bottom of the
display.
Cessna is the first company to announce it will use the
integrated Garmin G5000 avionics suite, which will be certified for
FAR Part 25 operations (commercial transport aircraft). “We
have a very successful relationship with Garmin, a company recently
ranked by aviation professionals as having the best avionics
customer support in the industry in a prestigious third-party
survey,” said Cessna Boss Jack Pelton. “The level of
reliability and integration and the ease of use of the G5000 are
going to be unprecedented and will give Citation Ten owners a new
level of operability.”
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