Mon, Nov 14, 2005
First aircraft delivered with Garmin G1000 avionics suite and
GFC 700 autopilot
Garmin and Raytheon tell ANN that
the first G1000 equipped Beechcraft Bonanza G36 with GFC 700
autopilot has been delivered to a retail customer.
"This delivery is an extremely significant milestone for Garmin
because it is the first time a G1000 equipped aircraft with the GFC
700 autopilot has been delivered to a retail customer," said Gary
Kelley, Garmin's, vice president, marketing.
"The G1000 and GFC 700 will provide operators with a level of
integration that has never before been available on this class of
aircraft. We are honored that we were able to work with Raytheon
Aircraft Company to achieve G1000 and GFC 700 certification on the
legendary Beechcraft Bonanza."
The GFC 700 is the first entirely new autopilot designed and
certified in the 21st century. The integration between the GFC 700
and G1000 is seamless. The GFC 700 is capable of using all data
available to the G1000 including the ability to maintain airspeed
references and to optimize performance over the entire airspeed
envelope.
The Beechcraft Bonanza's G1000 avionics suite integrates all
primary flight, navigation, communication, terrain, traffic,
weather, engine instrumentation, and crew-alerting system data and
presents the composite information in brilliant, sunlight-readable
color on two 10.4-inch, high-definition displays. The G1000 gives
pilots the "big picture" on situational awareness and places all
flight-critical information at their fingertips. All information
may be accessed from the bezels and buttons framing the primary
flight display and multi-function display.
The Beechcraft Bonanza has been in continuous production since
1947. More than 17,000 have been built.
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