Garmin has introduced a series of avionics upgrades for G1000-equipped King Air 200 and 300 series aircraft aimed at brining pilots and operators into compliance with future U.S. airspace requirements.
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Among the new operational features are Barometric Vertical Navigation (Baro-VNAV) approach capability, ADS-B Out and Required Navigation Performance (RNP) with the ability to fly procedures with Radius-to-Fix (RF) segments.
The new upgrades also give King Air owners the ability to quickly build user-defined holding patterns over an existing fix in the navigation database or user-defined waypoint, Garmin says. The G1000’s multi-function display can show unpublished holds or those assigned by Air Traffic Controllers.
“These new capabilities help minimize pilot workload, offer additional NextGen capabilities and provide a number of operational benefits to G1000-equipped King Air operators,” says Carl Wolf, vice president of aviation sales and marketing at Garmin.