Hawker Beechcraft has announced Garmin’s Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT) and other associated avionics improvements will now come as standard on Beechcraft Barons and Bonanzas.
Following the receipt of FAA Supplemental Type Certificates covering both models, generalaviationnews.com reports that the upgraded offerings (which include ADS-B out) will be introduced on production aircraft beginning this month. These improvements will also be available as a retrofit to WAAS-equipped G1000 aircraft.
The newly configured aircraft will include Garmin’s SVT for G1000 as the centerpiece of the enhanced panels. Using sophisticated graphics modeling, it recreates a visual topographic landscape from the G1000 system’s terrain-alerting database. The resulting virtual reality display offers pilots a supplemental, color enhanced 3D depiction of ground and water features, airports, obstacles and traffic – all shown in relative proximity to the aircraft.
Additional equipment now added to the Baron and Bonanza standard list includes the GTS 820 Traffic Advisory System and related hardware, the GTX 33ES Mode-S transponder with ADS-B out functionality (replacing the existing GTX-33), an upgraded GDU 104x Multifunction Display that adds an auxiliary video port and provides for potential third-party Enhanced Vision System certifications, and GRC10 and GRT10 wireless remote control systems for XM satellite radio – all supported by Garmin’s FliteLevel five-year warranty.
The Beechcraft Bonanza G36. (Hawker Beechcraft)
