Garmin® Expands Connext™ Wireless Cockpit Ecosystem
Adds aera® 796/795, ForeFlight Mobile and Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck OLATHE, Kan. /July 16, 2015/Business Wire — Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:...
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TCW Adds UpConverter to Intelligent Power Stabilizer
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New Wingtip LED Light System
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You CAN Take It With You
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Garmin Introduces a Big-Screen Portable GPS
Garmin International has announced the GPSMAP 695 and 696, a new series of portable aviation navigation units. The GPSMAP 696 includes the features of the popular GPSMAP 496 plus new capability including airways, electronic charts and expanded weather on a screen that is three times the size of the 496's. …
Garmin Team X introduces the G5 electronic flight instrument for experimental...
Garmin announced the G5 electronic flight instrument for experimental amateur-built (EAB) and light sport aircraft (LSA). The compact and cost-effective G5 delivers exceptional performance and reliability serving as either a back-up instrument to G3X or other EFIS systems or as a standalone primary flight instrument, with optional autopilot mode annunciation.
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