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Garmin G1000
Integrated Flight Deck Retrofitted For The TBM 700 By Eddy Metcalf |
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July 22, 2011 - Garmin announced the delivery of the
first Daher-Socata TBM 700 upgraded with the G1000
integrated flight deck. The first delivery went to the
French Ministry of Defense and is part of a contract to
upgrade 27 TBM 700 aircraft in service with the French
military.
“We are proud to expand our line-up of G1000 retrofit
platforms to include the TBM 700 and honored by the
French MoD’s decision to upgrade their fleet of TBM
700s,” said Gary Kelley, Garmin’s vice president of
marketing.
“G1000 retrofit programs have been well received because
they bring leading edge capabilities to older cockpits.
We know the TBM 700 operators that choose to upgrade to
G1000 will appreciate the advantages of flying behind a
fully integrated system with world class situational
awareness tools and capabilities.” |
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“We are
thrilled to work with the French Ministry of Defense on the
modernization of their TBM 700 fleet, which is made up of A and
B models,” said Nicolas Chabbert, senior vice president of the
Daher-Socata airplane division. “This upgrade gives them the
most up-to-date technology and features while still allowing
them to benefit from the range, speed and economical operating
costs of the TBM 700.”
The
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has approved a
Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the installation, and
the STC has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
validation.
The G1000
installation on the TBM 700 has a large 15-inch multi-function
display (MFD) and two 10.4-inch primary flight displays (PFD).
It also includes Garmin’s GFC 700 three-axis, fully digital,
dual channel, automatic flight control system (AFCS). The GFC
700 includes features you would expect in this class of aircraft
such as coupled SBAS (EGNOS/WAAS) LNAV/VNAV and LPV approaches. Also available to TBM 700 operators is Garmin’s synthetic vision technology (SVT™) that presents a 3D depiction of terrain, obstacles, traffic and the runway environment on the G1000’s PFD so that the image replicates what pilots would see outside the cockpit on a clear day. SVT also includes pathways (or Highway-In-The-Sky) that are depicted as 3D “flying rectangles” and help pilots stay on course when flying en route legs, VNAV legs, GPS/WAAS vertical approach procedures, ILS approach procedures, and arrival and departure procedures. |
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