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Garmin’s Jet Retrofits: G5000 Stc

Garmin's integrated cockpit retrofit program for turbines started with the G1000 for King Airs. That program commenced over ten years ago and according to Garmin's Dave Brown, the company sells as many today as it did early in the project. To date there are over 600 G1000-converted King Airs in the field. It's a complete transformation that now includes Garmin's latest G1000 NXi with the GFC700 integrated autopilot, the latest weather radar, ADS-B and a variety of other functions that modernize even the oldest King Air.

Larry Anglisano
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Garmin’s integrated cockpit retrofit program for turbines started with the G1000 for King Airs. That program commenced over ten years ago and according to Garmin’s Dave Brown, the company sells as many today as it did early in the project. To date there are over 600 G1000-converted King Airs in the field. It’s a complete transformation that now includes Garmin’s latest G1000 NXi with the GFC700 integrated autopilot, the latest weather radar, ADS-B and a variety of other functions that modernize even the oldest King Air.

Garmin expanded on the successful King Air program and targeted the Beechjet fleet with the retrofit of its G5000 integrated cockpit. Garmin’s latest STC project for jets includes the G5000 retrofit in Cessna Citation XL/XLS models. Like it was in the Beechjet (and the G1000 for King Airs), the G5000 for the Citation is a total transformation that essentially guts the airframe of the existing aging avionics, including the autopilot.

Larry Anglisano

Editor in Chief Larry Anglisano has been a staple at Aviation Consumer since 1995. An active land, sea and glider pilot, Larry has over 30 years’ experience as an avionics repairman and flight test pilot. He’s the editorial director overseeing sister publications Aviation Safety magazine, IFR magazine and is a regular contributor to KITPLANES magazine with his Avionics Bootcamp column.