Garmin Connects PlaneSync with More Airplanes

The avionics OEM also debuted its height advisor for experimental aircraft.

Monday, July 24, 2023 at 10:13 AM ET

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The GHA 15 height advisor weighs about a pound and delivers agl data to the G3X Touch’s altitude tape. [Courtesy: Garmin]

Key Takeaways:

Garmin is developing Autothrottle and Autoland STCs for King Air 200 and 300 aircraft equipped with the G1000 NXi avionics.
The new GHA 15 Height Advisor, a radar altimeter for light sport and experimental aircraft, provides above-ground-level data and customizable voice callouts on a G3X Touch display.
Garmin's PlaneSync connected aircraft management system update is now available, enabling remote aircraft status checks, database downloads, and future automatic flight data uploads via various connectivity methods.

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Garmin provided an update on several new products and expanded supplemental type certificates for its most popular aftermarket avionics at a briefing at EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh on Sunday afternoon. Among them, the previously announced Autothrottle and Autoland STCs in work for the King Air 200 and 300 with the company’s G1000 NXi installed.

The King Air series will join more than 600 OEM-equipped, Autoland-capable aircraft already in the field.