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Victor’s Vectors: Customizable checklists now on GPSMAP 696 and G3X

School is starting again and it’s time for kids to learn new subjects, but we don’t need to limit the fun just to our children. Garmin has released beta software that will allow G1000 and G900X customers to view their track history in Google Earth.  This feature requires the G1000 or G900X to have a GDU software version of 9.10 or higher (Some exceptions apply. Contact your OEM if you have questions on if your aircraft has this feature).  In order to see where your flight path on Google Earth, you’ll need to follow the installation instructions on our site. This track history includes all types of interesting information about the flight including position in latitude and longitude, altitude, ground speed, wind speed, wind direction, and much more. 

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Victor’s Vectors: See how fast and how far you flew on Google Earth

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Victor’s Vectors: Garmin ESP adds safety to the cockpit

Oshkosh has more than its fair share of announcements and press releases. Announcements like the GPSMAP 696/695 getting geo-referenced charts, the GSR 56 Iridium transceiver that enables worldwide weather capability, the GDL 59 with Wi-Fi data link, the G500/G600 software updates, the G1000 upgrades for the King Air 200, the Garmin ESP, and the Pilot My-Cast upgrades for the iPhone. However, with all of these big press announcements sometimes other smaller upgrades slip through the cracks. One such upgrade is the 2.70 operating software for the aera series GPS units. Similar to how customers have been requesting the geo-referenced charts for the 696, Garmin has been receiving requests from Helicopter pilots for the ability to search for addresses on the aviation side of the aera series units. I’m proud to announce that with the 2.70 software update for the aera 500, 510, 550, and 560, your request is granted. Now, not only can you search for a specific address, but you can also search for a crossroad and get direct-to guidance to that location. This is a huge advantage for police, search and rescue, and fire departments, as well as news helicopter pilots, and is another example of Garmin responding to our customer’s needs.

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Victor’s Vectors: New software update for aera

It’s here! Georeferenced charts for the GPSMAP 695/696are available and more will be coming soon. Having georeferenced charts on your 696 means that you’ll see your aircraft’s position directly on the chart. Previously, you only saw the chart without the aircraft icon. Georeferenced charts will be available in two different ways: Garmin FliteCharts and ChartView powered by Jeppesen. Garmin FliteCharts are the approach plates currently published by Aeronav (formerly NACO) and encompasses over 15,000 U.S. charts. Updates are available every 28 days from Garmin and the new capability will be included with the regular update at no additional cost. We expect to have this capability available in the fourth quarter of this year. If you’d like to have your georeferenced charts today, you can get them via ChartView, which is an electronic version of Jeppesen’s worldwide library of JeppView charts and airport diagrams. Updates are available from Jeppesen every 14 days, and there is a one-time enablement fee in order to access these charts. Get more information from the recent press release or visit fly.Garmin.com.

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Garmin at Oshkosh, Day 5 – GPSMAP 696 gets Georeferenced charts

We officially announced Garmin ESP last week, but it has Oshkosh buzzing. ESP is our new stability augmentation system. This electronic monitoring and exceedance-correcting technology is for the G1000 and G3000 and it helps keep pilots out of trouble by helping them maintain the aircraft in a safe, flight stable condition and therefore helps prevent the onset of stalls, spins, and other loss-of control conditions. Garmin ESP will first be available on the G1000 retrofit for the King Air 200, and after that it will be available on select Cirrus planes. If you'd like to hear more about it, here's a great podcast you won't want to miss.

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Garmin at Oshkosh, Day 4 – Got ESP?