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resolution terrain awareness with GPS-driven TAWS
symbology.
There’s a day/night viewing mode, a NEXRAD
overlay (when used with Anywhere Map PRO and XM
WX hardware) and an enhanced user interface for
use outside the cockpit. And with Anywhere Map PRO
integration you can easily call up approach procedures
for your destination airport.
Bendix/King: The AV8OR Line
You can still find the AV8OR Ace and AV8OR
handheld – a smaller, as-capable GPS navigator,
though it seems the company is dropping them from
production. The Ace meets the requirements for
both Class I and Class II EFBs, depending on the
installation for the Class II designation.
Though they never received the level of attention
received by some competitors, these two WAASenhanced GPS navigators led their fields with features
like touchscreen user interfaces, full street-navigation
capabilities, profile flight monitoring, full flight planning,
a full-functioning simulation mode, and approach
plates and terminal procedures – all geo-referenced.
The Ace sports a 7-inch screen and a self-storing
stylus to help manage button pushes; both can work
with wired or wireless XM WX weather receivers
(optional), and both sport extra battery options –
including one for a larger battery on the Ace.
The smaller AV80R handheld employs a 4.3-inch
display with touchscreen control.
Both AV8ORs support simple connections to the
Bendix/King KDR 610 or WxWorxs XM satellite
receiver to deliver true graphical weather to the
screen, and the units support the full range of weather
products: NEXRAD radar (composite reflectivity),
lightning strikes, TAFs, METARs, AIRMETs, SIGMETs,
convective-SIGMETs, PIREPs and TFRs.
The AV8ORs also offer simple connection, making
the AV80R into a useful traffic-advisory system. The
units can show traffic as an overlay on the moving
map or on a dedicated traffic page. Further enhancing
its value in collision-avoidance work, this feature can
be enabled to pop up the traffic page when a conflict
arises, regardless of what the display presently shows.
Garmin: aera 795/796
The descendants of Garmin’s cutting-edge tabletsize 695 and 696, these two both boast 12-channel
GPS receivers, WAAS-enhanced accuracy, a large
screen measuring 7 inches diagonally (the standard
method) and more. As with the 696, the 796 hosts

an integral weather datalink receiver for use with a
subscription-based service.
And you might notice the 795/796 models boast
slimmer builds than the predecessors. This is possible,
in part, because Garmin gave them both capacitive
touch-sensitive screens and took away most of the
buttons that filled two edges of the 695/696 models.
But the new 795 and 796 bring far more to the
cockpit than the touchscreen interface. Both deliver
a form of synthetic vision with three-dimensional
rendering; both also sport preloaded geo-referenced
IFR en route charts and VFR sectional charts and georeferenced Garmin FliteCharts, an electronic version
of the AeroNav U.S. terminal procedures publication.
FliteCharts provides pilots with access to all departure
procedures, standard terminal arrival routes,
approach charts and airport diagrams. Those with a
Jeppesen preference can employ Garmin’s ChartView
enablement option using Jeppesen’s extensive library
to provide global charting capabilities.
Throw in a document reader for flight manuals and
other important documents with electronic versions,
Garmin’s patented Panel Page on the Garmin 795
offers a backup solution to the instrument panel with
its exclusive display of GPS-derived panel information,
including track indication, GPS altitude, groundspeed,
vertical speed and turn indication. Plus, the internal
GPS provides position updates five times per second
(5 Hz), allowing it to present flight data more smoothly
and accurately.
The Garmin 795 also will display traffic if coupled to
a compatible traffic source like the GTX 330, showing
TIS (traffic information service) where available, or
with an ADS-B In receiver.
Garmin 695 and 696
The original big-tablet portable GPS, this pair
brought pilots closer to the much-sought-after
paperless cockpit through the electronic flight bag
concept. These two brought to real-world size some of
the first incarnations of factory supported charts and
plates and other navigation documents – as well as a
host of other features pilots find attractive.
With the addition of Garmin FliteCharts and IFR
map mode, the GPSMAP 695 has Class 1/Class 2
electronic flight bag capability, reducing the use of
paper charts in the cockpit. With FliteCharts, you
can quickly find and view all U.S. NACO departure
procedures, standard terminal arrival routes, approach
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