Scandanavia’s Sun-Air has selected Garmin’s G5000 flight deck upgrade for its Beechjet 400A fleet, following EASA approval of the G5000 avionics suite in the Beechjet 400A/Hawker 400XP. Installations will be done by Sun-Air Technic, the company’s maintenance division, which is a Garmin dealer.
The G5000 upgrade replaces the jet’s original Rockwell Collins Pro Line 4 avionics with three 12-inch displays in landscape orientation, with up to six panes available via the multi-pane capability, and dual touchscreen controllers mounted in a tilt panel on the forward console.
Standard avionics features include Garmin’s fully digital, dual-channel, fail-passive automatic flight control system with underspeed protection and coupled go-around; WAAS/SBAS and PBN/RNP 0.3 with LPV/APV approaches, vertical navigation, and flight level change modes; GWX 70 radar with four-color storm cell display and optional turbulence detection, altitude-compensated tilt, and ground-clutter suppression; ADS-B Out; and TAWS-B alerting (TAWS-A is optional).
Garmin’s synthetic vision technology is optional, as is its Connext services, which can include worldwide weather, voice calling, and text messaging.
The G5000 upgrade shaves 150 pounds or more from the Beechjet/Hawker 400’s empty weight.
“We believe the G5000 upgrade is the only sensible option to future-proof our Beechjet fleet,” said Sun-Air CEO Kristoffer Sundberg. “It provides a lower operating cost, significantly reduces weight, and makes us compliant with all of the upcoming requirements. We are also excited for our maintenance brand Sun-Air Technic to grow from doing G1000 installations to do the first European G5000 installation in-house, with the continued excellent support from Garmin.”
Scandanavia’s Sun-Air has selected Garmin’s G5000 flight deck upgrade for its Beechjet 400A fleet, following EASA approval of the G5000 avionics suite in the Beechjet 400A/Hawker 400XP. Installations will be done by Sun-Air Technic, the company’s maintenance division, which is a Garmin (Booth J89) dealer.
The G5000 upgrade replaces the jet’s original Rockwell Collins Pro Line 4 avionics with three 12-inch displays in landscape orientation, with up to six panes available via the multi-pane capability, and dual touchscreen controllers mounted in a tilt panel on the forward console.
Standard avionics features include Garmin’s fully digital, dual-channel, fail-passive automatic flight control system with underspeed protection and coupled go-around; WAAS/SBAS and PBN/RNP 0.3 with LPV/APV approaches, vertical navigation, and flight level change modes; GWX 70 radar with four-color storm cell display and optional turbulence detection, altitude-compensated tilt, and ground-clutter suppression; ADS-B Out; and TAWS-B alerting (TAWS-A is optional).
Garmin’s synthetic vision technology is optional, as is its Connext services, which can include worldwide weather, voice calling, and text messaging.
The G5000 upgrade shaves 150 pounds or more from the Beechjet/Hawker 400’s empty weight.
“We believe the G5000 upgrade is the only sensible option to future-proof our Beechjet fleet,” said Sun-Air CEO Kristoffer Sundberg. “It provides a lower operating cost, significantly reduces weight, and makes us compliant with all of the upcoming requirements. We are also excited for our maintenance brand Sun-Air Technic to grow from doing G1000 installations to do the first European G5000 installation in-house, with the continued excellent support from Garmin.”