Piper Introduces 3 Display Garmin G1000 in Seneca V Models Piper Aircraft Inc. is one of the first manufacturers to adopt the most recent G1000 software supporting a three display avionics suite as standard equipment in new Twin-Class Piper Seneca V aircraft models available in 2013. The announcement was made here today at Airshow 2013, the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition held Feb. 24-26. Garmin’s G1000 is a seamlessly integrated all-glass avionics suite that makes flight information easier to scan and process. The G1000’s design brings new levels of situational awareness, simplicity and safety to the cockpit. Piper Director of Marketing and Communications Jackie Carlon said, “The Garmin G1000 avionics suite is now on all of our M-Class and Twin-Class aircraft. The G1000 with three-displays standard in the Seneca V now gives pilots abundant flight-critical data that provides exceptional situational awareness and that will contribute to safer flying.” The latest Garmin G1000 software on the Seneca V includes the following: Baro - VNAV approach (used for LNAV/VNAV vertical guidance whenever SBAS is not available or not approved), Vertical Profile View, User-defined holding patterns (provides the ability for the pilot to manually specify holding patterns, and the GSR 56 - Iridium Transceiver. For more information: Piper Aircraft, Inc. 2926 Piper Drive Vero Beach, FL 32960 www.piper.com ***
