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This high level of integration minimizes the use of precious space in the cockpit, enhances the quality and safety of
flight through the use of modern designs and components and reduces the cost of equipping an aircraft with modern
electronics. The GNS 430 was recognized by Flying Magazine as the Editor’s Choice Product of the Year for 1998.
In 1994, and again in 2000, Garmin earned recognition from the Aircraft Electronics Association for outstanding
contribution to the general aviation electronics industry. The GPSMAP 295 won Aviation Consumer Magazine’s
Gear of the Year award for best aviation portable product in 2000 and again in 2001. Flying Magazine’s editors
awarded the GPSMAP 396 with a 2005 Editors’ Choice Award for outstanding achievements. The GPSMAP 496,
introduced in 2006, won the “2006 Gear of the Year” award from Aviation Consumer magazine. Flying Magazine’s
editors awarded Garmin a 2007 Flying Editors’ Choice Award for making the safety and precision of WAAS (Wide
Area Augmentation System) available in its GPS navigation systems. Garmin was ranked No. 1 among aviation
electronics manufacturers for operation, presentation, technical advancement, information, construction and
satisfaction in Professional Pilot magazine’s survey of its readers in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and was ranked No. 2 in
2006 and 2007. Garmin has been ranked No. 1 among avionics manufacturers for avionics product support in
Professional Pilot magazine’s survey of its readers in each of the last five survey years. Aviation International
News also ranked Garmin No. 1 in avionics product support in 2008, making it the fifth consecutive year that
Garmin has earned that No. 1 ranking. Garmin received the Airline Technology Achievement Award from Air
Transport World Magazine in January 2005 for championing the development of Automatic Dependent
Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology, an enabling technology for air traffic management.
Garmin’s panel-mounted aviation products are sold in both new aircraft and the retrofit market where
existing aircraft are fitted with the latest electronics from Garmin’s broad product line.
Garmin has also expanded its range of avionics offerings to leading General Aviation aircraft manufacturers
such as the Cessna Aircraft Company, Cirrus Design Corporation, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, Diamond
Aircraft Industries, Mooney Airplane Company, Piper Aircraft, Inc. and EADS SOCATA through the installation of
the G1000 integrated flight deck as original equipment aboard new aircraft. This system integrates attitude, heading,
air data, navigation, communication, engine monitoring, and other aircraft functions into a single cohesive system
which interfaces with the flight crew using a set of large, bright TFT displays. The G1000 also comes with an
optional integrated autopilot – the GFC70. Garmin also has expanded its G1000 sales to the business jet segment,
such as Cessna with its Citation Mustang jet and Embraer which has selected Garmin’s G1000 integrated flight deck
for Embraer’s new Phenom 100 (very light jet) and Phenom 300 (light jet) programs.
The table below includes a sampling of some of the aviation products currently offered by Garmin:
Handheld and portable aviation products:
GPSMAP® 96 & 96C Portable units integrating GPS navigation with Jeppesen database and comprehensive
towers-and-obstacles database. GPSMAP 96C offers a color display and 119 MB of
memory for downloadable maps.
GPSMAP 296 In addition to a 3.8” diagonal color display, this portable GPS receiver offers features like
terrain cautions and alerts, sectional chart-like topographic data, a built-in obstacle
database, and a transparent navigation arc view for course, speed and distance
information.
GPSMAP 396 A portable navigation device that offers users GPS navigation, XM WX Satellite
Weather™ capability, featuring Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD), a terrain awareness
and warning system (TAWS), and XM entertainment programming, among other
features.
GPSMAP 495/496 The GPSMAP 496 expands on the GPSMAP 396 by adding such additional features as
Garmin’s SafeTaxi™ airport diagrams, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
Airport directory data, Garmin’s Smart Airspace enhanced high-resolution terrain
database, accelerated GPS update rate, and pre-loaded automotive maps of North