Deliveries of light aircraft equipped with Garmin International's G1000 avionics are accelerating, with Mooney Airplane receiving certification for the integrated flightdeck on the Bravo GX and Ovation2 GX high-performance piston singles.
Dual-display G1000 integrated avionics were first approved in May on the Diamond DA42 Twin Star, followed by the DA40 Diamond Star, and have since been certificated on the Cessna 182T Skylane, T182T Turbo Skylane, 206H Stationair and T206H Turbo Stationair piston singles.
Deliveries of G1000-equipped Mooneys will begin soon. Cessna is to deliver its first G1000-equipped 172 Skyhawk next year. Deliveries of Raytheon Beechcraft Bonanzas and piston-twin Barons equipped as standard with G1000 avionics will begin in the second half of 2005.
Source: Flight International
