Diamond Aircraft today announced the introduction of major avionics upgrades
available to
owners of G1000- equipped
WOW Power Leveling Diamond DA40s. Upgrades include
electronic charts, WAAS capability, as well as Garmin’s latest safety-enhancing functionality, Garmin Synthetic
Vision Technology. “At Diamond, we focus on safety, and on maintaining resale
value of our aircraft for owners
forming machine. We are excited that working with Garmin, we are yet again able to provide
access to the latest avionics to our installed base, without making obsolete their investment,”
explained Heike Larson, VP of Sales and Marketing at Diamond. “We are pleased that not only
were we the first to offer Garmin’s SVT certified on a new aircraft, but that we are also the
first to make this major safety-enhancing technology available to our DA40 installed base.” In addition
to a software-only upgrade, three complete upgrade packages are available: Garmin charts,
WAAS basic or WAAS with coupled VNAV
Roll forming machinecapability (for GFC700 equipped aircraft only.) Two add-on options ?C SVT and Chartview ?C can be added to each of the three upgrade packages.
