Elliott Aviation of Moline, Ill., is offering a $40,000 discount for pre-orders for Garmin G5000 installations in the Beechjet 400A or Hawker 400XP.
The G5000 upgrade includes three 12-inch displays (two primary flight displays and one multifunction display), two GTC 570 touchscreen controllers, two GCU 275 PFD controllers, digital, dual-channel, fail-passive automatic flight control system, a Mid-Continent Instruments standby attitude module and Taws-B. Options include synthetic vision, ADS-B IN, Taws-B, Tcas I or II, Sirius XM weather and Garmin Connext global datalink.
The supplemental type certificate for the G5000 upgrade will be owned by Garmin, and qualified dealers such as Elliott Aviation will be able to complete the installations. Elliott Aviation has long experience installing the G1000 upgrade in King Air turboprops.
“Our success as Garmin’s leading retrofitter has put us in position to lead the Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400XP G5000 program,” said Conrad Theisen, director of avionics sales for Elliott Aviation. “We have seen a lot of demand in the market for this product. We’re excited to be able to offer an incentive for operators to save some costs when upgrading their aircraft.”
The G5000 upgrade should shave up to 250 pounds off the typical Beechjet/Hawker 400XP, according to Elliott Aviation. Certification of the system is expected in the first quarter of 2016.
Elliott is bringing a Garmin G5000-equipped Hawker 400XP to the indoor static display at the NBAA Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas next month.