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Garmin Aera® Series Portables

INTRODUCING THE NEW GARMIN AERA 795 & 796!

Garmin® Aera® Series:
Garmin's next generation of aviation portables.

The Garmin aera® series touchscreen portables all offer easy transition from flying to driving with an intuitive, icon-driven user interface. All four aera models feature crisp 4.3" QVGA widescreens, plus the simplicity of a single cable solution for power, music and datalink WX antenna options with the 510 and 560. For aviation, the Garmin aera combines colorfully detailed topography with built-in terrain/obstacles alerting. Preloaded SafeTaxi® charts, AOPA data, XM Weather, high-resolution terrain, and airways are also available with selected models.

The Garmin aera 550 and aera 560 include free aviation data base updates for one year. In the car, the dual-boot aera Series offers the ease and simplicity of Garmin's industry leading Nuvi automotive navigators. All of the Garmin aera series products feature City Nav NT mapping, with audio callout of street names simplifying navigation. Premium versions also offer, lane assist, speed limit notification, traffic alerts, and more. Four Garmin aera models are available to suit your feature preferences and budget.

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NEW Bose® A20™ Aviation Headset

The Bose A20 Aviation Headset is the most technologically advanced Bose headset ever. Bose was the first to introduce active noise reducing headsets to aviation more than 20 years ago, forever changing the way pilots fly. Now, the Bose A20 Aviation Headset introduces an entirely new standard. It's been engineered for significantly increased noise reduction in even louder environments. With an improved degree of comfort you'll appreciate. All without compromising the clear audio you expect from Bose. Plus, a Bluetooth communications interface, auxiliary audio input and priority switching. It's made in the U.S.A., and meets or exceeds all TSO requirements. No other headset can deliver this advanced combination of benefits.

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GARMIN 696 - $2,199

Announcing the Garmin 696:
Garmin's new GPSMAP® 696 Portable Aviation Navigator.

The Garmin 696 is an all-in-one portable aviation multi-function device. Topping the list of new features on the Garmin 696 is a large, high resolution screen (7-inch diagonal), detailed electronic charts, and real-time weather that now includes PIREPs and icing forecast information.

Bigger is better

The Garmin 696 is sunlight readable during the day as well as at night. And its high-definition 7-inch display is large enough to view an approach plate in its entirety. Similar to other portable GPSMAP units, the Garmin 696 includes soft keys on the bezel around the screen. But unlike other portable units, the GPSMAP 696 has a joystick control that, coupled with the units fast 5 Hz GPS update rate that displays data and graphics smoothly and continuously, makes navigating the pages a breeze.

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GARMIN 695 - $1,899

Announcing the Garmin 695:
Garmin's new GPSMAP® 695 Portable Aviation Navigator.

The Garmin 695 includes all the 696 features excluding XM WX capabilities and is available in three database choices: Atlantic, Pacific and Americas.

Garmin 695 Product Features and Specifications

Large 7-inch diagonal WVGA sunlight readable display
Battery: Rechargeable Nickel-Metal Hydride (replaceable)
Battery Life: Up to 2.5 hours battery life with full backlight and GXM 40 connected (8 hours with BL @ 50% and XM connected)
5 Hz High-sensitivity GPS receiver
Flight Plans: 50 with up to 300 points each
User waypoints: 3000
Track log: 10,000 points
Flight log: At least 50 most recent flights
SD card slot for additional Garmin mapping data
Size: 144W x 196H x 51D mm (5.7W x 7.7H x 2.0D inches)
Weight: 1012 g (2.2 lb) with battery pack, 635 g (1.4 lb) without battery pack; 361 g (0.80 lb) RAM mount