Garmin Aera 500 GPS Navigator

With aera, fingertip
navigation has entered a whole new era: One that streamlines operation.
Eliminates knobs and buttons. Simplifies the pilot/motorist interface. And
lets you think in terms of door-to-door guidance, not just
runway-to-runway.

Check Out the aera 500
There are four aera models in the Garmin lineup, offering a full range of
cost/capability choices.

The first and most affordable unit in the series
is the aera 500. Featuring a crisp 4.3-inch QVGA wide-format
touchscreen and pre-loaded graphical mapping, this versatile,
feature-rich unit comes ready for takeoff, right out of the box.

Fly aera. Anywhera
In aviation mode, the aera 500s detailed chart-style shaded mapping
and extensive terrain and aviation databases help you visualize your
flight path in relation to nearby navaids, terrain, SUAs, obstructions,
and so on.

Plus, the addition of private airports and heliports to the
database affords evenmore navigation and emergency nearest
options. A database-driven terrain advisory feature offers TAWS-like
color coding and pop-up alerts when possible obstructions or ground
proximity conflicts loom ahead.

And with terrain/obstacle data shown
at standard 30 arc-second resolution, youll enjoy a surprising level of
detail on the display. The units graphical Terrain page offers both
overhead and vertical profile views of the topography youre flying over.
Whats more, theres an IFR map mode that lets you display and
navigate on high or low enroute airways.

You can also pull up MEAs
(Minimum Enroute Altitudes) and distances between intersections by
touching the airway on the map. As in all the aera models, GPS
updating is provided at a super-fast 5 Hz rate. And for added safety,
an optional power/data cable (sold separately) makes it easy to
interface your aera 500 with the Garmin GTX 330 Mode S transponder
in your aircraft, so you c