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GARMIN 696 - IN STOCK NOW - $3,295
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 - IN STOCK NOW - $2,695
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
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GARMIN 496 - IN STOCK NOW - $2,395
Garmin 496:
Garmin’s GPSMAP® 496 fly/drive portable.
With the Garmin 496 in the cockpit, pilots can fly safer and smarter. Never before has a portable aviation GPS put so much power at your finger tips like the all-knowing Garmin 496. Similar to the 396, the Garmin 496 has spectacular satellite weather that is overlaid onto a detailed terrain colored map with alerting.
Throw in new features like a noticeably faster processor (5HZ to be exact), taxiway position, AOPA Airport Directory, altitude sensitive alerts, enhanced situational awareness, and a built-in automotive kit giving you the ability to take your Garmin 496 from your plane to your car and you’ve got yourself the greatest portable handheld GPS in the history of aviation.
Free Garmin 496 Instuctional Videos
Tropic Aero's Garmin Portable GPSmap experts have answered a few of our most commonly asked questions in video format. Simply visit the Garmin 496 product page and click the Free Videos tab.
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GARMIN 495 - IN STOCK NOW - $1,595
Announcing the Garmin 495 - Garmin’s new GPSMAP® portable.
Are you one of the many pilots who wished that Garmin had a version of their 496 but without the weather? Or one of the many who wished that there was a version of the Garmin 296 that has the speed and features of the 496? If you are, Garmin has made your wish come true.
The Garmin 495 is the newest member of Garmin's GPSMAP® aviation family. The 495 has all the same features as Garmin's popular 496 unit, but without the weather and City Navigator (automotive navigation).
Free Garmin 495 Instuctional Videos
Tropic Aero's Garmin Portable GPSmap experts have answered a few of our most commonly asked questions in video format. Simply visit the Garmin 495 product page and click the Free Videos tab.
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GARMIN 396 - IN STOCK NOW - $1,495
A truly portable MFD, the new Garmin 396 combines color moving map and terrain alerting features with the latest in satellite datalink weather. An integrated GXM 30 smart antenna makes the satellite connection, enabling the unit to receive and process XM Weather and flight safety products.In addition to offering the outstanding features and operation of the Garmin 296, the Garmin 396 allows pilots to display NEXRAD, Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs), METARs, TAFs, Winds Aloft, and many other useful weather products through a subscription with XM Radio data services. Speaking of XM Radio, the audio and entertainment from XM Satellite Radio is also available via an audio jack on the unit. An additional subscription is required for XM Radio entertainment.
Free Garmin 396 Instuctional Videos
Tropic Aero's Garmin Portable GPSmap experts have answered a few of our most commonly asked questions in video format. Simply visit the Garmin 396 product page and click the Free Videos tab.
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GARMIN 296 - IN STOCK NOW - $995
The Garmin 296 takes Terrain awareness to a whole new level with its bright 256 color LCD screen and self contained topographic database. The Garmin 296's map-based nav detail is unsurpassed among portable GPS systems.Tropic Aero has brand new Garmin 296 units in stock. We also carry used Garmin 296 units, but our supply varies from day-to-day. If we do not have them in stock today, please check back soon or call 888-280-9272 to be placed on a waiting list.
Free Garmin 296 Instuctional Videos
Tropic Aero's Garmin Portable GPSmap experts have answered a few of our most commonly asked questions in video format. Simply visit the Garmin 296 product page and click the Free Videos tab.
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GARMIN 196 - IN STOCK NOW $549
The Garmin 196 is a powerful aviation portable that acts like a panel but goes from cockpit to land to water without missing a beat. With its crisp, grayscale screen, the 196 is an affordable introduction to Garmin's portable aviation products.Enhance Situational Awareness
The WAAS-capable Garmin 196 has detailed map graphics, HIS steering guidance, Jeppesen® database and all the other pilot-friendly features you’ve come to expect from Garmin. Steering guidance is clearly presented through a graphic HSI with VNAV indicator offering a full range of horizontal and vertical awareness. Extended runway centerlines help orient pilots to the runway. The 196 even supports a comprehensive U.S. database of obstacles (upgradeable via the Internet) to help you see and avoid high-rise structural hazards in the vicinity of your flight path.
Free Garmin 196 Instuctional Videos
Tropic Aero's Garmin Portable GPSmap experts have answered a few of our most commonly asked questions in video format. Simply visit the Garmin 196 product page and click the Free Videos tab.
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