New Garmin aera GPS Receivers We're writing to announce the next gerneration of Garmin aviation portables, the aera™ 500, 510, 550, and 560. Garmin aera GPS Receivers From $799.00 [Detailed Garmin aera GPS Information] Welcome to a new era in portable GPS Now, the company that brought you aviation's first "mini-MFD" is taking the concept to a whole new level: With the Garmin aera™ lineup of touchscreen GPS portables. Featuring crisp 4.3-inch QVGA wide-format displays with menu-driven tap-and-drag user interface, these four versatile "dual boot" models let you transition seamlessly from runways to roadways with the best in Aviation and Automotive moving-map navigation. Leveraging Garmin's industry-leading expertise in integrated systems design, the aera series offers a full range of smart, easy-to-use guidance solutions for today's pilot/motorist. In your aircraft, the aera's detailed Sectional chart-style shaded mapping and extensive terrain and aviation databases (including private airports and heliports) help you visualize your flight path in relation to nearby navaids, terrain, SUAs, obstructions, and so on. For added safety, a database-driven terrain advisory feature offers TAWS-like color coding and pop-up alerts when possible obstructions or ground proximity conflicts loom ahead. Garmin's patented Panel Page affords a reassuring backup to your panel-mounted instruments with its exclusive \ display of GPS-derived HSI, altimeter, groundspeed, vertical speed and turn indication. Plus, on the aera 550 and 560 models, preloaded Garmin SafeTaxi® charts provide detailed taxiway diagrams and position information for over 950 U.S. airports – while an included AOPA Airport Directory database gives you detailed listings, phone numbers, facilities and fuel location information on over 7,400 U.S. landing sites, as well as airports of entry for Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Other premium aera 550/560 features include higher-resolution 9 arc-second terrain/obstacle detail (providing over 11 times more onscreen resolution than the standard 30 arc-second display). Also, the 550 and 560 both come with one year of prepaid database updates. For added safety, TIS traffic alerting is supported by all four aera models (through an interface with your aircraft's Garmin GTX 330 Mode S transponder or other compatible third-party traffic devices). [Detailed Garmin aera GPS Information]