Garmin Adds Synthetic Vision to G1000

**This image shows that the red shaded terrain is above the level of the airplane and impact is eminent if the pilot doesn’t pull up as the display and verbal commands dictate. The yellow shaded areas indicated a risk of collision.
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This display shows how Garmin created a different color and apparent texture for water so that there is no confusing it with the blue sky presentation.

**You can see the Garmin SVT "pathway" boxes stretching out ahead and below the airplane. The boxes represent the desired path in space, both laterally and vertically, so to track the course you need to keep the flight path marker flying th?

**As you approach an obstacle the SVT display enlarges the symbol to make it visually jump out. If you continue on a collision course the symbol turns yellow when impact is less than 60 seconds away, and finally red when the threat is 30 se?

**When you near the desired runway the SVT shows the pavement in proper perspective along with the centerline and runway numbers. The inset window on the lower left can show a variety of additional information, a wider view of the area arou?

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