Garmin’s New Emergency Autoland

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Key Takeaways:

  • Garmin's Emergency Autoland is a new autonomous flight technology within their Autonomi family for the G3000 avionics suite.
  • The system is designed to automatically land an aircraft, in conjunction with other technologies like autothrottle and autopilot, if the pilot becomes incapacitated.
  • Emergency Autoland is currently pending FAA certification and is expected to be included in the 2020 Piper M600 turboprop single and the Cirrus Vision Jet.
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Emergency Autoland is the latest layer of embedded automation in Garmin’s Autonomi family of flight technologies for the G3000 integrated avionics suite. Coupled with an autothrottle, the autopilot’s Emergency Descent Mode and Electronic Stability and Protection, the system ultimately puts the aircraft back on the runway when the pilot can’t. With final FAA certification pending, Autoland is expected to be included in the production type certificates for the 2020 Piper M600 turboprop single and the Cirrus Vision Jet. AVweb contributor and Aviation Consumer magazine Editor-in-Chief Larry Anglisano flew with Garmin’s full Autonomi system in both aircraft and prepared this field report.

Larry Anglisano

Larry Anglisano is the former Editor in Chief of sister publication Aviation Consumer magazine. He's an active land, sea and glider pilot, and has over 30 years experience as an avionics tech.
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