September 28, 2015, Moline, IL – Elliott Aviation, the industry’s leading Garmin retrofitter, today announced their plans to bring an Elliott Jets owned Hawker 400XP with a full Garmin G5000 installation to the annual NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, November 17th – 19th in Las Vegas, NV. The aircraft will be available for viewing at the indoor static location. In addition, Elliott Aviation already has seven confirmed sales of the system.
The installation will be the first ever dealer installation of a Garmin G5000 in a Beechjet 400A or Hawker 400XP. The G5000 installation will provide Beechjet/Hawker 400XP customers an estimated 250 pound average weight savings, new LCD displays, new autopilot, touchscreen controls, WAAS/LPV, synthetic vision, XM weather, and ADS-B compliance. Elliott Aviation is offering customers a 15 day guaranteed downtime for the complete retrofit and onsite training.
“As Garmin’s leading retrofitter, we’ve had such a tremendous success with the G1000 King Air program that we wanted to expand our experience to other solid airframes,” said Conrad Theisen, Director of Avionics Sales for Elliott Aviation. “Beechjet and Hawker 400XP operators have been asking for a complete retrofit and now we’re able to offer them the best possible solution.”
Certification of the system is expected in the first half of 2016.
Elliott Aviation is a second-generation, family-owned business aviation company offering a complete menu of high quality products and services including aircraft sales, avionics service & installations, aircraft maintenance, accessory repair & overhaul, paint and interior, charter and aircraft management. Serving the business aviation industry nationally and internationally, they have facilities in Moline, IL, Des Moines, IA, and Minneapolis, MN. The company is a member of the Pinnacle Air Network, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), National Air Transportation Association (NATA), and National Aircraft Resale Association (NARA).
