The GPS 500 is for serious IFR pilots who want big-picture situational awareness. With its FMS-like attributes, the GPS 500 can simultaneously give aviators vital approach information and weather and traffic data in relation to their position on a large, color moving map display. Pilots will enjoy the GPS 500 as an MFD, especially when it is coupled with traffic, lightning detection, and weather interfaces like Ryan TCAD, BFGoodrich SKYWATCH™ and STORMSCOPE® WX 500, and soon the GARMIN GDL 49 data link transceiver. The GPS 500 vividly presents critical flight data in a manner that pilots and aircraft owners have come to expect in GARMIN panel-mount avionics. Its color moving map features a built-in database that shows cities, highways, railroads, rivers, lakes, coastlines, and a complete Jeppesen database — all in high-contrast colors. The GPS 500 is TSO C129a certified for GPS non-precision approaches and will be WAAS-upgradable. TOP