For many aircraft owners, an avionics upgrade begins with aging equipment or an obsolete system that needs replacing. For Steve Nunn, Vice President, Business and Corporate Development at Maverick Aviation Group (owners of Maxcraft), the story began somewhere else: his mission had changed. Steve was travelling more frequently for both business and pleasure. His Cessna […]
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If you’ve been following our projects lately, you’ll know we’ve had a steady stream of PA46s coming through our hangar. This JetProp received what has almost become our defacto “standard” avionics package for PA46s and will be a highly capable high-level IFR machine for years to come. JetProp Gets Next Generation Upgrade 1994 Piper PA-46-350P […]
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After recently acquiring this Piper Jetprop, the customer ferried the aircraft from Texas, up to our hangar in British Columbia. Our customer wanted this Jetprop to have an avionics suite with a similar look and feel to a jet. Upgrading the G500 display to a G500 TXi, adding a digital engine information system, and Garmin’s […]
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While almost all of the aircraft we feature in our projects arrive at our hangar with older avionics and leave as highly capable machines ready for many more years of service, this M600 left the Piper factory in early 2022 and arrived to Maxcraft after the pilot made a diversion during one of his first […]
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Since purchasing this Piper Malibu a few years ago, the owner has brought it to Maxcraft’s hangar many times, each time leaving with a little more technology than when it arrived. While it started off very capable with a Garmin G500 and GTN 750, we’ve continued to make improvements such as removing the standby vacuum […]
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Maxcraft assisted this customer with importing this Piper Malibu from the United States, along with minor avionics upgrades. Upon opening up the panel to install some small items, we discovered one of the worst wired aircraft we have ever seen. Problem after problem was discovered as we attempted to resolve all the issues. In the […]
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Garmin G500 – Glass Cockpit for the Piper Malibu The Piper Malibu received Garmin’s new G500 glass panel flight display system with synthetic vision technology, along with a GAD43 Gyro Adapter System interfaced to an existing autopilot The Aircraft and Owner A Calgary resident, Martin Merritt frequently commutes. Regularly flying over mountains at 22,000 feet, […]
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