New hardware, software features
December 2, 2020
Embraer Executive Jets’ entry-level single-pilot twinjet, the Phenom 100EV, has received several upgrades to its Garmin G3000 Prodigy Touch avionics suite.
The first Phenom 100s went into service in 2008, followed by a steady progression of upgrades to the type. An increased payload came in 2012; new interiors in 2013; standard synthetic vision in 2015; and a faster, 406-knot max cruise speed with the Phenom 100EV in 2017.

Thomas A. Horne
AOPA Pilot Editor at Large
AOPA Pilot Editor at Large Tom Horne has worked at AOPA since the early 1980s. He began flying in 1975 and has an airline transport pilot and flight instructor certificates. He’s flown everything from ultralights to Gulfstreams and ferried numerous piston airplanes across the Atlantic.