BGLC300

Max Trescott's G3000 and G5000 Glass Cockpit Handbook is the one source of information that educates pilots on how to use the Garmin G3000 and G5000 in turboprops and light jets. Learn about the PFD and MFD displays, touchscreen controllers, radio and audio functions, programming the GPS, electrical systems, using the autopilot and electronic checklists. You'll also learn to use all of the data link weather features available through XM Satellite weather. Keep a copy of this book in the cockpit, and use the detailed Index to quickly look up a feature. Throughout the book, you’ll find practical tips, gleaned from the industry’s most experienced glass cockpit instructors, on how to use different features.

Some of the G3000 G5000equipped aircraft covered in this book:

Here's What you'll learn in this book:

• How to use all of the major features in the G3000 G5000.
• How to use advanced features including auto-throttles and Autoland.
• How to apply prior G1000 knowledge to learning the G3000 G5000.
• How to use the autopilot—in all of its modes—in plain, simple English.
• How to fly an instrument approach including use of the autopilot.
• What you need to know about seven minimum types on WAAS-based approaches.
• How and when to use the GPS’s OBS mode.
• How to develop a more effective instrument scan for glass cockpits.
• How to use and understand data link weather information in the cockpit.
• Max Trescott, the 2008 National Flight Instructor of the Year, takes a narrative approach to explaining the G3000 and G5000 in ways that both beginners and experts can understand. Max is a glass cockpit guru, and he can be heard each week on his top-rated Aviation News Talk podcast. He holds four ATP certificates for every airplane category and class. His online training courses can be found at PilotLearning.com. He’s the author of Max Trescott’s G1000 & Perspective Glass Cockpit Handbook and of Max Trescott’s GPS and WAAS Instrument Flying Handbook. Max is based in the S.F. Bay Area, and he specializes in teaching in Cirrus aircraft.

Soft cover, 312 pages of full color, illustrated with more than 300 computer screen shots and photographs, glossary and index.