First flight in a G1000 today...

I flew one too for the first time last week.

My jaw was dropped the entire time. I learned to fly in a '78 152 with very basic avionics. The glass cockpit made everything so much easier.
 
Be careful, if you keep talking like that you'll have about 15 cargo pilots with mediocre social skills, who've never touched glass, telling you you're not a real pilot unless you can hand fly an ILS inverted, and the G1000 will turn your brain to mush ;)



I love glass cockpits. Can't wait until they become the norm, rather than the exception, in another 10 or 15 years. Probably the best thing to happen to aircraft since the invention of GPS.
 
jrh said:
Be careful, if you keep talking like that you'll have about 15 cargo pilots with mediocre social skills, who've never touched glass, telling you you're not a real pilot unless you can hand fly an ILS inverted, and the G1000 will turn your brain to mush ;)
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Boris in 3, 2, 1...
 
jrh said:
Be careful, if you keep talking like that you'll have about 15 cargo pilots with mediocre social skills, who've never touched glass, telling you you're not a real pilot unless you can hand fly an ILS inverted, and the G1000 will turn your brain to mush ;)



I love glass cockpits. Can't wait until they become the norm, rather than the exception, in another 10 or 15 years. Probably the best thing to happen to aircraft since the invention of GPS.
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Yup. I'm glad I learned in a steam, and steam training still has its place in today's environment, but good grief...all other things being equal, you'd be NUTS to choose steam over glass.
 
I had a hard time with the G1000 (after 150 hours or so of steam). It was like reading in a car - made me nauseous. The TCAS (or whatever they call it in the G1000) was awesome, though.
 
Murdoughnut said:
I had a hard time with the G1000 (after 150 hours or so of steam). It was like reading in a car - made me nauseous. The TCAS (or whatever they call it in the G1000) was awesome, though.
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TIS.... :)

I have some time in the G1000... ok most of my time is in it, and I have to say studying for the Instrument Written was a pain since we don't have any of the instruments (a lot of the primary/supporting stuff was completely foreign because of how the instruments are grouped in the G, but I have a few hours in steam so I knew the nuances and differences of each and I can comfortably fly either right now). The G1000 will definitely continue to grow in aviation, it is just ahead of it's time right now I think, or is everything else behind it? Who knows, but it's fun! Makes instrument flying almost too easy...
 
Yeah, but I still use primary and supporting method of flying when I use glass.

I tend to level off by using the altimeter and vsi.

Talk about old habits :P

Although, the more I use a FD the more I get used to sticking it in the pink.

Cue Sexual joke.
 
I did all of my training in steam gauges and have about 120 hours instructing in G1000.. I prefer steam simply because the first job I get after instruction is PROBABLY not gonna be in a glass cockpit... ;)
 
jrh said:
Be careful, if you keep talking like that you'll have about 15 cargo pilots with mediocre social skills, who've never touched glass, telling you you're not a real pilot unless you can hand fly an ILS inverted, and the G1000 will turn your brain to mush ;)

I love glass cockpits. Can't wait until they become the norm, rather than the exception, in another 10 or 15 years. Probably the best thing to happen to aircraft since the invention of GPS.
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What about a cargo pilot with slightly above mediocre social skills who has probably more glass time than most of ya'll saying the same thing?

:D
 
Jshutt64 said:
I flew one too for the first time last week.

My jaw was dropped the entire time. I learned to fly in a '78 152 with very basic avionics. The glass cockpit made everything so much easier.
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Same here I learned to fly in a '78 152 with one radio and no GPS and did ALL my instrument training in a '77 172 N model with a 430. It was a little strange at first staring at digital numbers on a computer screen versus watching a needle move back and forth, but overall I think me and the G1000 will get along just fine :D
 
The company I work for is running the Chelton EFIS for all of its glass cockpit needs. Yeah, the glass is great, but be advised, GPS failures, TAWS failures, and even physical component failures do occur. If you want to safely fly IFR with glass cockpit make sure you've got a set of steam guages, and a handheld GPS incase of the worst case scenario.
 
at1024 said:
That's a subscription right?
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Not sure..... I hear its a software upgrade for a few G1000 certified aircraft. The DA40 XLS I flew with came with Syn Vision. The intergrated airport taxi way charts are the bomb when it comes to larger airports. :rawk:
 
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