From: Phil Verghese
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Members
Subject:
[T-Craft] Garmin 430 ground school
The
first ground school of the new year will be on a new piece of equipment that
will soon be installed in Cessna 686. The Garmin GNS 430 is a panel-mounted GPS
with a built-in communication and navigation radio.
The
class will be held on Wednesday January 18th,
Whether
or not you can attend the class, I recommend that everyone spend some time learning
about this sophisticated piece of avionics equipment. Garmin has lots of good
information on this unit on their website and you should download these three
items.
1) The
430 Pilot's Guide (3.67 MB PDF):
http://www.garmin.com/manuals/GNS430_PilotsGuide.pdf
2) The
430 Quick Reference Guide (774 KB PDF):
http://www.garmin.com/manuals/GNS430_QuickReferenceGuide.pdf
3) Most
importantly, the excellent 430 simulator lets you actually practice using the
unit on your Windows computer. It's a large download, but well worth the time
spent getting the file (13.2 MB EXE):
http://www.garmin.com/software/simulators/TRAIN430.EXE.
During
the class I'll cover basic operation of the 430, using the communication and
navigation radios, and VFR navigation. In the interest of time, I will not
cover using the GPS for IFR approaches during this introductory class. If
there's sufficient interest in IFR use of this GPS, I can cover that in a
future ground school.
Phil
Verghese
Membership/Safety
Director