Section 4 – Normal procedures
IFR FLIGHT: TRAINING PRE-REQUISITES AND INCREMENTAL
EXPOSITION TO G1000 SUITE
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2. IFR FLIGHT: TRAINING PRE-REQUISITES AND INCREMENTAL EX-
POSITION TO G1000 SUITE
The aircraft is fully equipped with a Garmin G1000 avionic suite that integrates
radio aids navigation with GPS navigation, providing an outstanding capability to
support IFR flight, from basic instrument training to complex IFR scenario.
Depending on national regulations, in some countries flying IFR with a single en-
gine aircraft without autopilot installation and/or single pilot may or may not be
allowed, any customer must pay careful attention to check limitations that may
apply.
The use of G1000 software requires full system knowledge (G1000 manual which
will also specify peculiar limitations), careful preparation, ground training on the
computer-assisted software and pre-flight training before flight.
Furthermore, as a minimum during training, it’s strongly recommended using the
avionic suite in IFR with incremental steps after initial basic IFR instruction:
1. Initial use of a single radio-aids (No GPS);
2. Use of two radio-aids (No GPS);
3. Use of GPS for point to point navigation (No approaches);
4. Use of VNAV feature;
5. Full use of avionic suite.
The flight training syllabus for IFR instruction will need to address this incremen-
tal approach in order to give pilots awareness of full avionic potential, and to
highlight the complexity of single pilot usage of G1000 Garmin suite while en-
route or high density airspace structure.
CAUTION
Due to precision required on IFR flight, the workload that may develop using full
avionic suite, may get excessive in single pilot without the aid of an autopilot.
Considering the complexity of the G1000 suite, sound judgment will be required
(weather, airspace complexity, pilot skills) to assess the best option of IFR steer
guidance.
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