On Wednesday of last week I finally did the G1000 checkout ride. Initially I was unsure how many hours of actual flight training would be required in my case for the instructor to sign the G1000 transition endorsement. As it turned out a short cross country flight was sufficient. I had already trained with MS FSX and Garmin’s own PC-based simulator software and was a little more at home with the knob-twisting and button-pushing routines required to operate the G1000 than my instructor. As a training exercise we flew a GPS approach to Orange County (KMGJ) and had a great deal of other fun with the amazing capabilities of the G1000 avionics.
Two days after the G1000 endorsement I took the plane out for a cross-country business-related trip. A lot of fun.
