Greetings,

Welcome to the first edition of the In Flight Aircraft newsletter. These newsletters are dedicated to helping pilots stay informed on the latest news with the G1000 and sharing techniques that we've learned. In our experience, processing and making decisions on available information is the key to our safety in the air. There is no doubt the G1000 provides an invaluable set of information. Our hope is that these newsletters will help those who fly with the G1000 become more familiar with the aircrafts systems and how to effectively utilize the information available.

N2322Y is available for rental and flight training at Livingston Flight Inc. in Howell, MI at the Livingston County Airport. Please contact Ron Megesi at LFI to schedule aircraft rental or flight training. LFI is a premier Cessna Pilot Center with the newest and safest aircraft in the Livingston County area. Additional contact information can be found at the "Contact Us" link to the left.

N2322Y recently received the latest version of the G1000 software. This was a big and much anticipated update to the system. The new software fixed some bugs in the system (most notably, the transponder losing it's configuration) and includes numerous enhancements. This newsletter edition is geared toward communicating those enhancements to all of you who are flying N2322Y so you can take advantage of them the next time you fly. Please note that you can click on any of the G1000 images in this email to get a high resolution version of that image in a browser window. Following are direct links to areas you may be particularly interested in:
New Initialization screen
Where's the "Recent" list?
Loading Airways into your flight plan
Listing of all new enhancements
Current Squawks for N2322Y
Reminders

With this update is the ability to add checklists and electronic charts to the MFD. We have not added either of these options yet as they are fairly expensive and we are currently evaluating their value to pilots who fly N2322Y. The checklist option would include all normal and emergency checklists found in the POH. One nice feature with these checklists would be immediate access to emergency procedures on the MFD with the touch of one softkey. The electronic charts would include airport SafeTaxi diagrams, Alternate and Take-off Minimums, DP's, STAR's, and Approach plates. There are two options with the electronic charts, Garmin's Charts and Jeppesen's charts. The Jeppesen charts would display the aircraft moving on the approach plates, the Garmin charts would not. However, the Jeppesen charts are about 4 times the cost. If you have any interest in having either the checklist or electronic charts in N2322Y, please email matt@inflightaircraft.com. A decision on which options to purchase will depend on the demand for them.

Also, the new PC trainer for the C-172/G1000 is available from Garmin that includes all the enhancements now in the aircraft. This is an invaluable tool that you can use to learn all the G1000 systems quickly on your computer and become proficient while on the ground. You can get the PC Trainer directly from Garmin's web-site for about $25 or send an email to matt@inflightaircraft.com and we can burn a copy. All the G1000 images used in this email are screen shots from the PC Trainer.

Example image of the new Initialization screen showing all the database information
(please ignore the dates in this image, it's from the PC trainer and does not represent actual data loaded in N2322Y):

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Where's the "Recent" list?

If you use the "recent" waypoints list for entering into your flight plan or "Direct to" there's a change in how you access the recent waypoints. Basically, any place you would normally enter a waypoint, you can turn the small FMS knob to the left. You are then presented with the FPL list (all waypoints in your flight plan)

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One click of the small FMS knob to the right you get NRST (nearest waypoints)

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One more click of the small FMS knob to the right you get RECENT . Once you get used to this it provides a much quicker way to enter frequently used waypoints.

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Loading Airways into your flight plans

For those of us that receive IFR clearances on victor airways, the task just got a lot easier. The G1000 now has all the airways in it's database and you can easily load airways into your flight plan after receiving your clearance. No longer do you need to quickly find the victor airway on your paper charts and figure which waypoints and VORs to load into the flight plan to fly that airway. Another great example of how the G1000 is continuing to reduce pilot workload and keep us safer! Following is the step by step procedure for entering an airway into your flight plan using the MFD. While this example illustrates using the MFD, you can also load airways in the flight plan inset on the PFD with the same procedure.

MFD while at OZW:

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Press the FPL (Flight Plan) button:

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Using the FMS knob enter POLAR as your next waypoint:

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Press MENU and select Load Airway:

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The system will automatically bring up the airway located on POLAR, in this case V133. Use the FMS knob to select the desired EXIT waypoint (selected MBS in this case) and press ENT (Enter):

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You'll see V133 entered into the flight plan exiting at MBS:

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Press FPL and see your flight plan on the MFD:

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All enhancements included in this release:

Garmin Aerial Navigation Product Alert -Service Alert 070227-00 Resolution: Cessna Service Bulletin SB07-25-03, Garmin G1000 Arrival and Departure Procedures Software Alert, transmitted Garmin's Service Alert. These documents communicated the requirement to remove the active arrival or departure procedure prior to loading a new arrival or departure procedure. Compliance with this Service Bulletin (SB07-34-02) by loading software version 563.03 will no longer require the manual method to remove the active arrival or departure procedure as described above. Compliance with Garmin Service Bulletin No.: 0708 Revision A, AFM/AFMS Limitation for G1 000 Systems, is not required as software version 563.03 includes the 8.02 software for the PFD/MFD units.

Garmin GDL-69A XM Radio/Weather System: Reference Cessna Service Newsletter SNL07-1/Garmin Service Advisory NO.: 0613 concerning the storm cell tracking limitation. The greater than 400 storm cells issue is resolved with this software upgrade. Enhancements are also provided for the pilot's interface with the system.

Reversionary Mode Timing: Displays enter reversionary mode automatically and require 5 seconds of normal operation before returning to normal display mode to prevent possible reversionary mode cycling events (change affects both automatic and manual reversionary mode).

Reversionary Mode Inset Map: Added functionality to the PFD/MFD reversionary mode to show the Inset Map if selected.

Barometric Altitude Minimum: Enable aural alert for this function.

Alternate Transponder Code Entry Procedure: Provides the pilot with another way to enter transponder codes by using the FMS knob in addition to the existing soft key code method.

VHF COM Transmit Indications: Enabled RX and SO indicators to be visible in the same location as the TX indicator when the specific VHF COM is either transmitting "TX", receiving with automatic squelch active "RX" or when manual squelch is open "SO".

Track Vector: Added the ability to adjust the look ahead time for the track vector.

Victor Airways: Added Victor Airways to the flight plan capability.

TAWS-B System: Changes incorporated to reduce nuisance alerts. Added an "INHIBIT" softkey when on the TAWS Map Page for inhibiting TAWS-B aural alerts. Refer to SB06-34-03 Revision 1 (or latest revision).

MFD Splash Screen For Aviation Database Status: Refined the display format of the aviation database name, version, and effective dates. This also affects the display format for Land, Obstacle, Terrain, SafeTaxi, FliteCharts and Jeppesen ChartView databases if installed.

Auto-Acknowledge Aural Alert: Configuration changes to ensure aural alerts are provided at system power-on.

Fuel Calibration: Revised the Fuel Calibration Page in the G1000 Configuration Mode.

Garmin SafeTaxi & FliteCharts: Added support for Garmin SafeTaxi and FliteChart electronic chart products. Refer to SB07-34-04 (or latest revision).

XM Radio Interface: Added the ability for inner and outer FMS knobs to input the channel number on the XM radio page. Added provisions for indicating on the XM radio page if the GDL 69 unit fails. Added map panning capability of altitude information for cloud tops on the weather datalink page and text instructions for the LOCK softkey on the XM information page. The XM activation page will now dynamically update the presence of the radio softkey based upon whether the XM radio signal is present or not. The XM signal strength status indicator has been added to aid in diagnostics. Added age information in all the maps that could depict the data link weather.

Current Track Bug: Feature added to display the airplane's current track on the HSI.

Wind Data Window: Includes an additional wind data window to provide various formats of wind magnitude, direction, crosswind and headwind components.

Vertical Navigation: Added support for assigning altitude constraints with vertical waypoints to give vertical navigation guidance.

Barometric Altitude Minimum: New functionality added for setting a minimum descent altitude.

Transponder GND Softkey: Added a transponder GND softkey to allow manual selection of Ground Mode.

Traffic Information Service (TIS): Enhanced TIS functionality by disabling TIS on the ground to avoid nuisance alerts, and allow muting of the TIS Not Available (TNA) alert by use of a new TNA MUTE softkey.

Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) Display: Enhanced highlighting of waypoints beneath some TFR's and TFR highlighting while using the map pointer.

(N/A for N2322Y) ADF Superflag: Added support for the ADF relative bearing pointer display to be shown when an ADF Superflag signal is sensed and removal of bearing pointer when signal is low.

Software & Configuration Loading: Enhanced and simplified the software loading procedures.

LRU Port Info: Added increased diagnostic support in configuration mode to allow quicker verification of operating or failed data paths.

ARINC 424 Database Leg Types: Added support for these procedures to be displayed on the MFD.

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Current Squawks for N2322Y

1. OAT (Outside Air Temperature) un-reliable. The OAT will sporadically report much lower than actual temperatures (like -30 Celsius on a hot summer day) and at times register no data. This is a problem that we've been diagnosing over the last couple months. The next step is to replace the OAT sensor and wiring to the air data computer. This will happen at the next 100 hour, likely around the end of September, early October. We expect this will solve the problem. We're doing our best to resolve this issue before icing becomes a possibility.

2. Due to OAT un-reliable, TAS (True Airspeed) un-reliable. This is because accurate OAT is required to calculate TAS.

3. Due to TAS un-reliable, wind vector un-reliable. This is because accurate TAS is required to calculate wind vector.

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Reminders

Cleaning the G1000 Screens - Please make sure to never use any liquid cleaner on the screens. This can remove protective layers from the screens. If you would like to wipe fingerprints off the screens, please use the blue micro-fibre cloth in the glove box.

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