Flying 20 Club, Inc.

Danbury, CT

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FLYING 20 CLUB AVIONICS GROUND SCHOOL SYLLABUS

Instructor: Brad Freeman
  • GNS 430W VFR/BASIC OPERATIONS (3 HOURS)
    Saturday May 16 – 9:00am - 12:00pm at Reliant Air
    • GPS/WAAS Overview
    • Power On Self Test/Satellite Status
    • GNS430 “Knobology”
    • Overview of the Main Page Groups
    • Selecting COM and VLOC Frequencies
    • Data Field Display
    • Basic Navigation – Direct-To
    • GPS vs. VLOC Navigation
    • Vertical Navigation
    • Not-So-Stupid Garmin Tricks
    • GNS430/Autopilot Coupling
  • GNS 430W IFR/ADVANCED OPERATIONS (3 HOURS)
    Saturday May 23 – 9:00am - 12:00pm at Reliant Air
    • Are you IFR legal?
    • Entering Flight Plans
    • STARs and SIDs
    • Intercepting Airways
    • Deviations/ATC Vectoring/Amended Flight Plans
    • Basic Approach Operations
    • Loading/Activating Approaches
    • Vectors to Final, Procedure Turns, Holding & Missed Approach
    • Flying ILS and GPS/WAAS Approaches
  • S-TEC SYSTEM 55/WX-500 OPERATIONS (3 HOURS)
    Saturday June 6 – 9:00am - 12:00pm at Reliant Air
    • System 55/ST-360 “Knobology”
    • Heading Mode
    • Altitude and Vertical Speed Hold
    • Control Wheel Steering (CWS)
    • VOR/GPS Course Intercept and Tracking
    • ST-360 Altitude Pre-Select/Altitude Alerting
    • Approach Coupling with Glide Slope
    • WX-500 Stormscope Operations

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