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Garmin G1000 NXi Pilot’s Guide for the Cessna NAV III
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SECTION 2 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
NOTE:
The Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) provides additional indications and bugs on selected
flight instruments. Refer to the AFCS Section for details on these bugs and indications, as they appear on
the display during certain AFCS flight director modes.
The system increases pilot situational awareness by providing an easy-to-scan Primary Flight Display (PFD)
featuring a large horizon, airspeed, attitude, vertical speed, and course deviation information. In addition to the
flight instruments, navigation, communication, terrain, traffic, and weather information are also presented on the
PFD and are explained in other sections of this Pilot’s Guide.
The following flight instruments and supplemental flight data are displayed on the PFD:
• Airspeed Indicator, showing
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Indicated Airspeed
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True Airspeed
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Airspeed awareness ranges
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Vspeed reference bugs
• Attitude Indicator with slip/skid indication
• Altimeter, showing
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Trend vector
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Barometric setting
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Selected altitude
• Vertical Deviation, Glideslope, and Glidepath
Indicators
• Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)
• Vertical Navigation (VNV) indications
• Outside Air Temperature (OAT)
• Horizontal Situation Indicator, showing
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Turn Rate Indicator
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Bearing pointers and information windows
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Navigation source
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Course Deviation Indicator (CDI)
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HSI Map
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DME Information Window (optional)
• DME Tuning Window (optional)
• Transponder Mode, Code, and Ident/Reply
• References Window, showing
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Generic timer
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Vspeed values
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Barometric or temperature compensated
minimum altitude alert
• Wind data
The PFD also displays various alerts and annunciations discussed throughout this Pilot’s Guide.