Event Details and Registration

As flat panels, solid state gyros and advanced navigation become increasingly available, more and more aircraft are becoming "Technically Advanced". FAA Safety Team Representative Rob Montgomery and Certificated Flight Instructor Tennessee Garvey will present an interactive discussion about the technology and how it all fits into the "human centered cockpit." Learn from the pros how to have an intimate understanding of the systems in our aircraft. 

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This seminar is sponsored by Premier Aviation at Portsmouth and the FAA Safety Team.

Technically Advanced Aircraft (TAA) are entering the general aviation (GA) fleet in large numbers. The categories are newly designed aircraft, newly manufactured classic design aircraft equipped with new avionics, and retrofitted existing aircraft of varying ages.

Early reviews of accidents show nothing unique to TAA relative to other categories of aircraft. Training requirements center on differences in new-design TAA handling characteristics and the addition of capable but complex avionics packages. Light GA pilots are now undergoing the transition that the airlines and corporate pilots did in prior decades. The use of autopilots as an integral part of single-pilot IFR TAA operations should be embraced. Deliveries of new equipment have overtaken the training infrastructure in some cases. CFIs and pilots are adapting with the manufacturers and training organizations, ramping up in experience and in capability. More and better simulation will ease the transition. Attend this informative briefing and learn critical information about these systems and best practices for their use.