Pilot's Guide

190-00663-03 Rev. A
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Beechcraft C90A/GT/GTi
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FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
SECTION 2 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
WARNING: In the event that the airspeed, attitude, altitude, or heading indications become unusable, refer
to the backup instruments.
NOTE: The Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) provides additional readouts and bugs on selected flight
instruments. Refer to the AFCS Section for details on these bugs and readouts, as they appear on the display
during certain AFCS modes.
Increased situational awareness is provided by replacing the traditional instruments on the panel with easy-
to-scan pilot and copilot Primary Flight Displays (PFD) that features a large horizon, airspeed, attitude, altitude,
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 explained in other sections of this
Pilot’s Guide.
The following flight instruments and supplemental flight data are displayed on the PFDs:
• Airspeed Indicator, showing
– True Airspeed
– Ground Speed
– Mach number
– Airspeed awareness ranges
– Reference bugs
• Attitude Indicator with slip/skid indication
• Altimeter, showing
– Barometric setting
– Selected Altitude
• Vertical Deviation, Glideslope, and
Glidepath Indicators
• Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)
• Horizontal Situation Indicator, showing
– Turn Rate Indicator
– Bearing pointers and information windows
– DME Information Window (optional)
– Course Deviation Indicator (CDI)
• DME Tuning Window (optional)
• Outside Air Temperature (OAT)
• International Standard Atmosphere (ISA)
temperature deviation
• System time
• Wind data
• Vertical Navigation indications
The PFDs also display various alerts and annunciations.