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Garmin ADS-B In
traffic comparison

controller, "Stand by to copy an
amendment to your route."
The wireless access also gave us
current weather conditions and a
FIS-B Doppler weather view just like
what the airplane's panel delivers.
As we taxied to Stearman's
Runway 17, everything worked in
sync: The G600 displays, the primary
GTN 750 and the iPad; they all
showed traffic in the area, weather
miles away, even the airport and
runway layout thanks to the taxi
program available with Garmin Pilot.
The iPad could be selected to show
the same synthetic vision system
view as the PFD side of the G600;
similarly, the MFD side of the G600
matched the view on the GTN 750 - a
view selectable on the iPad as well.
What's not to like?

In to be the carrot to go with the
year 2020 stick - the mandate to
use ADS-B Out in airspace that
today requires Mode A/C or S
transponders. It's a carrot worth a
pilot's attention.
After opening the weather page
on the iPad, the ADS-B In services
weather displayed on the tablet
playing out exactly like what we saw
on the Garmin GTN 750 and on the
MFD side of the G600 PFD/MFD
before the pilot.
We found the same to be true for
the live traffic arriving via the TIS-B
feed via ADS-B In. Traffic displayed
not only on the same screens
mentioned above, but also on the
PFD side of the G600.
Best of all, the relative altitude,
attitude, direction and speed
information on the tablet matched
that on the G600, taken from its own
sensors.

FIS-B and TIS-B: budget-sensitive
weather and traffic - live
With the iPad's integral Internet
access and Garmin Pilot, the weather
developing northwest of Olathe came
as no surprise. Before we saw it on
the SR-22's MFD, we could see it on
Garmin Pilot and the iPad.
Many in aviation consider ADS-B

Backup system: iPad standby
attitude - there in a pinch
Of course, for so many pilots of
the right age, the idea of depending
on all those non-gyro attitude sensors
and computer screens brings a level
of discomfort only answered by
standby systems: standby electrical
power, standby (alternative) display

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screens, and backup AHRS thanks
to the Flight Stream 210 wireless
gateway.
Now this SR22 boasted everything
needed to ease the mind of most
active instrument pilots - dual
electrical systems, batteries and
alternators. No worries, right?
Of course, no worries. Unless
... and mulling the unknowns of
"unless" for many aviators translates
into "you can't have too many
backup/standby systems."
The iPad with Garmin Pilot adds
depth here, too, able to use the
attitude data from the Flight Stream
210 to deliver what the G600's
attitude sensors show - regardless of
whether the G600 works or whether
the screen display functions.
Need only the Flight Stream 210
and the tablet to work. No fearing
the loss of the G600's PFD display,
not with the standby functionality
of the iPad, Garmin Pilot, the 210's
sensors and the Connext software.
In addition to all this functionality
and the free weather and traffic, this
solution also satisfies the ADS-B
Out mandate thanks to the GDL 88's
connection to the GTN 750's WAAS
GPS receivers.
No WAAS navigator? No worries.
The dual-band GDL 88 can be
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