controls or one of the other functions of the GFC 500 or 600. Few avionics functions inspire more confidence than the LVL button on a Garmin GFC package. So desirable has this function become that it's offered by competitors in many of their flight-control systems. STRAIGHTENING UP TO FLY RIGHT Continued from page 18 The test involved putting the aircraft into an undesirable combination of a steep bank and pitching the aircraft so that it's truly beyond normal flight. Then, let go of the controls. The aircraft won't know what it wants to do to return to trimmed flight. But with a push of that blue LVL button, the autopilot takes over in so-equipped GFC 500 or GFC 600 aircraft. Once activated, the first act of the LVL button brings the wings back to level, then pitches the nose back to level before entering a mode that holds altitude and wings level. And there it stays until the pilot provides other input, whether through the flight Meanwhile, back in the realm of normal flight Of course, most pilots will spend most of their time flying without engaging any of the emergency functions built into the GFC 500 and GFC 600. And in this area, Garmin's two new flight-control packages truly cover the spectrum of autopilot functions. Consider these sundry normal-flight control functions. Go anywhere else for brakes and what could be wearing thin is your patience. If searching for the right wheel and brake parts has you in a holding pattern, let Precision Aviation Services (PAS) get the wind back under your wings. Call today or visit us online at www.precisionaviationservices.com. 20 avionics news * september 2017http://www.precisionaviationservices.com