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Glass Panel Flyoff:
Entegra Edges the G1000

The G1000 is an engineering tour de force with tons of horsepower. But the Entegra’s simpler, more direct interface is easier to learn and use.


by Jeff Van West

Ah, the joys of a new airplane: the custom N-number, the smell of a fresh leather interior, the sunlight glinting off the LCD displays. If you’re buying new, you’re likely also buying a primary flight display system or PFD, along with a companion multi-function display or MFD. The two popular systems are Avidyne’s Entegra and the G1000 by Garmin. A third, Chelton’s FlightLogic, isn’t available for any new fixed-wing aircraft but can be retrofitted.

Only the Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Co.—formerly Lancair—offers the choice of systems. The rest of the airframers have shacked up with one or the other and, if you want the airplane, you have no choice…


 
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