Gamin offers a dedicated Smart Glide panel-mounted activation switch, shown in the main image. Without it, you can access the Smart Glide guidance from the Direct -To button on the GTN Xi-series navigator.
When an engine quits at low altitude as one did for me, it’s easy to misjudge the glide needed to put the airplane where you think it should go. But thanks to technology that trickles down from Garmin’s emergency Autoland, Garmin’s latest retrofit navigators paired with the appropriate flight displays take the guesswork out of […]
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