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altitude we cruised comfortably at 402 KTAS/0.71Mach, burning 440 PPH per side. The G3000 makes enroute flight planning easy, including the automatic landing elevation selection for pres- surization. Descending to KCOS, we descended and leveled off at FL270 for
KCOS ILS 17L Approach (photo by author).
ATC, where we f lew at 370 KTAS with a total fuel flow of 1,000 PPH.
Preparing for the approach is sim- ple: check the ATIS, automatically load the METAR for weather and perfor- mance data, activate V speeds, load the approach and chart and you are set. Setting up for landing, I accessed the performance features of the G3000 and at an elevation of 6,187 MSL. At our landing weight of 9,369 lbs, and Vref of 106 KTS, our runway requirement was only 3,277 feet out of 13,501 feet available on Runway 17L. The M2 is easy to hand fly, and I set up the ILS 17L on the G3000 and intercepted the localizer.
Next-Generation G3000
Textron Aviation improved the avi- onics on its latest production M2s with the upgraded Garmin G3000. Starting with serial number 525-1048 (CJ3+ 525B-0610), they incorporated the latest G3000 hardware and software. This new version of the G3000 features faster processors that allow display
of both VFR sectionals and IFR air- way charts on the higher resolu- tion (1920 x 1200) displays as well as rapid redraw of the screen im- ages and initialization time of 10 seconds. The concurrent software upgrade includes standard features such as Visual Approaches, ADS-B In, HSI map overlays, standby data- base capability and European Visual Reference Points (VRPs).
The new G3000 optional features are equally impressive. Sirius/XM
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PHOTO BY AUTHOR
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