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Taxiing to the run-up area for fi- nal checks and then onward to the runway was uneventful. However, one new-to-me feature made me feel like a true avgeek. I have extensive Garmin experience as a contract pilot on the Citation M2 and CJ3+, selling nearly new Cirrus aircraft, flying around my own Garmin retrofitted 1957 Cessna 182A, and as a previous factory demonstration pilot and sales representative for Textron Aviation. Even among all my Garmin ties, I haven’t had the chance until today to try out the new Garmin 3D SafeTaxi.
The 3D SafeTaxi puts the SafeTaxi map you know and love into 3D vi- suals, and as the M700 icon on the screen moves as you taxi, you can see taxiway/runway signs, hold short lines, hangars, traffic, buildings, and more passing by. What’s even more incredible? You can input your taxi directions, and you will get a familiar magenta line to follow that could help at complex airports. How easy could Citation recurrent be on those night- time low visibility simulator sessions with this new feature?!
Rolling up to the hold short line of Runway 22 at Vero Beach Airport, Joel told me that most customers upgrading from a different M-Class aircraft to the M700 go on the demo flight almost exclusively to see the takeoff and climb performance. Piper
Piper M700 Fury Viewing the Garmin G3000 Avionics Suite
View From the Flight on the M700 Looking Out The Wing Over the Florida Coast
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View From the Flight in the M700 with Mindy Lindheim Landing the Airplane