Approach Cockpit Primary Flight Display 
Flying Magazine
JUNE 3, 2025
If you’ve flown in a Garmin glass cockpit with synthetic vision, then you may have seen the Pathways feature, a series of constantly moving rectangles on the primary flight display (PFD). However, when flying an approach, the width is 700 feet or half of the full-scale CDI deflection, whichever is less.
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 30, 2024
Deciding between a traditional round-dial cockpit and a modern glass cockpit can be a big deal for some pilots. Round-dials teach you hands-on skills, while glass cockpits use fancy technology to help you see what’s going on around you. Learning these differences will help you pick the right kind of cockpit for you.
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Professional Pilot
APRIL 3, 2025
While it may be common to find some very spartan instrumentation on an open cockpit biplane at the local fly-in, the level of complexity increases exponentially in turboprops and jet cockpits. Technically, even a cockpit lighting rheostat qualifies as avionics, but pilots typically associate the term with advanced technology.
Pilot Institute
JULY 4, 2025
Pilots constantly watch out of the cockpit windows, and air traffic control monitors traffic in the airspace. Pilots themselves scan for traffic by looking out the cockpit windows. When the time of closest approach falls below certain levels, TCAS issues alerts. This display shows where the other aircraft is in relation to you.
AV Web
MAY 4, 2025
One of its main, parallel north-south runways is closed for construction, and a recent handing off of a large swath of approach responsibilities to Philadelphia has combined with some staffing woes to make a mess of things (See Russ Niless update on the details.) On arrival in St. Courage under fire.
Pilot's Life Blog
JUNE 18, 2025
It features the Garmin G3X Touch avionics suite, providing students with a contemporary cockpit experience. The aircraft’s simplicity and durability make it ideal for primary flight training. In terms of cockpit layout and handling, Piper is often praised for its more “airline-style” approach.
Professional Pilot
JANUARY 2, 2025
By Jake Carpenter Contributing Writer F rom rudimentary analog gauges to todays sophisticated, fully integrated avionics, the evolution of cockpit technologies has revolutionized how pilots interact with their aircraft. Pro Line Fusion provides the industrys first touch-control primary flight display (PFD).
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