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). Candidly, Ive never liked Pathways, so I was delighted to recently find a good use for them.

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Approach Runway Cockpit Aeronautical Decision-Making 85

Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

Collins Aerospace The Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system offers an all-in-one solution for flight deck modernization, and enhances safety, situational awareness (SA), and operational efficiency across aircraft platforms. Pro Line Fusion provides the industrys first touch-control primary flight display (PFD).

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Flight Deck Jet Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Primary Flight Display 75

WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

While commercial airliners are made up of millions of individual components, the foundation of every airplanewhether a Boeing jet or a training aircraft like a Cessna 172 starts with the same key parts. Modern cockpits often feature a glass cockpit large digital displays that replace older analog instruments.

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Lift Thrust Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 52

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. Touch screen and cursor controls allow pilot selectable layers of data (including synthetic vision) to be displayed.

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Cockpit Weight-Shift-Control Flight Deck Instrument Meteorological Conditions 40

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

These cockpits combine all traditional instruments on multi-function displays (MFDs). This is called the Primary Flight Display (PFD). Glass cockpits require additional training to use and interpret the advanced displays effectively. The main instruments in our six-pack are consolidated onto one screen.

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Cockpit Pilot Weather Primary Flight Display 52

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

The cockpit, also called the flight deck, is where pilots use electronic flight instruments as part of a primary flight display. Various aircraft engines are in use throughout the aviation industry, including: Piston engines: Smaller planes use this system for primary flight control.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

As we turned to intercept the localizer, the winds were 360 at 53 knots at 2,000 feet, according to our wind vector on the primary flight display. The sounding analysis depicted a low-level jet maximum at 2,500 feet. Our groundspeed was a meager 72 knots as we descended on the glideslope.

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Weather Wind Shear Clearance Turbulence 111