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. Heres the tip.

Approach

Pilot Institute

JULY 4, 2025

Newer glass cockpits may show this guidance as a flight director cue on the primary flight display (PFD) Aural Alerts: A synthesized voice will call out “ Traffic, traffic ” for a TA, and explicit instructions like “ Climb, climb ” or “ Descend, descend now! ” The colored bands appear on the VSI only during an RA.

Transponder

Professional Pilot

APRIL 3, 2025

For example, a traditional airspeed indicator shows only real-time changes, while a glass cockpits trend indicator calculates exactly where the airspeed will be over a fixed unit of time and can trigger alerts or automated corrections if thresholds are breached.

Cockpit

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The minima table lists the DA and Height Above Threshold for each type of RNAV approach. Use your GPS and primary flight display to track your flight path. The image at the beginning of this section is an example of an RNAV approach plate for Monterey Regional, California. Follow altitude restrictions.

Approach