A great way to augment your Garmin 430/530 classroom training is to enroll in the Garmin 430/530 Flight School™.  The Garmin 430/530 Flight School™ is a comprehensive flight training program designed to help you master your GNS 430/530 in a variety of flight scenarios in your airplane.  The program is divided into three phases, each phase building upon the knowledge/experience acquired from the previous phase.  If your aircraft is equipped with an autopilot, we incorporate autopilot use into each lesson.   All Garmin 430/530 Flight School™ students must attend the Garmin 430/530 Workshop (or equivalent) as a prerequisite.

Garmin 430/530 Flight School™ Training Syllabus

        Phase 1 – Instrument approaches (two lessons)

• Standalone GPS

• Overlay w/ PT

• Overlay w/ hold in lieu of PT

• Vectors to final

• Missed approach procedures

• ILS approach

        Phase 2 – Flight Plans (one lesson)

• Entering IFR flight plan

• Routing changes

• Intercepting radials/airways

  Phase 3 – Advanced operations (two lessons)

• Multiple turns around hold

• Unpublished holds

• Missed approach hold same as PT

• Changing IAF after approach activated

• Departure procedures

• Arrival from NoPT sector

• Emergency procedures

        Phase 4 – Comprehensive IFR cross country (one lesson)

This is the part where we "put it all together"!  You'll fly an IFR cross country trip and experience challenging IFR scenarios, fly different types of instrument approaches, and handle simulated emergencies! 

The flight portion of each lesson is approximately 1.5 hours in duration, plus a pre- and post-flight ground session.  Ample time is spent on the ground to ensure that all questions are answered, and all answers are understood.

A variety of scheduling options are available for your convenience.  You may complete the training in one day, or divide the phases into separate lessons.

The lessons are scheduled by appointment - call 610-405-5243 or email us at judy@avtrainingunlimited.com.

Cost:  Call!