Max Trescott's G3000 and G5000 Glass Cockpit Handbook Overview:

"The real strength of Max Trescott’s G3000 and G5000 Glass Cockpit Handbook is the indepth explanations of not simply how these systems operate, but why, from a pilot’s perspective, they work the way they do.”
Rob Mark

Max Trescott's G3000 and G5000 Glass Cockpit Handbook is the one source of information that educates pilots on how to use the Garmin G3000 and G5000 in turboprops and light jets. Learn about the PFD and MFD displays, touchscreen controllers, radio and audio functions, programming the GPS, electrical systems, using the autopilot and electronic checklists. You'll also learn to use all of the data link weather features available through XM Satellite weather. Keep a copy of this book in the cockpit, and use the detailed Index to quickly look up a feature. Throughout the book, you’ll find practical tips, gleaned from the industry’s most experienced glass cockpit instructors, on how to use different features.

Some of the G3000 and G5000 equipped aircraft covered in Max Trescott’s G3000 and G5000 Glass Cockpit Handbook:

• Cessna Citation M2, CJ3+, Sovereign+, Latitude, Longitude, Denali, and 10+
• Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet
• Daher TBM 930 and TBM 940
• Embraer Phenom EV100 and 300E
• Honda HA420 HondaJet
• Learjet 70, 75, and 75 Liberty
• Piper M600 and M600 SLS
• Retrofitted Cessna Citation Excel and XLS
• Retrofitted Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400XP
• Retrofitted TacAir F5 fighter jets

Here's what you'll learn in Max Trescott’s G3000 and G5000 Glass Cockpit Handbook:

• How to use all of the major features in the G3000 and G5000.
• How to use advanced features including autothrottles and Autoland.
• How to apply prior G1000 knowledge to learning the G3000 G5000.
• How to use the autopilot—in all of its modes—in plain, simple English.
• How to fly an instrument approach including use of the autopilot.
• What you need to know about seven minimum types on WAASbased approaches.
• How and when to use the GPS’s OBS mode.
• How to develop a more effective instrument scan for glass cockpits.
• How to use and understand data link weather information in the cockpit.
• How G3000 G5000 features vary among aircraft models.

Max Trescott, the 2008 National Flight Instructor of the Year, takes a narrative approach to explaining the G3000 and G5000 in ways that both beginners and experts can understand. Max is a glass cockpit guru, and he can be heard each week on his toprated Aviation News Talk podcast. He holds four ATP certificates for every airplane category and class. His online training courses can be found at PilotLearning.com. He’s the author of Max Trescott’s G1000 & Perspective Glass Cockpit Handbook and of Max Trescott’s GPS and WAAS Instrument Flying Handbook. Max is based in the S.F. Bay Area, and he specializes in teaching in Cirrus aircraft.

Soft cover, 312 pages of full color, illustrated with more than 300 computer screen shots and photographs, glossary and index.
Published January 2021