Demo Flight
Today, I got a demo flight for the Columbia 400. The plane I flew was equipped with the Garmin G1000 and the new Ready Pad. In this previous post, I was wondering whether the Avidyne FlightMax Entegra would be a better option. Today, my mind is set, I would definitely go for the Garmin. The plane’s construction is a lot better than the one of the Cirrus SR20 that I am flying for my IFR training. The Columbia is to the Cirrus what a Mercedes is to a Ford. On a very hot day, we climbed to 9,000 feet at 1,500 feet per minute, our ground speed easily reached 210 knots, and the plane felt very stable at slow speed, all the way down to 60 knots. Amazing! Many thanks to Jon Mayer for the flight.
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