AggieMike88
Touchdown! Greaser!
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2010
- Messages
- 20,805
- Location
- Denton, TX
- Display Name
Display name:
The original "I don't know it all" of aviation.
I recently went on a flight with a fiend and his newly purchased airplane. It is a very nice flyer and well appointed with lots of glass: GTN750, the new Garmin ratio replacement for the KX155, and two GX3 10” touch screens, one for the pilot side, a second for the passenger side.
During power up of the avionics, I noted the his screen showed the nav database in the current cycle, but the 750 and the G3x in front of me was out of date. The G3x in front of him was current.
Can someone provide guidance and a rule or AC citation that either permits this “one is current but others are not is satisfactory” or says “all must be current”.
Currently he is only a VFR private pilot, but He said he wishes to obtain his IFR ticket by late summer. I would like to make sure he understands what he should be doing database wise to be “legal” once he begins training and eventually obtains the rating.
My initial guess is that he needs to have current databases in the GTN and his primary PFD.
But that’s a guess and I’d like to expand my knowledge with what the proper rules answer is.
During power up of the avionics, I noted the his screen showed the nav database in the current cycle, but the 750 and the G3x in front of me was out of date. The G3x in front of him was current.
Can someone provide guidance and a rule or AC citation that either permits this “one is current but others are not is satisfactory” or says “all must be current”.
Currently he is only a VFR private pilot, but He said he wishes to obtain his IFR ticket by late summer. I would like to make sure he understands what he should be doing database wise to be “legal” once he begins training and eventually obtains the rating.
My initial guess is that he needs to have current databases in the GTN and his primary PFD.
But that’s a guess and I’d like to expand my knowledge with what the proper rules answer is.