Hour Meter

ELT Remote Switch

Vacuum pressure gauge

auto pilot master switch

 

 

Avionics Master Switch

 

 

Dimmer Knob

Primer Switch

Master Switch

Three-Control Power Quadrant
Includes Carb Heat, Throttle, and Mixture controls.

Fuel Tank Switch
Controls which tank the plane is drawing fuel from. Running out of gas continues to be a frequent cause of accidents, even on routine flights.”

Fuel Gauges

 

Engine Instrument Cluster
an electronic engine instrument cluster that includes Vacuum Gauge, Load Amp Gauge, Oil Pressure Gauge, Oil Temperature Gauge, Fuel Pressure Gauge, and Cylinder Temp Gauge.

Registration Number
Displays your official registration, which air traffic controllers use to identify your plane.

Digital Clock
giving Greenwich Mean Time or local time.

Airspeed Indicator
Displays how fast the plane is moving relative to the air. Airspeed is measured in “knots,” or nautical miles travelled per hour. An easy way to calculate your speed in miles per hour is to add 15 to every hundred knots. In other words, if your aircraft was cruising at 100 knots, you would be travelling at approximately 115 mph.

Engine Tachometer
Like a car’s tachometer, this indicates the number of revolutions per minute (RPM) of the aircraft engine.

Turn Coordinator
Displays the rate and the direction of a horizontal turn. The floating ball in the instrument helps the pilot prevent the airplane's tail from skidding to the outside of a turn or slipping to the inside.

Attitude Indicator
Also known as the “Artificial Horizon,” this instrument displays the plane’s position relative to the ground and the horizon. It is especially useful when conditions don’t allow clear vision through the windshield.

Directional Indicator
Indicates the plane’s heading

Altimeter
Displays your altitude. It reads like a clock, with the big hand indicating hundreds of feet, and the little hand marking thousands of feet.

Vertical Speed Indicator
Displays the plane’s rate of climb or descent in feet per minute (fpm).

Glide Slope Indicators
Assist landings in cloudy conditions. These Twin Garmin GI 106A Glide Slope indicators are panel-mounted Course Deviation Indicators (CDI) with rectilinear meter movement and integral GPS, NAV, and VLOC mode annunciators. The GI 106A also features a VOR/LOC/GPS needle, TO/FROM indicator, and NAV warning flag.

Audio Control Panel
Controls the messages that are sent and received by the plane. This aircraft features the Garmin GMA 340 with a Marker Beacon and Intercom System. The powerful GMA 340 offers large, LED-illuminated push buttons to activate up to three Comm transceivers and simplify cockpit workload. Also features Split Comm, which allows the pilot to use Comm 1 and the co-pilot to use Comm 2.

Integrated Navigation System
This aircraft is fitted with Garmin avionics for flight navigation. The standard GNS 430's or a GNS 530, combines GPS navigation, VHF communication, and moving map graphic navigation on a large color display. The 12-channel unit offers GPS, Com, Nav, ILS, VOR, LOC and glide slope capability in a single, space-saving package.

Transponder
Detects incoming radar signals and returns a signal that allows a controller on the ground to identify and follow your plane by radar. .