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Cessna 1. 82 Skylane NXi We Fly It First. I wont make any bones about it. We were getting our butts kicked as we climbed out on what seemed as though it should be an ideal early spring afternoon. The conditions were CAVU, dry air and severe clear blue skies cradling the green and rolling Hill Country of Central Texas as we headed slightly west in search of lonely runways and empty airspaces. Cessna Training Course' title='172 Cessna Training Course' />Learn about FAA private pilot requirements and course options. Patch Antenna Array Calculator here. Earn your Private Pilot License with our accelerated private pilot training in only 3 months EASA certified FNPT II, FNPT II MCC FAA certified AATD. More than 265 devices installed worldwide and more than 165 customers. ATPL, MCC, JOC. The Commercial Pilot Certificate is a qualification that permits the holder to act as the pilot of an aircraft for remuneration. Course entry requirements. Thankfully, both remain plentiful in the Lone Star State, and while I should say that it wasnt technically spring but still winter, it honestly felt more like summer. The slight haze and mildly gusty conditions presaged a less than velvety ride. We were thankful, at least, that the air cooled as I hand flew the Skylane to 8,5. I was flying the 2. Cessna Skylane with Cessna demo pilot Randy De. Long trying to keep me out of trouble, which, in this case, meant my searching for buttons that werent where I thought they should be. This newest Skylane has the latest Garmin flat panel avionics system, the G1. NXi, and its a great fit for the 1. Its the third NXi outfitted airplane Ive flown so far, and each one of them has been markedly different from the last. In the 1. 82, NXi is a near clone of the original G1. While the transition from G1. G1. 00. 0 NXi wont be tough for most pilots, learning the many new capabilities of the system will take some time, unless youre as lucky as I was to get the tutelage of an instructor who knows the new system inside and out, like Randy, whos the most expert G1. Ive flown with. In terms of cosmetics, the 1. Those early, largely bare metal planes had the same straight vertical tail as the 1. The outline of the Skylane has changed very little since the early 1. Todays Skylane might do the job of a flying pickup truck, but it has the look and feel of a luxury sport sedan. In this regard, among others, the Skylane continues to be the most pleasing and effective compromise in light aviation. The plane I was flying also happened to be the very first NXi Skylane, the one the company used to ready the system for market. It was not an experimental airplane, however, as many early development models are. In fact, you couldnt tell it from a production airplane, the fit and finish was so good. The Skylane effect isnt a new phenomenon. People have been gravitating to the 1. Cessnas trio of general aviation classics, the 1. Skyhawk and the 1. Skylane, accounts for around 7. The inaptly nicknamed 1. Commuter is one of the two greatest two seat trainers ever, the other being, duh, the Piper Cub. Cessena-570x515.jpg' alt='172 Cessna Training Course' title='172 Cessna Training Course' />The 1. Skyhawk is the ultimate entry level, four seat personal plane and the most produced plane of any kind, ever. The refined cockpit of todays Skylane. The 1. 82 is, well, something else altogether. Its a high performance plane by many measures, with decent cruise speed, excellent climb capability and terrific useful load. With all this, it somehow retains most of the easy flyability of the other two Cessna light plane stars. More than a few folks started in a 1. Its an easy airplane to love because it gives so much and asks so little. Its cheap to maintain and boasts one of the best safety records in GA history. Whats not to love Since its reintroduction back in the mid 1. Skylane has been outfitted with the Lycoming IO 5. Lycoming IO 5. 40 AB1. A5 version. For decades, the Skylane cruised along with the Continental O 4. Cessna-172-Exterior-Inflight-Pilot-Training-1024x683.jpg' alt='172 Cessna Training Course' title='172 Cessna Training Course' />Cessna 172. The Cessna 172 is a fourseat, singleengine, highwing fixedwing aircraft. First flown in 1955 and still in production, more Cessna 172s have been built. Get pilot training through Indias premier aviation academy. Applications are invited. Contact 91 84474 98053, 91 98736 62370. Lycoming is a fellow Textron Aviation company, as is propeller supplier Mc. Cauley, so the choice of powerplant components makes great corporate sense for Cessna, and the aviation math is pleasing, too. And the 5. 40 series Lycomings are, if anything, as well regarded as its Continental counterpart, so its hard to argue that the switch to the Lyc was anything but an even deal, if not an improvement the 5. TBO and no one misses the need for carb heat in the non fuel injected Continentals. The Skylane isnt the fastest airplane in the sky, but at 1. The front seats are not only comfortable, they meet the latest crashworthiness standards, too, something that cant be said for legacy Skylanes. Theres plenty of room up front, and the visibility a high wing plane offers is one of the best selling points of the Cessna piston single brand with the notable exception of the low wing TTx. There are not a lot of external changes to the Cessna Skylane, a tough bird that is perhaps the best compromise in aviation history. It had been about five years since Id flown a new production Skylane, and that airplane was a G1. The airframe hasnt changed notably in that time, with the exception of a cool LED landing lightso the big differences were the normally aspirated engine and the updated avionics. Cessna hasnt made a big marketing push with the introduction of the NXi suite, which is understandable given all the big news the company has on a number of other fronts, including with the emergence of its Denali turboprop single and the remarkable sales success of its Latitude super midsized jet. But NXi is a big deal, and heres why. As youve read in recent issues of Plane Pilot, Cessna isnt the first to announce NXi. Cirrus unveiled the new avionics package early in the new year, Garmin announced its retrofit program for existing King Airs around that same time, and Piper announced that its Archer was the first single out of Vero Beach to get the new suite a short time later. And we can expect even more new announcements, likely from everyone who has already TSOd versions of G1. With the exception of the G2. TTx model, Cessna has already switched to the NXi platform in all of its piston singles, from Skyhawk to Stationair. Theres been no announcement on the Caravan yet, though its likely only a matter of the timing with that model, as well, as Garmin is phasing out major components of G1. NXi. The new Garmin G1. NXi panel looks identical to the previous G1. Flying The Skylane NXi. Before we headed out, Id created a short flight plan for the trip on my Garmin Pilot app on my i. Phone 7 Plus yes, its a big phone, but thats great for aviation apps. Randy suggested creating a hold out by our touch and go destination of Llano KAQO, so we could see NXis impressive ability to pretty much fly the hold for you, so as little as I like to fly holds in real life, I planned to put in one of those, too. Th Curriculum Decision Edition Improvement Making Process. Once out at the planeyou can fire up the avionics before you start the planeI synced my phone to the flight management system via the built in Flight. Stream 5. 10, Garmins wireless information sharing system, and uploaded the plan with the touch of the screen. Once connected, the system would also share information with my phone, including ADS B weather and traffic data, and if I updated the flight plan on the FMS, it would update on the phone, and vice versa, with safeguards built in to assure that no accidental changes get made. We had a little wind on the nose taking off, and the Skylane, which needs very little runway to begin with, needed even less. We were flying within seconds, and as we climbed out, I glanced over at the rate of climb and was happy to see better than 1. Impressive. We climbed up through the bumps, and at 8,5. We were light, as is ever the case with flight tests of new airplanes, and even though it was a little warmer than standard, our cruise numbers were a good bit faster than book. With power set at 2. With the engine leaned to 1. Bottom line The Skylane does at least what Cessna says it will.