First Flight: GFC 500 in a Cessna TR182

I flew Birdie (our TR182) home from Garmin’s Olathe, KS facility today, after they used our airframe to certify the GFC 500. What a rock solid piece of equipment!! Watch this video of my descent into the DFW area. I was cleared to cross FINGR at 6000, then the rest of the SLANT3 arrival. Before I arrived at FINGR, I was cleared to continue down to 4000. As I reached FINGR, the G5’s and GFC 500 auto-slewed to and turned towards SLANT, the next fix on the arrival. However, just as the GFC 500 started that turn, my clearance was once again amended to “fly heading 200.” This video captures all of that, and how the system handled it.

P.S. I was told R182/TR182 install kits should be available by mid August, not the October timeframe I was thinking!