" I had a new Garmin radio stack (530,430,etc.) along with your True_Flight FL  system installed in a Cheyenne II.  I wanted the system to display XM weather and the Electronic Attitude Indicator.  It only took one flight to appreciate the many other advantages of the True_Flight system (WAAS GPS, TrueMap, Digital Charts, Approach Overlay and Terrain Alert).  I now use the $25,000 Garmin / TWAS to steer the autopilot, and the Garmin 430 is just along for the ride.  Your engineers and programmers got this project right".

My mechanic & friend Bill, has over 6,000 hrs in everything from a duke to Malibu jet prop.  It was Nasty here yesterday from San Diego to Vegas at 2:00 in the afternoon His exact words were, "How come Garmin cannot make something like this".  He feels the money, I spent was well worth it in lieu of $25,000 we were going to spend. And we have chart info, taxi, and so much more.

After seeing the True Flight system in action, my friends who have Garmin and Lowrance systems wish they had bought a True Flight System instead.

- Darryl Howard

I’ve been flying a long time, my last 22 working years as a production test pilot for McDonnell Douglas and Boeing.  I’ve flown just about every jet transport Douglas ever built, and even with all their sophisticated displays and avionics, I’ve never seen any single piece of equipment that produces the level of useful information we can get from the FL190.  

--  Peter Bernardin

The visibility I had with True Flight’s Highway in the Sky was nearly exactly as you picture it on the “hits” page.   

While flying from Salem, Oregon to Richland Washington on my first long trip after getting my pilots certificate, I had the choice of taking the North or South side of Mt. Hood.  At 11,249 Feet it is the fourth highest in the Cascade Range. Normally, should be able to see it easily from 10-20 miles away in VFR conditions, I mean it is not a needle in a haystack.  Yet that is exactly what happened due to the haze and smoke from many fires etc we have had here in the Northwest. 

True Flight’s Highway in the Sky gave me the visibility and the information needed to avoid flying into the mountain.  I cannot tell you how valuable of a tool it was to have on that day. It was a safe trip. 

I knew I made the right decision in purchasing your product over many others for my Cessna 150 when I saw my boss had one in his King Air.

The display screen is very large. This was one of the first big selling points for me over both the pda-based systems and the Garmin 296/396, all of which I found PATHETICALLY small once I saw this screen in comparison. The colors are incredibly rich and vibrant.  The screen is very bright and easy to see from all angles, even in glary direct sunlight. You can customize it to show almost unlimited different maps and combinations of maps with overlays, including the basics like airways and navaids, to state borders to highways with easily customized decluttering filters depending on range. I find it much more intuitive to set up and use than the Garmin portables.

It has an attitude indicator (not the synthetic one that Garmin uses but an honest to God AI that can be superimposed on the screen). It has all approaches from the IAF thru the missed approach and auto sequences thru them, unlike the Garmin which only shows the approach starting at the FAF.

Love my FL 190!  it's truly amazing!  took it out yesterday for the first time since the permanent install.  Everything worked smoothly.  Got strong WAAS and pretty xm signal also.  The approach overlay worked perfectly.  Shot my first GPS approach ever and it was right on the money.  The twrs to the left of the approach were right were the image said they were!  Awesome.

I RECENTLY INSTALLED A GARMIN 530 (TO REPLACE A NORTHSTAR M3 IN ORDER TO REMAIN GPS IFR CERTIFIED) AND THE 530 DOES NOT HOLD A CANDLE TO TRUEMAP....THE 530 TAKES 3 TO 4 SECONDS TO REDRAW A MAP VS. INSTANTANEOUS FOR TRUEMAP.  AND TRUEMAP IS SO STRAIGHTFORWARD, SO INTUITIVE WITH THE KEYBOARD TAKING SO MUCH LESS TIME TO ORDER THE DESIRED DATA. I LOOK FORWARD TO WHATEVER NEW FEATURES YOU MAY BE BRINGING US. THANKS!

-Randall Courtney Cessna Pilot.

Anyway I had a flight Saturday in which I got a full use of the traffic, and it was amazing.  There are planes out there I didn’t know was there. It was almost overwhelming until I got use to the screen pictorial and the actual distance to the real thing. Also the TrueMap software was very easy to manipulate…  The XM weather was cool it was showing the broken clouds and winds that where actually out there. Thanks, this was very cool…

I read your comparison between the Garmin 496 and Flight Cheetah after following a link on Avweb.  Your comparison was detailed, accurate, & professional.  I received a 496 from my wife for Christmas and now fly with both units.  Flight Cheetah is definitely the superior unit.

I was amazed with the accuracy of the Flight Cheetah.  I have even more respect with the Flight Cheetah and its display now that I have seen its accuracy up close and personal.  You and your staff are to be commended for the attention to detail which makes the Flight Cheetah a remarkable instrument".

As soon as I saw True Flight version 4.0 was available, I ordered and downloaded the new moving IFR chart display onto my Flight Cheetah.  I did not get a chance to try it until this past weekend.  WOW!  What wonderful addition to the capabilities of the Flight Cheetah.  There is no more question of your exact location and when the controller amended my clearance to direct LUFSE intersection, I found it immediately on the moving IFR chart display and proceeded directly there.  I specifically liked the feature where you can re center the IFR chart by hitting the Enter button and the extended line of flight. 

"I have 300 hours of flying time using the Flight Cheetah system. This is the most advanced instrument available to general aviation. This instrument has taken my flying to a new level. The GPS moving map, enhanced mapping, tower alerts, altitude alert, airport information, electronic attitude, approach overlays and data link weather are rolled up into one instrument and is unsurpassed by any competitor. Every serious pilot should have data link weather. The winds aloft feature allows me to evaluate the best altitude while enroute. Support from the True Map staff is phenomenal. Anyone doing cross-country flying should have this instrument".

"I just downloaded the latest version of  your moving map software.  The improvements are fabulous.  Allowing the map to take up the full screen improves situational awareness, and reduces clutter at the wider scales.  All the numbers that you need are still on the screen and large enough to read easily. 

However, the new moving map feature on an airport diagram is the big winner.  I flew up to Santa Barbara yesterday.  Runway 15L, and a number of intersections were closed intermittently.  Coming out of the ramp at Mercury, it was easy to see what ground control had in mind when they advised me to stay on the ramp to Kilo, and then use Bravo until a hold before crossing Runway 25 to 15R.   Taxi-ing out while following the bright purple airplane moving on the airport diagram on the  Cheetah screen was like having my own personal progressive.   I'm  unfamiliar with the airport but I must have looked like an old hand to ground control.  No problem weaving around the obstacles to get to 15R even with what looked like a fork in Bravo taxiway.  The program is a great safety improvement because there was no question where I was when I started coming up to the area where Bravo intersected 25. 

“ I encourage anyone seeking a manifold increase in their level of situational awareness to check out this marvelous and cost-effective technology.”   

“Because we were not pressurized, we wanted to fly as low as possible, consistent with terrain avoidance.  It was a simple matter of establishing the cruise altitude, and then monitoring the terrain depicted on the Flight Cheetah for any terrain elevations that would become an issue.  The accuracy of the underlying terrain display was nothing less than spectacular.”  

“This was yet another instance where the Flight Cheetah proved invaluable, as we continuously monitored the Napa weather to see if the ground fog would lift in time for our planned arrival, forecast weather notwithstanding.”

"I just used my Flight Cheetah for the first time just after a front rolled through, and absolutely loved it! The weather data is fabulous, and the amount of nav/terrain/towers/etc. information available is a huge help. My brand new Garmin GNS480 went down on the trip (antenna problem), so the FL270 was the only GPS aboard. It was wonderful to have that backup. Otherwise, I'd have been back to VOR's again, like it was when I learned 25 years ago! I highly recommend the Flight Cheetah for anyone serious about flying. The redundancy alone is worth the price; especially the artificial horizon option, which is a much less expensive alternative than a panel mount. My radio shop was really jealous".

- Mike Lewis