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1 button push to scroll between screens. If I was willing to spend extra few grand, could have bought the combo (2 instruments) which would mean no scrolling. They let you decide( to a point) of which info you want on the main screen, and what you prefer on the secondary display (one button push...

I have the cgr30p, easy install due to no panel cutting, fit it into where the tach used to be, removed all the ancient wobbly gauges - looks 'clean'. I have no large glass panels, my instruments are all round, so the CGR30P just looks a better fit.

I panel mounted my Aera after years of having it on the yoke - for me, worth it for light IFR as a great situational awareness enhancer.

Socal and Las Vegas all around $110/h

Off topic John - but other than your plane being stunning, the velcroed pen/glasses holder would solve my problems... What/where from?

easy way - down to I40, then just follow it all the way to CA. As long as the winds around ABQ are light, it'll be both straightforward and fun. Alternative is to go further south to ELP then follow I10. This has the advantage of (almost) no mountains, can actually do the whole route below...

Not on your list, I use FlyQ and prefer it's interface to FF

I initially thought that too, but on top of the purchase price there's added installation costs for a stand alone com AND less panel space. YMMV

gnc355 - same as the 175 but with built in com - not to sound dramatic (...), a life changing upgrade!

I have been parked outside at that airport (KVGT) for the last several years; custom interior window shades for ALL windows, cowl plugs, internal gust lock and ensuring properly tied down. Wind of 20kts here is considered a breeze... Over the last few weeks, we had 3 separate days of 50kt gusts...

I'm based at KVGT in a (so called) shade hangar. The waiting list moves surprisingly quickly. Be aware that the word 'shade' sort of depends on which section you're in - some are orientated to allow full sun onto plane for half the day! Custom sun shades are a must here.

US nav database for my gnc355 is $299 per year. Includes all you get for $499 but doesn’t update terrain. I figure I’ll die long before the mountains change their elevation..

I've set them up so any changes I make on the 660 automatically show up on the 355. In VFR, I use the 660 as an MFD for traffic, terrain (based in Vegas). In iFR, the 660 either shows low alt airways whilst the 355 shows map, or the 660 shows (half of..) an approach plate with my little airplane...

I have the 355 with an Aera 660, they call it a poor man's 650, but actually it's much better than that.

I've spent a few months hoping for a 'bargain' on a gdl50, failed.. Off to Copperstate fly-in later this month and if the Garmin booth doesn't have a 'deal', I'll surrender and just pay the $760 (ish inc sales tax) and finally have a cool AHRS to play with.

amusingly enough, my girlfriend prefers ergos of Lightspeed (I don't...). Happy to swap her A20 for your PFX!

expat here.. based in Vegas with a pa28 and frequently make a similar trip - weather dependent, I take the Southern route via ELP, or the 'middle' route through ABQ; for the ELP route, I stop in either KCGZ or E95 for fuel, then either ELP itself or just before in KLRU. FF available throughout...

I fly out of KVGT, the ODP is ALWAYS part of the clearance, even at 3am when I was the only plane airborne is the Las Vegas area, the clearance was still the ODP which takes me several miles in the opposite direction to my route of flight. Here, it has effectively become a SID..

approx 11,000 hours - my normally grumpy copilot giggled like a schoolgirl after one of my 'firm arrivals'. Thankfully, that's rare, but it still (sadly!) occasionally happens. Worry not.

last year, Las Vegas to El Paso - US93 to Phoenix, turn left, follow I-10. After the return, opened wallet and installed GNC355...