I did my checkout flight in the club's Piper Saratoga today. Most of the time was spent messing with the GPS and autopilot. I've never used an autopilot with altitude hold before. It's actually a little disconcerting at first, but once you get used to it, it's pretty cool. It will definitely make a long trip less tiring.
And of course, the Garmin 430 is pretty awesome too. I just wish there was a way to store a flight plan in a handheld like the 295 and sync it to the panel mount.
