Garmin GPS Training

Located near Boston Massachusetts, North Andover Flight Academy is a complete helicopter flight school. Among our many flight training offerings is our Garmin GPS training course. Our instructors can train you in your aircraft - helicopter or airplane - on your Garmin equipment.

Learn how to use the Garmin 400 series, 500 series, 396 handheld, 496 handheld, or any Garmin GPS. Sign up for our Garmin refresher with one of our CFI's and get free use of any of our Garmin training videos and software.

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Our course includes an overview of GPS technology, understanding WAAS, RAIM, and other GPS terminology. How to use your GPS, how to customize your GPS, flight plans, emergency operations, and instrument approaches.

Learn how to use the many XM functions within the handhelds. We will cover the use of GPS to avoid weather situations.

We are equipped to handle recreational and professional students utilizing Robinson helicopters. We have several instructors on staff, and we are the only helicopter flight school Boston offers which is also a helicopter maintenance facility and certified Robinson helicopter service and overhaul facility. Our Boston metro location is beneficial for training in multiple environments - metropolitan, seacoast, and mountainous terrain are some of the nearby features. Our combined helicopter flight training and formal ground school is configured to train professional pilots.