The big lesson I learned is that you need to plug in the positions of every airport you could pass including the ones you might divert to if you go on a trip with a non-aviation GPS. For someone like me that flies all over the place and lives in Florida with god only knows how many airports it takes forever and you still don't have the restricted areas, class B and C airspace, etc., etc., etc.
Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Barry Kruyssen Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:22 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> GPS Thanks for the story Brian. I was swaying with the idear of getting something cheaper and you just convinced me to get the "real thing" when it comes to GPS for aviation. Logging on to Garmin WEB page now...................................................... :-) regards Barry Kruyssen Cairns, Australia RAA 19-3873 k...@bigpond.com http://www.users.bigpond.com/kr2/kr2.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Kraut To: KRnet Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 1:14 PM Subject: RE: KR> GPS I have been using a Garmin Etrex Legend for a while. It works great and is a whole lot cheaper than aviation units. There was the time though when I was flying back from somewhere and the weather started looking pretty bad. I checked the AWOS at a nearby airport and got the dreaded "Lightning in all sectors" in the comments section just as I saw a bolt that was probably 30 miles away but looked like it was right by wingtip. The thunderstorms in Florida pop up out of nowhere pretty quick sometimes. As I was franticly typing in the name of the closest town to the airport since the airports are not in the database on the unit and hoping I could fly towards the town and see the airport I was wishing that I had sprung the extra couple hundred bucks for a GPS with an aviation database. That is not the first time I had wished that either. I will have a 396 before next summer's thunderstorm season with XM weather. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
