Jay, 86K has a GNC300XL, fully IFR certified. For many reasons (database
upgradeable, resale value, etc) I think it's worth the extra money
involved for the necessary CDI and ACU. I often fly in an identical
plane with a Garmin 430, and other than the color display and sexy
approach "illustrations", I find them to be almost identical.

Jay Honeck wrote:
Anyone got one of these units?

http://www.garmin.com/products/gnc250xl/

It seems to combine two very useful things (a VFR moving map GPS and a Com
radio) into one compact unit.