well ill throw in my $.02 even though im still technically a student. i
bought a Airmap 500 ($400 ebay) and am impressed w/ it. great on vfr flights
for double checking my checkpoints. think my cfi is debating on getting one
now. pretty easy to use too. although i need to get some tint for the screen
as its too bright at night. its well worth the money being $500 retail. the
HSI feature is great! and comes w/ all kinds of accesories in the box (yoke
mount dc adapter external antenna and mount map making software etc etc).
anyway i thought it was the best for the $500 price range after looking at
the few that are that inexpensive. may upgrade in the future once i get my
commercial certificate but for vfr its great. -Nick
"JJS" jschneider@REMOVE SOCKSpldi.net wrote in message
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probably purchase the Airmap 500 or 1000 unless someone that owns one
of these units and doesn't like it changes my mind . It seems they