"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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In what universe? More like $8k without installation, if you look
hard. Aircraft Spruce has it for $8700. My favorite avionics guy
will sell me a 530 for $9700. $11k WITH installation in a certified
airplane, I could see.

The initial price for the CNS-480 from UPS was approx. $11,000 without
installation. If Garmin changed the price, more power to them.

You don't need to be WAAS certified for approaches.

You're correct if all you need is non-precision GPS approach capability, but
not if you want to do precision gamma 3 approaches. If not, IMO there's no
reason to spend the extra money for a 480... You are correct in that I
should have said the 530/430 is approach certified. However, IMO the 480
raised the bar to the point where just saying you're approach certified is
not enough.