"Kobra" wrote:


AFAIK, what most pilots are screaming for are all the features of the 396
plus...
a.. TOUCH SCREEN...HELLO...TOUCH SCREEN!!!!

Only if the screen is bigger. It doesn't have to be MUCH bigger; just a
bit.

b.. Airways (so you can enter airways for your route instead of each fix
on the airway)

Yes!

c.. The FULL IFR approach

Yes! Doubt if the lawyers will go for this, though.

d.. ALTITUDES shown for the IFR approaches as well as the MEA's on the
airways

Same as previous.

e.. ALL taxiways with GPS navigation on ALL the airports

That would be lovely.

f.. I won't mind a graphical representation of the airport's traffic
patterns with the 45 entry shown.

I *would* mind that. I am not a 45-degree true believer.

I hope the rumor of the above mentioned new features is not true...I have
had MUCH higher hopes for the 496.

Ditto. No way I'd trade up for what's rumored. I want a larger,
touch-screen interface or I'm standing pat. Better mount/cabling
engineering is needed, too.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM