Peter R. wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote:

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6) I wonder what Garmin's future direction will be. They obviously
decided to base the new G1000 on the 430. Will they use the 480 code
moving forward, will they merge the code, etc???

Do you suppose the upcoming GNS430/530 WAAS upgrade will provide any of
these "neat" features now offered by the 480, such as airways and ad-hoc
holds?

As far as I know from talking to the Garmin guys at Oshkosh, the answer
is unfortunately no. There's no substantial user interface changes to
the WAAS upgrade other than what is necessary to get the WAAS to work.