What you get with a real FMS is a whole host of functions that the G1000
can't even contemplate -- sophisticated vertical nav options, take-off and
landing performance calculations, etc. Those features won't be obsoleted
by a new nav sensor.

Just that so much of the FMS's complexity will be overkill...

We've toured Collins (their plant is in Cedar Rapids, just 30 miles
north of here) and what they're doing there is absolutely amazing.

Friends of ours work there, and to see what they are developing and
testing -- things like "highway in the sky" and datalinked everything
technology -- just blew us away.

I'm sure Garmin is hot on their heels -- but Collins continues to grow
by leaps and bounds. And the avionics we'll be seeing in the future
will make my 496 look like a stone tablet.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"