So does the CNX-80 meet the requirement today? Is it "WAAS equipment
approved for precision approach"?

Mike
MU-2


"Lockheed employee" Mississippi@ home.com wrote in message
...
I have a Jeppesen briefing bulletin (DEN 00-A) that states:

LNAV/VNAV must have WAAS equipment approved for precision approach, or
RNP-0.3 system based on GPS or DME/DME, with an IFR approach approved
Baro-VNAV system. It appears that either is suitable for going to
VNAV minimums


On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 05:47:50 -0700, wrote:



Richard Kaplan wrote:

"Scott Moore" wrote in message
...
Speaking only for myself, its pretty damm confusing exactly what
would be
done with WAAS even if implemented. Garmins' other units that accept

WAAS is now implemented and IFR approved as of the past week.

If a receiver were approved for WAAS approaches, then TODAY you could
use
VNAV/LNAV miniums on GPS RNAV approaches instead of LNAV minimums.
Presumably (though I am not certain) a VNAV/LNAV GPS RNAV approach
would be
considered a precision approach. UPSAT's CNX80 web page touts the
airports
you have access to today with WAAS; yet the version of the POH
supplement
posted on their site says in the legal fineprint that precision
approaches
are NOT permitted. So I am not certain if you can or cannot fly
VNAV/LNAV
GPS approach mininums TODAY on a CNX-80.

I wouldn't be so certain of that. Today's VNAV minimums are predicated
on
IFR-certified Baro VNAV equipment, not WAAS. WAAS approaches have yet to
appear
from the FAA