New Garmin Handheld

Have you seen one of these in person? According to their web site, they
don't have a US distributor. The pictures they show on the web site show
a pretty ugly user interface, but maybe that's just an impression. I'd
want to try it out before I bought it.

I have one mounted in between my ram-horn yokes -- so, yep, I see one every
few days, in person!

The AvMap is sold by every major avionics company, including Pacific Coast
Avionics, Gulf Coast avionics, Aircraft Spruce, and dozens of others. They
had a record year last year, understandably so.

The user interface is butt-simple, and bulletproof. I've only referred to
the manual a couple of times since buying it last year at Oshkosh.

The AvMap is the best damned piece of equipment in my plane, bar none, and
has changed the way we fly. Because the screen is so large, you can
actually see your entire route of flight -- even on long-ish trips -- with
more than adequate detail.

When I tried that trick using my old Lowrance Airmap 300, all you could see
was a line.

I can't recommend this thing enough. It is just an amazing GPS.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"