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Is your IFR GPS still legal for use?
AvWeb has an article in todays issue saying that only the GPS 400/500
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Is your IFR GPS still legal for use?
On 5/25/2007 8:07:17 AM, john smith wrote:
AvWeb has an article in todays issue saying that only the GPS 400/500 series and G1000 are the only IFR certified navigators that are legal to use. Admittedly I didn't read the entire circular (I have a Garmin GNS430), but my quick skim of it seemed to indicate that the non-compliant models are no longer allowed to use GPS in lieu of ADF or DME, where that is applicable, unless alternate instructions are provided by ATC. This would imply that for home-grown RNAV approaches these units would still be legal. Did I interpret incorrectly? -- Peter |
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john smith wrote
AvWeb has an article in todays issue saying that only the GPS 400/500 series and G1000 are the only IFR certified navigators that are legal to use. Not exactly what AvWeb said..... Many previously IFR-certified GPS receivers might now be unapproved for flying many instrument procedures due to recent FAA policy changes, according to AOPA. On Thursday, the association said the FAA's Advisory Circular 90-100A, issued in March, indicates that only three GPS models -- the Garmin 400, 500 and G1000 series -- are now legal. Other models made by Garmin, including the new GNS 480 WAAS receiver, as well as receivers manufactured by Chelton, Honeywell, Northstar, and Trimble are listed as "noncompliant," AOPA said. The action means up to 26,000 GPS users no longer comply with a 1996 FAA policy that allows GPS to be used in lieu of ADF or DME. Bob Moore |
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In article 28,
Bob Moore wrote: john smith wrote AvWeb has an article in todays issue saying that only the GPS 400/500 series and G1000 are the only IFR certified navigators that are legal to use. Not exactly what AvWeb said..... Many previously IFR-certified GPS receivers might now be unapproved for flying many instrument procedures due to recent FAA policy changes, according to AOPA. On Thursday, the association said the FAA's Advisory Circular 90-100A, issued in March, indicates that only three GPS models -- the Garmin 400, 500 and G1000 series -- are now legal. Other models made by Garmin, including the new GNS 480 WAAS receiver, as well as receivers manufactured by Chelton, Honeywell, Northstar, and Trimble are listed as "noncompliant," AOPA said. The action means up to 26,000 GPS users no longer comply with a 1996 FAA policy that allows GPS to be used in lieu of ADF or DME. Bob Moore But it's legal to fly those very same approaches with a 30 year old ADF which points vaguely in the direction of either 1) the radio beacon, 2) the nearest T-storm, or 3) some other random propagation anomaly, and an equally ancient DME which is doing good if it's correct to within 1/4 mile. Gotta love the FAA. A fine example of why getting all the government you've paid for is a bad thing. |
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Is your IFR GPS still legal for use?
Bob Moore writes:
The action means up to 26,000 GPS users no longer comply with a 1996 FAA policy that allows GPS to be used in lieu of ADF or DME. If the FAA declares that all aircraft must be encrusted in diamonds to be certified to fly, does the entire aviation world just roll over and spring for the diamonds? What ever happened to checks and balances? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Is your IFR GPS still legal for use?
Bob Moore wrote:
new GNS 480 WAAS receiver, What's new about the 480? It's been on the market as the Garmin 480 (with WAAS and C146 certification) for nearly four years now and is identical to the UPSAT branded units before that. There' has been one whopping software revision in the interim (the one that fixes the 256 LPV approach limit). |
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Roy Smith wrote:
But it's legal to fly those very same approaches with a 30 year old ADF which points vaguely in the direction of either 1) the radio beacon, 2) the nearest T-storm, or 3) some other random propagation anomaly, and an equally ancient DME which is doing good if it's correct to within 1/4 mile. Gotta love the FAA. I always wondered the same thing. You'd think a 196 on the yoke would outperform the ADF is some situations. |
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On Fri, 25 May 2007 09:24:41 -0400, Ron Natalie
wrote: What's new about the 480? It's been on the market as the Garmin 480 (with WAAS and C146 certification) for nearly four years now and is identical to the UPSAT branded units before that. There' has been one whopping software revision in the interim (the one that fixes the 256 LPV approach limit). That unit was specifically mentioned by AOPA as not approved. |
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Is your IFR GPS still legal for use?
"ArtP" wrote in message ... On Fri, 25 May 2007 09:24:41 -0400, Ron Natalie wrote: What's new about the 480? It's been on the market as the Garmin 480 (with WAAS and C146 certification) for nearly four years now and is identical to the UPSAT branded units before that. There' has been one whopping software revision in the interim (the one that fixes the 256 LPV approach limit). That unit was specifically mentioned by AOPA as not approved. I was thinking of getting one of them. I wonder what the difference is. |
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Is your IFR GPS still legal for use?
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message news If the FAA declares that all aircraft must be encrusted in diamonds to be certified to fly, does the entire aviation world just roll over and spring for the diamonds? What ever happened to checks and balances? Haven't you found a job yet? |
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