I passed the checkride, now need a good GPS and passenger headset

YIPPEE! I'm now a private pilot!

I took and passed, the private pilot checkride on Tuesday.
What a relief! It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought I'd
be, and went very well.

Now I need an aviation GPS and 'Guest Headset', and I'm
hoping that readers of this list will have recommendations
about what to get, and where to buy it. Yes, I've seen
the eBay auctions, and I'm thinking of a higher end GPS,
maybe even color.

Any suggestions or experiences with specific models and
vendors will greatly help!

Regards,
Joe.

I got a Garmin 295, which is now discontinued. You might be able to get one
cheap. It's a little slow, but it is an excellent piece of equipment. I
use it in a Sundowner, and I've never had to use an external antenna. I've
had very little trouble with satellite reception. It's an absolute
lifesaver. I would guess the 296 is even better, faster and with terrain
and obstructions.

Les

"C. Osbourne" wrote in message
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YIPPEE! I'm now a private pilot!

I took and passed, the private pilot checkride on Tuesday.
What a relief! It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought I'd
be, and went very well.

Now I need an aviation GPS and 'Guest Headset', and I'm
hoping that readers of this list will have recommendations
about what to get, and where to buy it. Yes, I've seen
the eBay auctions, and I'm thinking of a higher end GPS,
maybe even color.

Any suggestions or experiences with specific models and
vendors will greatly help!

Regards,
Joe.

In article ,
"C. Osbourne" wrote:
Now I need an aviation GPS and 'Guest Headset', and I'm
hoping that readers of this list will have recommendations
about what to get, and where to buy it. Yes, I've seen
the eBay auctions, and I'm thinking of a higher end GPS,
maybe even color.


Well, I have a Garmin GPSMAP 195 (with original packaging, PC cable,
yoke mount, etc.) that I am willing to sell for a reasonable price.

If you are thinking of springing for a color unit, and are computer
savvy, I would suggest looking into a product like AnywhereMap in
combination with the Garmin GPS10. The system will probably set you
back $1100 or so, but it offers you future capabilities (such as the
ability to add weather uplink, solid state AI, etc.) that a Garmin or
Lowrance handheld does not offer.



JKG

I've been a big Garmin fan until I tried out the Lowrance GPS (great unit
and they include everything you need with the unit (unlike garmin, where
everything is an optional accessory - like an external antenna RIGHT!).

As for your passenger headset. You can find some great deals on the
lightspeed website (they sell some of their refurbed units that have been
turned in by pilots taking advantage of their 'trade-up' program.

Congratulations!

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"C. Osbourne" wrote in message
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YIPPEE! I'm now a private pilot!

I took and passed, the private pilot checkride on Tuesday.
What a relief! It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought I'd
be, and went very well.

Now I need an aviation GPS and 'Guest Headset', and I'm
hoping that readers of this list will have recommendations
about what to get, and where to buy it. Yes, I've seen
the eBay auctions, and I'm thinking of a higher end GPS,
maybe even color.

Any suggestions or experiences with specific models and
vendors will greatly help!

Regards,
Joe.

It's only a month until Oshkosh. If you can go, that is the best place in the
world to look at alternatives. Don't overlook the option of a tablet PC that
serves both in flight and as your regular PC. I bought an HP TC1100 and
rationalized it that way. I am now thinking, though, I should have bought a
Motion as the HP screen is more difficult to read in glare/sunlight conditions.

eBay is the place for guest headsets. I have a low-end Telex that I bought in a
package of pilot gear. Sold off what I didn't want and got about what I paid
for the package. Ended up with a "free" headset and some other stuff.

On 6/30/2005 9:56 PM, C. Osbourne wrote the following:

YIPPEE! I'm now a private pilot!

I took and passed, the private pilot checkride on Tuesday.
What a relief! It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought I'd
be, and went very well.

Now I need an aviation GPS and 'Guest Headset', and I'm
hoping that readers of this list will have recommendations
about what to get, and where to buy it. Yes, I've seen
the eBay auctions, and I'm thinking of a higher end GPS,
maybe even color.

Any suggestions or experiences with specific models and
vendors will greatly help!

Regards,
Joe.

Get a Garmin GPS 196. It's WAAS capable and often has an accuracy of
less than 9 ft with WASS enabled. As an IFR flyer I found the panel
page an important backup in case I lose all my onboard instruments.

On 6/30/05 10:56 PM, in article , "C.
Osbourne" wrote:



YIPPEE! I'm now a private pilot!

I took and passed, the private pilot checkride on Tuesday.
What a relief! It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought I'd
be, and went very well.

Now I need an aviation GPS and 'Guest Headset', and I'm
hoping that readers of this list will have recommendations
about what to get, and where to buy it. Yes, I've seen
the eBay auctions, and I'm thinking of a higher end GPS,
maybe even color.

Any suggestions or experiences with specific models and
vendors will greatly help!

Regards,
Joe.

The Lowrance 2000c meets with my approval most wholeheartedly. The
color-coded terrain awareness feature is very comforting.
--
Jeff "The Wizard of Draws" Bucchino
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www.wizardofdraws.com
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Lowrance 2000C is very good.

YIPPEE! I'm now a private pilot!

Now I need an aviation GPS ....

No, Joe, you do not "need" a GPS.

At the risk of sounding like an old curmudgeon, let me suggest that
what you now have is permission to practice flying. What you REALLY
need is a great deal of practice reading an aeronautical chart so that
you can find your way on the day that expensive GPS you want to buy
craps out and you're up there all alone with no idea where the hell
you are. (And you're about to blunder into a area where the F-16s will
come looking for you.)

If you can't navigate with depending on a GPS, you're an aeronautical
cripple.

vince norris

Vincent,

No, Joe, you do not "need" a GPS.

Well, let me take the opposite position: In today's airspace, flying wihtout a GPS is IMHO irresponsible. There simply doesn't need to be any connection between card reading abilities and having a GPS - unless you are an irresponsible pilot to start with.

so that
you can find your way on the day that expensive GPS

That "expensive" GPS is around 350 bucks or so. And yes, something can always crap out. The GPS, the VOR, the chart, when it flies out the window. So what?

If you can't navigate with depending on a GPS, you're an aeronautical
cripple.

Having a GPS and not being able to navigate without it are two completely different things.


--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)
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"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
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Vincent,

No, Joe, you do not "need" a GPS.

Well, let me take the opposite position: In today's airspace, flying
wihtout a GPS is IMHO irresponsible. There simply doesn't need to be any
connection between card reading abilities and having a GPS - unless you
are an irresponsible pilot to start with.


I'm not sure I go along with the irresponsible part, but I certainly
agree with the benefits of the GPS. For the same reason I tap danced on the
desks (figuratively) of our local school administration 30 years ago to make
sure computer litereacy reached our school's curriculum.
The basic concepts are unarguably absolute essentials. Once an aviator
has those, then bring on the technology.
Just today, my Lowrance 2000C let me turn around the southwest corner of
R-2505 and shave six to ten miles off what used to be the "safe margin" to
avoid the restricted area. There ain't no line painted on the ground to show
you where the boundaries are.

Go Fly!!

Casey