Violation of airspace comes from lack of preflight planning. If you
wait until you are in the air near airspace to figure out what you are
doing, you are in big trouble, with or without GPS. You can see from
dozens of past threads in this group about no longer carrying charts,
etc, that many pilots think GPS is magic and will solve all their
problems. Not true at all. Technology does not take the place of
common sense and diligence. With blind dependence on technology, you
can get into deeper doo-doo a lot faster than without it. A GPS is
great for telling you where you are, but you've got to know where you
want to be first. I seldom use my moving map. I use GPS to verify that
I am on my pre-planned course and I don't violate airspace.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.


I would like to hear some feedback as to how pilots are violating airspace
with GPS. I address this in my online book, www.cockpitgps.com. I have my
hypothesis, but I would like to hear your experience or scenarios that you
have heard involving this issue.

Also of interest is how you might be using GPS to successfully avoid
airspace violations.