Violating Airspace with GPS

"karl gruber" wrote in message
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|
| Garmin should offer a 1000 trade up program to the 430/530/80 owners that
| they couldn't refuse. It would save a lot of headache. It's already going
to
| cost a mint to get TAWS, traffic, weather, and VNAV approaches on the
older
| units anyway.
|

We looked at what such an upgrade would entail. For my 206 we would have to
replace the entire panel.

Larry,


I was just trying to understand your rationale. I guess you're
unwilling to share anything other than your opinion. Oh well...



Ok. My feeling is you're playing dumb. But I've been wrong before. So
one more try at taking you serious. Two examples:

1. VFR
No matter whether you fly over featureless terrain in the Southwest,
the Kansas plains or over water - one glance at the moving map will
tell you where you are, how long it will take you to get anywhere, how
far you are from an airspace border. Granted, you can get all that
information without the map - but it takes much more effort, taken away
from your total mental capacity and thus degrading safety.

2. IFR
Well, take any approach into Podunk field, with no radar coverage and a
ton of step-downs and terrain around you, then add high wind. One
glance at the moving map will tell you where you are with relation to
the approach, the terrain and any navaids. No more figuring out which
side of the protected airspace the wind may have blown you. Granted,
you can get all that information without the map - but it takes much
more effort, taken away from your total mental capacity and thus
degrading safety.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Larry,

Lot's of head-down time I'd expect. That's not prudent in the LA
basin.


So you don't do it in the LA basin...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

C J Campbell wrote:

Not hardly. Even the panel mounts require manual input.

Rocky Mountain Instrument sells a unit that provides your GPS altitude info from
both your altimeter and your encoder, true airspeed, and magnetic heading.
http://www.rkymtn.com

George Patterson
If you're not part of the solution, you can make a lot of money prolonging
the problem.

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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Lot's of head-down time I'd expect. That's not prudent in the LA
basin.

On the Garmin GPS Pilot III you hit the menu button twice, hit the up
arrow button twice and then enter. Now you are at the main screen.
Input a few numbers and you are done. Whole thing takes less than a minute.

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
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| Larry,
|
| Lot's of head-down time I'd expect. That's not prudent in the LA
| basin.
|
|
| So you don't do it in the LA basin...
|

For that matter, why would you want to?

C J Campbell wrote:

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
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| Larry,
|
| Lot's of head-down time I'd expect. That's not prudent in the LA
| basin.
|
|
| So you don't do it in the LA basin...
|

For that matter, why would you want to?

No ****, what idiot would fly in the LA Basin?

"Newps" wrote in message
news:y0cqb.82096$mZ5.560361@attbi_s54...


C J Campbell wrote:

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
| Larry,
|
| Lot's of head-down time I'd expect. That's not prudent in the LA
| basin.
|
|
| So you don't do it in the LA basin...
|

For that matter, why would you want to?

No ****, what idiot would fly in the LA Basin?

A masochistic one.