joe

Richard Kaplan wrote:

> "Scott Moore" <samiam@moorecad.com> wrote in message
> news:3F150F17.3BF25625@moorecad.com...
> > Speaking only for myself, its pretty damm confusing exactly what would be
> > done with WAAS even if implemented. Garmins' other units that accept
>
> WAAS is now implemented and IFR approved as of the past week.
>
> If a receiver were approved for WAAS approaches, then TODAY you could use
> VNAV/LNAV miniums on GPS RNAV approaches instead of LNAV minimums.
> Presumably (though I am not certain) a VNAV/LNAV GPS RNAV approach would be
> considered a precision approach. UPSAT's CNX80 web page touts the airports
> you have access to today with WAAS; yet the version of the POH supplement
> posted on their site says in the legal fineprint that precision approaches
> are NOT permitted. So I am not certain if you can or cannot fly VNAV/LNAV
> GPS approach mininums TODAY on a CNX-80.

I wouldn't be so certain of that. Today's VNAV minimums are predicated on
IFR-certified Baro VNAV equipment, not WAAS. WAAS approaches have yet to appear
from the FAA>