So does the CNX-80 meet the requirement today? Is it "WAAS equipment
approved for precision approach"?
Mike
MU-2
"Lockheed employee" <Mississippi@ home.com> wrote in message
news:dsjahvoedrodik7bb5sp046krpa3ivf7m2@...
> I have a Jeppesen briefing bulletin (DEN 00-A) that states:
>
> LNAV/VNAV must have WAAS equipment approved for precision approach, or
> RNP-0.3 system based on GPS or DME/DME, with an IFR approach approved
> Baro-VNAV system. It appears that either is suitable for going to
> VNAV minimums
>
>
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 05:47:50 -0700, joe@obilivan.net wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >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>
>