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Old 24th September 2003, 11:54 AM   #4 (permalink)
Steven P. McNicoll
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Default "Stand Alone" Boxes (Garmin 430) - Sole means of navigation - legal?

"Dave Pascoe KM3T" <km3t@km3t.org> wrote in message
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>
> I don't believe that is right. I think when they refer to "sole means
> of navigation" they mean that you need to have other means of
> navigation (separate NAV receiver).
>


Hmmm.... That would mean that IFR flight with a single NAV receiver is
illegal.


>
> Think about it from a safety
> point of view, forgat the legal requirements for a moment. If you
> were in the soup and your Garmin died, what would you do? I would
> never trust one instrument. The all-in-one feature of advanced GPS
> units is nice, but you could lose the whole thing.
>


Do you trust one electrical system to power all of your NAV gear?
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