GPS: Recommended or Required?

22nd February 2007, 09:54 PM

If recommended, what is the alternative for navigation? If required,
what GPS unit do people use?

23rd February 2007, 12:55 AM

Not required, but highly recommended. For VFR you can't beat the Garmin
296. It will tell you everything you need to know - and then some.

Martha

<chance.yohman@> wrote in message
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> If recommended, what is the alternative for navigation? If required,
> what GPS unit do people use?
>

23rd February 2007, 07:29 AM

On Feb 23, 12:55 am, "Russ and/or Martha Oppenheim"
<moppenh...@satx.> wrote:
> Not required, but highly recommended. For VFR you can't beat the Garmin
> 296. It will tell you everything you need to know - and then some.
>
> Martha
>
> <chance.yoh...@> wrote in message
>
> news:1172199288.223549.108360@m58g2000cwm. o...
>
> > If recommended, what is the alternative for navigation? If required,
> > what GPS unit do people use?

Thanks Martha. How would you fly otherwise? For more context, I have
never been at the controls of any non-RC aircraft before.

23rd February 2007, 08:08 AM

chance.yohman@ wrote:
> On Feb 23, 12:55 am, "Russ and/or Martha Oppenheim"
> <moppenh...@satx.> wrote:
>> Not required, but highly recommended. For VFR you can't beat the Garmin
>> 296. It will tell you everything you need to know - and then some.
>>
>> Martha
>>
>> <chance.yoh...@> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1172199288.223549.108360@m58g2000cwm. o...
>>
>>> If recommended, what is the alternative for navigation? If required,
>>> what GPS unit do people use?
>
> Thanks Martha. How would you fly otherwise? For more context, I have
> never been at the controls of any non-RC aircraft before.
>
How do you drive your car without a GPS?

24th February 2007, 04:06 AM

On Feb 24, 1:29 am,
> Thanks Martha. How would you fly otherwise?

I don't know, but people seem to have been doing just fine for the
last , what, 90 years of flight before we had GPS.

Hint: Maps. Windows. Eyes.

25th February 2007, 04:34 PM

On Feb 24, 4:06 am, "James Sleeman" <bitsybof...@> wrote:
> On Feb 24, 1:29 am,
>
> > Thanks Martha. How would you fly otherwise?
>
> I don't know, but people seem to have been doing just fine for the
> last , what, 90 years of flight before we had GPS.
>
> Hint: Maps. Windows. Eyes.

Do people use Jeppesen charts, or would a good gazetteer do?

25th February 2007, 09:12 PM

Before flying you should always consult a sectional chart and call
1800WXBRIEF to see if there are any TFRs in the area. In addition to
that a good gazetteer is fine.

I use a simple and cheap GPS (Garmin 12).

Q

chance.yohman@ wrote:
> On Feb 24, 4:06 am, "James Sleeman" <bitsybof...@> wrote:
>> On Feb 24, 1:29 am,
>>
>>> Thanks Martha. How would you fly otherwise?
>> I don't know, but people seem to have been doing just fine for the
>> last , what, 90 years of flight before we had GPS.
>>
>> Hint: Maps. Windows. Eyes.
>
> Do people use Jeppesen charts, or would a good gazetteer do?
>

26th February 2007, 07:23 AM

On Feb 25, 9:12 pm, Q <hugem...@access4less.net> wrote:
> Before flying you should always consult a sectional chart and call
> 1800WXBRIEF to see if there are any TFRs in the area. In addition to
> that a good gazetteer is fine.
>
> I use a simple and cheap GPS (Garmin 12).
>
> Q
>
> chance.yoh...@ wrote:
> > On Feb 24, 4:06 am, "James Sleeman" <bitsybof...@> wrote:
> >> On Feb 24, 1:29 am,
>
> >>> Thanks Martha. How would you fly otherwise?
> >> I don't know, but people seem to have been doing just fine for the
> >> last , what, 90 years of flight before we had GPS.
>
> >> Hint: Maps. Windows. Eyes.
>
> > Do people use Jeppesen charts, or would a good gazetteer do?

Thanks again.