Originally Posted by
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Why would you think it's illegal for IFR? Of course it's legal!
The brand new Falcon 2000EZ my company used to fly had a Garmin 496 in it because the airplane didn't have a nexrad uplink.
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I think what somedayRJ meant was you can't do IFR-RNAV/GPS approaches with it, as according to Garmin's website it is only VFR intended. Lot's of cool stuff though... just seems a little ghetto that a nice shiny new VLJ would need a handheld (IMHO)
Yup. That was my point, especially considering my current aerodrome has a VOR MDA of 1100' (A-B-C) while the RNAV (conventional GPS) MDA is 620', and the RNAV WAAS goes down even lower than that.
I'm into GPS for terminal operations given the current conditions at my home base...having the ability to tell the box to take me automatically from here to Salinas and back along airways is a side benefit.