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Old 06-18-2010 | 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by NoseUpAttitude
I did all my training the old fashioned way, but GPS is really nice to have when skirting around and below Bravo. I have a Garmin 295 which is older and fewer colors (only 16 vs. 256) than the 296 but it can be had for $300--atleast that's what I paid for mine. I greatly prefer the color screen to the black & white. I found it for sale on an airport bulletin board.

Bravo airspace is the main reason I want a GPS! I don't need it to navigate, I need it to stay outside of Bravo when I'm just VFR underneath a shelf
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