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