I have just one question for you Garmin GNS 430 owners: The 430, of course, can output both GPS and VOR data to a CDI indicator. However, what I'm wondering, is if you have two CDI's, can the 430 run both of them at the SAME TIME.. one CDI set to GPS output and the other CDI set to VOR...

I'm going to add either the GNS 430W or GNS 480 to a Beach Bonanza and am wondering if any of you who fly with these GPS units have a recommendation? I'd like a very capable IFR GPS with integrated NAV/COM abilities, which I'll couple to my S-TEC 50 Autopilot with GPSS. Both the 430W and 480 are...

What about 8.33kHz, it was annonced for the CNX80, I read that they changed their mind and would add it to the GNS480 but together with an improvment of the transmitter output power. No news and no prices since. Any one hear something about that? thanks, Denis (LSGG)

Does anyone know if the advent of the GNS 480 (WAAS capable version of the 430) spells the end of the possibility to upgrade a 430 ? -- Samiam is Scott A. Moore Personal web site: http:/www.moorecad.com/scott My electronics engineering consulting site: http://www.moorecad.com ISO 7185 Standard...

I am just getting familiar with our new Garmin GNS 530. Where can I find details of the settings in "Maintenance Mode" ? I am wishing to change the operation of the Display and Keys settings. Thanks for all input -- Roy Piper Archer N5804F

Hello, I was on the ground at an uncontrolled field. I got a clearance to "On departure fly runway heading Radar Vectors xyz VOR Victor xxx abc VOR" Before leaving, I programmed the entire route into the GNS430. Since it doesn't have airways, I "synthesized" them by just putting in the VORs and...

My new airplane has dual GNS430s, and I would like to start out with a clean slate on them. Is there a way to reset the entire unit to factory defaults, clearing all flight plans and user waypoints at the same time? Stan

This question particularly applies to the CAP mission pilots in the group: we have been flying GX50 and 60s in our CAP birds, but I'm playing with a GNS430 in a private aircraft. There doesn't seem to be a correlation of the SAR functions in Garmin's unit like Apollo's. I'd like to know how...

Hello, Here's a situation that keeps coming up: I'm coming home to SQL and want to fly the GPS30 approach. Like many GPS approaches, this one looks like the letter "L". The corner of the L is AMEBY, and 5 miles later after that is the FAF, CUZUP. AMEBY is not an IAF, but that doesn't stop...

I had the upgrade installed a little while ago and it seems to have impacted my screen. After the radio has been running a while, I notice that when I change pages, the previous page seems to have 'burned in' to the screen for a few seconds and gradually fades away. I also found that on...

Just picked up my aircraft with the GNS430W upgrade and was reading the manual to see what new features are now included. In there I discovered the feature that allows the pilot to purposely fly a parallel offset course anywhere from 1 to 99 miles. The only tedious characteristic of this...

Another GNS480 related question. I've emailed Jeppesen and looked on their website, but the website is inscrutable and they haven't responded to my email yet. What's the mechanism for getting database updates on the GNS480? Is it their Skybound II process? Does it work OK? What's the database...

Copying over some information from the GNS480-users yahoo group. The poster claims that he received this information from Garmin customer support. Garmin apparently requests that this information be disseminated. Funny, why don't they just put it on their web site? Anyway: ----- begin quote...

Garmin AT has made available their simulator for the GNS480. I don't know how long it's been there, but I just noticed it at: http://www.garmin.com/products/gns480/ It's a nice step upward from the older CNX80 simulator. ---JRC---

I'm planning a trip later this year that would go from KANJ (Sault Ste Marie, MI) to KART (Watertown, NY), IFR and mostly through the Canadian airspace, in a U.S. registered single engine Grumman. Going IFR is mostly to make the two border crossing easier. I have previously overflew Canadian...

Flyers, For absolutely no reason, except that I want it, I have been taking Multiengine lessons (including Multi-Instrument and Commercial). The flight school has a Piper Seneca I (PA34-200) circa 1973. It fly's like a flying Bulldozer on Codeine (sp?). It's a beast...really. The controls...

Does anybody know a way to load IAPs into Golden Eagle so that the feature is available WITHOUT having to pay for their subscription? thanks

'Spin Doctor' Bill Kershner dies at 77 Pilot, flight instructor, and aviation author William K. Kershner, 77, died January 8 in Sewanee, Tennessee, after a prolonged battle with cancer. He soloed an Aeronca Defender from Clarksville, Tennessee's Outlaw Field - a grass strip at the time - in 1945...

After having both a vac pump failure and an AI failure (not on the same flight :) ) I decided its really time for a backup. I always consider my Mooney to be an "IFR anytime" type of plane, in that I consider it a solid IFR platform. When the vac pump goes out alarms starting sounding, my voice...

The last few days have been excellent IFR conditions here (Ohio and Indiana). Freezing levels above 8000ft, weather near minimums has been a great opportunity for spancan flyers like us to get some actual experience without worrying about ice.