Hey Allen. Thanks to you and to the others for replying. I'll file /G like I
normally do as per everyone's response.

P.S. I found my datacard between the cushions of my couch about 2 weeks
after I bought yours. Oh well.

Marco Leon

"Allen" wrote in message
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"Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote in message
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I posted this over at the IFR group but I had only one reply so I figured
I'd try here.

Question: Are folks with IFR Approach-certified GPS boxes supposed to
file
/G or /R?

Before you answer consider that the AIM (and every other publication I
could
find) define /G suffixes for Enroute and Terminal and it does not
mention
"Approach." I've been filing /G with a Garmin GNS430 installation and I
initially scoffed at the notion when a pilot friend said I should be
filing
/R. When he asked if I ever noticed that I've never been assigned a GPS
or
RNAV approach when filing /G, I really couldn't remember if I have. Can
anyone else out there confirm being assigned a GPS approach when filing
/G?

The other thing that's throwing a wrench into my logic is that the
Preferred
Routes database on the FAA's website stipulates that some off-airways
routes
can only be filed/cleared when filing "/E, /F, /G ONLY." I'm reluctant
to
file the /R because I'd like to get cleared for one of these routes
going
to
Bangor, ME this weekend.

I used to fly a P-Baron with a GNS 430 (you have one of the data cards out
of it , filed /G and was given GPS approaches all the time. Maybe a
controller here can clear that up for us (or your "friend").

Allen