"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message online.com...


I *am* eager, though, to hear about flying behind a 480 wrt flight plan
entry. The ability to enter flight plans as we've always described them
(waypoint, airway, waypoint, airway...) seems like a fantastic
"innovation".

Is it as good as it sounds?

- Andrew

I felt it was actually *better* than it sounded, at least to me.
I suggest you download Garmin's 480 simulator for Windows,
and try it out to see how it seems to you, Andrew.
But be assured that the knobs and buttons on the actual unit
are easier to operate than the clunky mouse-clicks of the simulator.