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Old June 12th 06, 02:06 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
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Default Garmin 396 Weather avoidance..

Bob Gardner wrote:
OK. Apples and oranges. Way back at the beginning of this thread we were
talking about using an [airborne] 396 weather display. The information sent
to cockpits, installed or handheld, is NEXRAD-based, and I jumped in to
emphasize the point that real-time weather does not exist in the cockpit
unless you have airborne weather radar, which few have. Now, all of a
sudden, you chime in with what you see at a terminal facility? Without
disclosing the kind of facility you work at?

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My recollection is that he has told the group more than once that he
works at Billings TRACON.