well, actually, the way i understand it the only reason he got out of
this alive was that he had a back-up handheld gps that pointed him to
an airport. it really looks like if he would have only had what garmin
and cessna put in that plane he very well may not have made it.

dan


Doug wrote:

(((( SNIP)))


There are LOTS of these Garmin units out there working
very well, very few complaints at all. ALL of the new Cessnas have them
and they are WORKING!

Also keep in mind that the backup systems did work here. He was able to
fly the aircraft on the instruments he had.