You can tell it where it is when you start it up and speed
up the process.
The airport list is just that, the location of airports, by
name. But it has no runway or frequency data.


"john smith" wrote in message
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|I got up early (4:00 AM) Friday morning and did the "SALE"
thing.
| Fortunately, I chose stores that had short lines.
| The first was COMPUSA at 5:AM for a wireless router ($20).
| The second was SPORT AUTHORITY at 5:30 AM for a Magellan
Explorist 300
| handheld GPS (list $230, sale $100, first 100 shoppers,
extra $10 off).
| So I got it for $90
| It has two modes to select from, LAND and MARINE.
| It has many public use airports in its database (I am not
sure what the
| criteria is).
| The nice thing about this unit is that it has an altimeter
function.
| I used it yesterday for a $100 hamburger run. Speed,
altitude, track
| recording work well. It will be good backup.
| The only item I am not happy with is that it takes a
looooong time to
| find itself and reestablish the almanac if it is shut down
at one
| location and powered up at another.