Price Drop in Garmin Portables

The 496 is now down to $2,395 for many stores. Since the vendors need an OK
from Garmin to do this, it may mean a new one on the horizon... Anyone know
more info?

Marco

Marco Leon wrote:
The 496 is now down to $2,395 for many stores. Since the vendors need an OK
from Garmin to do this, it may mean a new one on the horizon... Anyone know
more info?

Just like what happened with the 396.

"Marco Leon" wrote in message
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The 496 is now down to $2,395 for many stores. Since the vendors need an
OK from Garmin to do this, it may mean a new one on the horizon... Anyone
know more info?

Marco

There has been a persistent rumor of a 596 in the works. Other than a
larger screen with a vertical orientation, I can't imagine what upgrades are
possible.

I'm still holding out for drag and drop weather control where you put a
cursor over the weather that is in your way and then do a mouse drag to move
the weather clear of your flight path. ;-)

KB

Kyle Boatright wrote:

There has been a persistent rumor of a 596 in the works. Other than a
larger screen with a vertical orientation, I can't imagine what upgrades are
possible.

A touchscreen like every $200 auto GPS on the market ?

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message . ..


I'm still holding out for drag and drop weather control where you put a cursor over the weather that is in your way
and then do a mouse drag to move the weather clear of your flight path. ;-)

KB


I LIKE that one!

"Blueskies" wrote

I LIKE that one!

You wouldn't like that one, if you were flying along in CAVU, and someone
else dragged and dropped a thunderstorm right on top of you!
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message ...

"Blueskies" wrote

I LIKE that one!

You wouldn't like that one, if you were flying along in CAVU, and someone else dragged and dropped a thunderstorm
right on top of you!
--
Jim in NC


Talk about fast moving storms...

"Blueskies" wrote:
"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Blueskies" wrote

I LIKE that one!

You wouldn't like that one, if you were flying along in CAVU, and
someone else dragged and dropped a thunderstorm right on top of you!
--
Jim in NC


Talk about fast moving storms...

Ever see the movie "The Final Countdown"? That had a fast moving time-storm
vortex that came literally out of nowhere to engulf the USS Nimitz. So
these things can happen! Hopefully Garmin's 596 will be able to display any
time-vortices so one can fly around them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Countdown

I didn't realize this bit of trivia about one of the maneuvers in the Zeros
vs. F-14 dogfight, according to Wikipedia:

"When the F-14s report what happened, Yelland orders them to "play" with
the Zeros but not destroy them. The pilots perform amazing maneuvers like
diving toward the water and pulling up at the last second, feats impossible
for World War II-era planes (though in truth, when this sequence was
filmed, the Tomcat pilot tried to follow one of the Zero's slow barrel
rolls, but miscalculated the low speed maneuver and lost a considerable
amount of altitude, far more than intended, which prompted a hasty full-
afterburner recovery at the last moment)."

No mention how many gees pulled during those barrel rolls. ;-)

"Morgans" wrote:

"Blueskies" wrote

I LIKE that one!

You wouldn't like that one, if you were flying along in CAVU, and someone
else dragged and dropped a thunderstorm right on top of you!


Dang!

Just when I was thinking it was a great idea...

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

"Marco Leon" wrote in message
...
The 496 is now down to $2,395 for many stores. Since the vendors need an
OK from Garmin to do this, it may mean a new one on the horizon... Anyone
know more info?

Kyle Boatright wrote:
There has been a persistent rumor of a 596 in the works. Other than a
larger screen with a vertical orientation, I can't imagine what upgrades are
possible.

I'm still holding out for drag and drop weather control where you put a
cursor over the weather that is in your way and then do a mouse drag to move
the weather clear of your flight path. ;-)

That works well until the 15 guys that are flying where you moved the
weather to move it back to your flight path.