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March 26th 04, 04:45 PM
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In article KJV8c.97233$1p.1451082@attbi_s54, Jay Honeck wrote:
Or when I must pay $1800 for a stupid transponder. (Hell, I was looking at lawn tractors yesterday, and balked at spending $1000, cuz it was too expensive. Think about that a minute...) What is it with transponders? They have to be the least reliable part on any aircraft I've flown. They don't have lots of moving parts like a gyro, yet they fail for the fun of it. ATC should just reply by default, "N12345, not getting your transponder" whenever someone calls up. -- Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net "Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee" 
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March 26th 04, 11:45 PM
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What is it with transponders? They have to be the least reliable part on
any aircraft I've flown. They don't have lots of moving parts like a gyro, yet they fail for the fun of it. ATC should just reply by default, "N12345, not getting your transponder" whenever someone calls up. I hear you! That's why I sprang for the solid state Garmin GTX-327. Even LESS moving parts. Maybe it'll last a few years. So far it's been awesome. (By the time I've punched in the fourth number of my squawk code, they are saying "radar contact"...) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"
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March 27th 04, 12:22 AM
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That's why I sprang for the solid state Garmin GTX-327. Even LESS moving
parts. Maybe it'll last a few years. So far it's been awesome. I love mine. www.Rosspilot.com
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#4
March 27th 04, 12:39 PM
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"Rosspilot" wrote: That's why I sprang for the solid state Garmin GTX-327. Even LESS moving parts. Maybe it'll last a few years. So far it's been awesome. I love mine. Ditto. What a great piece of gear. Garmin should pay me a commission. After seeing mine in action, the flying club's maintenance officer replaced three B/K units in the club's Cessnas with 327s. -- Dan C172RG at BFM (remove pants to reply by email)
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#5
March 27th 04, 01:19 AM
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:Sg39c.104446$po.762988@attbi_s52... What is it with transponders? They have to be the least reliable part on any aircraft I've flown. They don't have lots of moving parts like a gyro, yet they fail for the fun of it. ATC should just reply by default, "N12345, not getting your transponder" whenever someone calls up. I hear you! That's why I sprang for the solid state Garmin GTX-327. Even LESS moving parts. Maybe it'll last a few years. So far it's been awesome. (By the time I've punched in the fourth number of my squawk code, they are saying "radar contact"...) Transponder? Or telepathy?
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