DME recommendations

"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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"Dude" wrote:

"jsmith" wrote in message
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Don't waste your money on a DME. Too much maintenance.
Purchase a good used IFR GPS.


What he said!

I am presently looking to replace my RNAV/DME with a new GPS. By the
time
you buy and install a used DME system you will be getting pretty close to
a
used IFR GPS.

What he said, squared. About the only thing I can think of that you can
do
with a DME that you can't with a terminal-certified GPS is use it to fly
an
ILS-DME (because you don't have the location of the ILS DME ground station
in the GPS database). Unless you have some very specific reason to need
DME for one of the very few things GPS can't replace it for, I think it
would be foolish to invest in DME these days.

I think I'm sold on the GPS idea.
Do you think it is safe to say that an airport that has an ILS-DME approach
also has a GPS one?

Thanks,

Adam
N7966L
Beech Super III

"mindenpilot" wrote:
Do you think it is safe to say that an airport that has an ILS-DME approach
also has a GPS one?

GPS approaches are getting more and more common. My guess is it would be
pretty rare to find any airport with an ILS that didn't also have some sort
of GPS approach. If you have some specific airports you plan on visiting a
lot, check out specifically what approaches they have.

You might even discover that the DME fixes on the ILS have GPS waypoints
superimposed. For example, the ILS or LOC/DME 17 into (MHT
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0503/00246ILD17.PDF)

Roy Smith wrote:


GPS approaches are getting more and more common. My guess is it would be
pretty rare to find any airport with an ILS that didn't also have some sort
of GPS approach. If you have some specific airports you plan on visiting a
lot, check out specifically what approaches they have.

Can't think of one. However we have some airports here where you can't
fly the ILS without either DME or a radar callout for a required fix.