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April 15th 05, 02:37 PM
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Who in the world uses VORs
for daily flight anymore? Those of us who refuse to pay $400/yr "Garmin tax" for data collected and produced at taxpayer expense. Garmin charges $400 per year to keep their databases current? Glad I own an AvMap. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" 
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April 15th 05, 03:08 PM
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:37:41 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote in FsP7e.17988$GJ.659@attbi_s71:: Who in the world uses VORs for daily flight anymore? Those of us who refuse to pay $400/yr "Garmin tax" for data collected and produced at taxpayer expense. Garmin charges $400 per year to keep their databases current? Glad I own an AvMap. Is your AvMap certified for aerial navigation?
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#3
April 15th 05, 03:10 PM
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Jay,
Glad I own an AvMap. So what do you pay for a database update program with monthly updates? Compare apples to apples, please. FWIW, it's not Garmin but Jeppesen charging that amount - and the Garmin is an IFR certified unit, yours isn't. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH)
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#4
April 15th 05, 03:57 PM
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"Jay Honeck" wrote:
Who in the world uses VORs for daily flight anymore? Those of us who refuse to pay $400/yr "Garmin tax" for data collected and produced at taxpayer expense. Garmin charges $400 per year to keep their databases current? Glad I own an AvMap. Why? The AvMap tax is $600/yr. -- Mike Flyin'8 PP-ASEL Temecula, CA http://flying.4alexanders.com
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#5
April 15th 05, 03:58 PM
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:FsP7e.17988$GJ.659@attbi_s71... Who in the world uses VORs for daily flight anymore? Those of us who refuse to pay $400/yr "Garmin tax" for data collected and produced at taxpayer expense. You'd really be ****ed at what King charges for the KLN-94! Garmin charges $400 per year to keep their databases current? Glad I own an AvMap. Hmmm...flown any approaches with that one? :~)
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#6
April 15th 05, 08:48 PM
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Those of us who refuse to pay $400/yr "Garmin tax" for data
collected and produced at taxpayer expense. You'd really be ****ed at what King charges for the KLN-94! $380 via internet download... -- Cheers, John Clonts Temple, Texas N7NZ
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#7
April 16th 05, 12:24 AM
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"John Clonts" wrote in message oups.com... Those of us who refuse to pay $400/yr "Garmin tax" for data collected and produced at taxpayer expense. You'd really be ****ed at what King charges for the KLN-94! $380 via internet download... And Garmin's updates, which does not collect and produce the data, Jeppesen does, doesn't cost $400 (as someone else pointed out). Evidently, Ross finds it so much easier to **** and moan rather than obtain a clue how all the process works (which is my point, not the exact numbers).
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#8
April 15th 05, 09:14 PM
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:58:15 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
wrote: "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:FsP7e.17988$GJ.659@attbi_s71... Who in the world uses VORs for daily flight anymore? Those of us who refuse to pay $400/yr "Garmin tax" for data collected and produced at taxpayer expense. You'd really be ****ed at what King charges for the KLN-94! $380 for 13 cycles if you do the download option. Course, if Jay wants to arrange to get the raw data monthly, compile it into the appropriate database format(s) and publish it for free, I'm sure many would be happy to switch....
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#9
April 15th 05, 09:19 PM
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:14:40 -0400, Peter Clark
wrote: On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:58:15 -0700, "Matt Barrow" wrote: "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:FsP7e.17988$GJ.659@attbi_s71... Who in the world uses VORs for daily flight anymore? Those of us who refuse to pay $400/yr "Garmin tax" for data collected and produced at taxpayer expense. You'd really be ****ed at what King charges for the KLN-94! $380 for 13 cycles if you do the download option. Course, if Jay wants to arrange to get the raw data monthly, compile it into the appropriate database format(s) and publish it for free, I'm sure many would be happy to switch.... Looking back on the thread, that should read if Ross wants to publish a database. The attribution got messed up in my reader. Sorry Jay.
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#10
April 15th 05, 09:08 PM
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Garmin charges $400 per year to keep their databases current? Glad I own an AvMap. For VFR, I would agree, but when IFR and when your destination only has a GPS approach to get you through the layer and low visibility so that you can spend time with your family on vacation or get to a client site to work the billable hours, it is money well spent. -- Peter ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
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