IFR with a VFR GPS

"Stan Prevost" wrote:


That seems to be an overly broad statement. I have put "VFR GPS" in Remarks
when filing /U for an off-airways (random) route and had controllers
specifically refer to using my VFR GPS to proceed direct to an intersection.
Whether they should have done so is another issue. But is sure seemed to
make a difference.

Your non-IFR GPS has intersections in it? What model is it?

Ron Lee

On 11/10/05 8:25 PM, in article , "Ron Lee"
wrote:

"Stan Prevost" wrote:


That seems to be an overly broad statement. I have put "VFR GPS" in Remarks
when filing /U for an off-airways (random) route and had controllers
specifically refer to using my VFR GPS to proceed direct to an intersection.
Whether they should have done so is another issue. But is sure seemed to
make a difference.

Your non-IFR GPS has intersections in it? What model is it?

Ron Lee


My new Airmap 2000c, which was the reason for this thread, has them.
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:36:32 -0500, Wizard of Draws
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My new Airmap 2000c, which was the reason for this thread, has them.
Vintage Garmin 195, updated software and database, has them, and
approaches as well.

Vintage Garmin 195, updated software and database, has them, and
approaches as well.


when was the last time you updated the database?

Gerald

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:25:42 GMT, Gerald Sylvester
wrote:

Vintage Garmin 195, updated software and database, has them, and
approaches as well.


when was the last time you updated the database?

Gerald
I think I have April or May. I'll probably do another before the year
is up. $35 each time.

Gerald Sylvester wrote:

Vintage Garmin 195, updated software and database, has them, and
approaches as well.



when was the last time you updated the database?

Gerald

I updated my 195 this past June. It has everything so far as I can
determine. They had to update the firmware a couple, or so, years ago
to handle the ever increasing Jeppesen nav databast.

Ron Lee wrote:

Your non-IFR GPS has intersections in it? What model is it?

My Garmin GPSMAP 196 has intersections in it. I sure wish it had
airways in there by name too, that would be handy.

Ron Lee wrote:
"Stan Prevost" wrote:

That seems to be an overly broad statement. I have put "VFR GPS" in Remarks
when filing /U for an off-airways (random) route and had controllers
specifically refer to using my VFR GPS to proceed direct to an intersection.
Whether they should have done so is another issue. But is sure seemed to
make a difference.


Your non-IFR GPS has intersections in it? What model is it?

Ron Lee

Every Garmin handheld I have owned, 195, 295, and 296, have a complete
Americas Jeppesen LNAV database; all intersections, waypoints, airports,
runway layout for IFR airports, all communications and nav frequencies,
distance to FAA transmitter, and so forth.

The approach is abbreviated but all the fixes are in the database to
build the complete approach as a flight plan.

The terrain database of the 296 is essentially the same as any
full-press EGPWS I have used. It just doesn't have the aural warnings.

Ron Lee wrote:

That seems to be an overly broad statement. I have put "VFR GPS" in Remarks
when filing /U for an off-airways (random) route and had controllers
specifically refer to using my VFR GPS to proceed direct to an intersection.
Whether they should have done so is another issue. But is sure seemed to
make a difference.

Your non-IFR GPS has intersections in it? What model is it?

I didn't know there was any such thing as a VFR aviation GPS that
didn't have intersections. All of Garmin's certainly do. No airways,
though.


All the best,


David