Flying on the Cheap - Instruments

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No silk scarf nor sheep-skin jacket but it
does happen to include an inexpensive GPS unit along with a cheap
'ramp' radio. ...

Could you be specific as to which unit you use?

I am not Mr. Hoover but - I use a Magellan 315/320 GPS with an aviation data
base. This unit was acquired on eBay for ~$75. The data base is downloaded
from

http://home.stny.rr.com/bkw/315/

and is updated regularly. You will need the DataSend program and a data cable,
both are available on eBay for around $25.

No moving map but you will be able to get from point A to point B and have the
current airport data (frequencies, runway length, composition, etc) for any
airport in the USA.

Cheap radio is an ICOM A4 with a headset adaptor, I wouldn't recommend it to
anyone but it does the job.

CW Crane