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Old February 22nd 07, 08:23 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Danny Deger
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Default Sirius and XM merger?


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Danny,

Not sure where you live or how often you fly x-country, but if its
often and someplace where you don't have severe clear 365 days/yr, you
oughta find a way to put XM Wx in your plane. A Garmin 396 or 496 is
often the cheapest way to go. Others may have their preferred
hardware solutions. The situational awareness and near real-time
weather is worth its weight in gold. NEXRAD, visual projection of
winds, AWOS and TAFs across the country, airmet and sigments....its
great. Knowing EXACTLY where the t-storms are and whether the clouds
I'm in are just clouds or something worse is fantastic. After having
it for 18 months, I wonder how I survived in the east coast soup for
all of these years without it. Even better than sliced bread.

And no....I don't work for Garmin or XM.

--Jeff


I plan to go cross country a lot in an older Taylorcraft that has no
electrical system and radio. I have not flown in a while, but it sounds
like for a couple of grand and $29.99/month I can put what is equivalent to
what used to be INS and weather radar in my little putt-putt airplane. No.
It is even better. The display has a lot more that just an INS and weather
radar. I get terrain avoidance, actual weather, etc.

Danny Deger


 




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